System 8’s are not small! – so you need a bit of space… but then that to me is half their charm, you get a big working area, with plenty of space between channels and nice chunky pots… all is laid out clearly and working with one is a breeze, they are VERY easy to understand for the newbies too because you don’t have any cryptic routing & switching modes like found on so many compact modern mini-mixers! The System 8 mixers were a very popular desk as they were quite price-breaking at the time of release (82/83 for the first series), and quickly found a home in many studio’s and pa systems offering quality facilities in a non-modular format, built in meter-bridge and more.ĭon’t think cos they are old they are not as ‘good’ as a modern mixer, the eq on these mixers is SO sweet, really really warm and fat, and tracks mixed on this desk seem to have really good definition…
I got this from a guy who used to own a recording studio in London and decided to have a career change… it’s an M-Audio now… hahaha This is my baby… it’s still in excellent condition considering it’s age which came about in 1983… This is the Mark II version 24 channels EQ’s and Pre-amp’s great sounding. He said, listen I know it’s a behringer but it’s a very quite desk… look… he then pushed some sliders (main slider) and said, hear it for yourself… the main slider was already up and the desk was to my surprise really quite… so folks…Ĭonclusion is… if you want analog sound and if you want to save money… get this one Behringer MX8000 BBC at one point in time used it… I was surprised and said you used a Behringer for the BBC ? he said, all my stuff and the stuff I made for the BBC came from this mixer… I couldn’t believe it. He said… come, I’m selling these mixers as well one was a Korg Hardisk mixer and one was a Behringer MX8000. He was a celebrity to me … I was there for the monitors but then I met somebody who was doing the thing for life as a career… so, I walked into the studio seen the white cones of my monitors… then asked him again… so what is all these set-up. The pictures told me about this old man’s background … then I asked him… wow how did you get to have all these celebrities with you in the photos ? then he claimed I used to be an audio engineer for the BBC in London. He was a former recording and studio engineer of the BBC in London and retired because of his illness and moved to Manchester. When I got in the house on the walls I saw pictures of him with Tom Jones, him with Elton John, him with the Beatles and other celebrities who stepped on the audio room of the BBC. I was due to travel for the pick up and when I got to his house… this retired old man invited me to come in and had a look at his home studio. One day I had won a pair of Yamaha HS50’s from a guy in Sale. Well, my story with this mixer even if I hadn’t used one and instead used the mackie at studio C in Salford University, Newton building was that. Mackie sued Behringer for making copies of their mixer specially this one but they lost the case because it was said to be different… same looks and sound is very close for a fraction of the price but different inside… well a very close copy I would say. not bad for a 24 channel or 32 channel version. Ok folks more of the Audio goodness… here’s one for the newbies… the old folks knows this but if you are a newbie then read on… ok… what can you see ? guess ? of course it’s a mixer but what make ? well, if you don’t have enough of the bucks then this is the one for you to start with… it’s a Behringer MX8000… bet you think it was a Mackie 8 bus… popular mixer where many hits was made… hmmm this is a Behringer… and if you know the story behind this mixer then you would get one of these on ebay for £175 OR £200 quid….
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