i don't understand why so many people flame this mixer. i've had one for almost a year now, and it's still as good as the day i bought it. none of my faders are cracking or leaking into different channels, sound quality is not as awful as every one makes it out to be, and i'm not running to bad an audio setup either...i don't have a buzzing sound in my recordings as many other TAs have reported as being a problem. i was using a numark for a little while before this, and my mixing style has changed because of a new mixer...

i will agree with some of the critiques though...

the EQs and the channel faders are not linear, they're almost exponential, i.e. you have to really turn it up (past 7 on my mixer) to be able to hear the record. but you have to realize that the behringer gives you a -32db kill on the same knob as a +12db gain for each range of the EQ, that's bound to make it non-linear. you just have to be gentler with the EQs and know the limits of the mixer. i cannot however offer an excuse for the channel faders, those are just outright pathetic, a little bit more control would've been nice.

also the effects unit is not entirely useless, although any of the effects regarding the tempo directly are worthless, some of the other effects can still be used very nicely.

maybe i'm also partial cuz i got the mixer for dirt cheap, $160 brand new at the local guitar center...or the fact that i like to keep everything around my setup clean, i dust everything atleast once every two weeks with a little swiffer sheet to get rid of all the dead skin and dirt that ends up on the equipment.

one problem that i have noticed that not many people mention here is a problem with overheating. constant use of the effects unit or prolonged use of the mixer in a single session (4-5 hours) causes the effects unit to overheat. This might not even matter much, but the effects unit is located right by the sound out and the extra heat causes some loss of sound quality.