Eurorack MX 3242X 32 Input Mixer with the Power Supply

Cash Only. The mixer alone sells for $300+ online. Willing to include the power supply (a $150 value) for $250 total. Great for a band or DJ. Behringer's MX3242X is a four‑bus mixer designed to sit comfortably alongside a 16‑track recorder or equivalent computer audio system. It uses an in‑line design which might best be described as 16:4:16:2, with the 16 channel strips controlling both the 16 main input channels and the 16 secondary monitor channels (labelled Mix B). A stereo 24‑bit effects processor, based on Behringer's own Virtualizer multi‑effects, is built in to the top right‑hand corner of the unit and offers 32 presets including reverb, delay and modulation effects. Nuts & Bolts The all‑metal construction is sturdy, right down to the jack socket nuts — no nasty plastic here! The mixer follows a classic wedge shape, with all main connections tucked away on the rear panel, and is compact enough to be rackmountable, using the included bolt‑on rack ears to replace the moulded plastic end cheeks. Those users who wish to rackmount the MX3242X will be glad to know that the rear‑panel with the audio socketry can be rotated through 90 degrees, with the aid of a screwdriver and the Eurorack's manual. The mixer's power supply is a hefty external 2U rackmount unit, which connects via a rugged multi‑pin XLR cable. It has an internal cooling fan which, although reasonably quiet, will mean you'll probably want to rack the PSU outside your control room if possible. The rear panel features 16 main input sections (numbered one to 16) comprising balanced Mic Inputs on XLRs, with globally switchable phantom powering, and balanced Line Inputs on TRS jack sockets. Above each of these pairs of inputs are unbalanced Direct Output and TRS Insert jack sockets. The Mix B line input sockets (numbered 17‑to 32) accept either balanced or unbalanced jacks, and their sensitivity can be adjusted globally between +4dBu and ‑10dBV levels with the Operating Level switch just above socket 32. The console has six mono aux sends and four stereo aux returns, and there is a block of unbalanced jack sockets for these at the top right‑hand side of the rear panel — note that a mono return signal connected to the left input of any return will be split equally to both sides of the stereo return bus. To the left are Subgroup Insert points on four TRS jack sockets and four unbalanced sockets for the Subgroup Outputs. Two pairs of RCA phonos labelled 2‑Track In/Out allow a stereo master recorder to be easily integrated with the mixer. The MX3242X provides several stereo output buses: the main mix bus, with unbalanced Main Insert point and Main Out jack sockets, as well as balanced Main Outputs on a pair of XLRs; the Mix B bus, to which the monitor channel paths are mixed, output on unbalanced jack sockets; and a stereo monitor bus, again output on unbalanced jack sockets. Finally, should the impressive total of 40 inputs available on the MX3242X not be enough for your needs, there are two 15‑pin D‑Sub connectors which let you integrate an expander mixer. Channel Strip The 16 input channels are normally fed from the mic and line inputs (numbered one to 16), and the 16 monitor channels are normally fed from the Mix B line inputs (numbered 17 to 32). However, this assignment can be swapped over on a per‑channel basis using the Flip button under the input Gain control. Note that there's no switch for selecting between the mic/line inputs — you plug into whichever socket you wish to use — which might be a problem if you want to wire everything permanently to a patchbay. Inputs one to 16 have switchable 18dB/octave low–cut filters operating at 75Hz. The next set of knobs on each channel strip control the four‑band semiparametric EQ. This comprises high and low shelving filters at 12kHz and 80Hz respectively and two sweepable peaking filters: the high mid‑band covers 300Hz to 20kHz and the low mid‑band covers 50Hz to 3kHz. All bands have a ±15dB gain range and a single button bypasses the entire equaliser. Though there are six auxiliary buses available, there are only four send controls. The first pair always access Aux 1 and Aux 2, whereas the second pair can be assigned on a per‑channel basis either to Aux 3 and Aux 4 or to Aux 5 and Aux 6. Each pair of Aux knobs has a Source switch, which allows the auxiliary buses to be fed from either the input or monitor channels — useful when you're using all 32 channel paths at mixdown. The Aux 3 bus feeds the internal effects unit — see the 'MX3242X Effects' box for details about the effects processing offered. Below the Aux Send knobs are the monitor channel's Pan and Level controls. The Mix B channels feed their own stereo mix bus and this can be routed to the main mix. The Source button below the Level control allows the monitor channel to be fed a pre‑fader signal from its parallel input channel. A Mute button completes the Mix B facilities. The input channel Pan control is followed by switches f