I bought this mixer to record my synths / sequencers / instruments on multiple tracks, with and without laptop.
Pros:
+ A lot of features for money in a compact size that fits in a small space with a traditional mixer layout.
+ Easy to use once you get yourself familiar how it operates, mostly one button per function and settings for new recording is fast to setup.
+ A good audio quality, compared to my earlier mixer and audiointerface combo my noisefloor dropped 10-15db even with most synths attached to my laptop with usb (my old mixer had usb audiointerface feature but it could not be used because it introduced groundloop whine to audiosignal)
+ Supports bluetooth audio (->play ipad synth straight to mixer without wires or play sounds to bluetooth audio device)
+ Supports footswitch (start & stop recording, markers, loop points, etc)
Cons (only couple minor things):
- There is a learning curve to getting know this mixer, there is so many ways to set this mixer for different workflows that you do have to read the manual, watch some videos and even go thru some forum posts.
- Because this is digital mixer there is some situations where analog mixer will behave differently (if you turn channel EQ mid to other position from middle, while input gain and output gain are really high out, you might hear pop sound because channel EQ is basically an digital effect that turns on. Highpass cut/boost, lowpass cut/boost or master EQ does not do this and with reasonable gain staging you will never have to worry about this issue)
- If you want to setup different mix for second headphones or listen thru headphones while monitors are muted or other way around, it can be done thru sub mix but it is a bit convoluted way (get the model 16 or 24 for that feature) I don't mind because I only use one pair of headphones.
- Audio input level metering is done in a bit odd way. Input level is one visual line of -12db without any other visible increments in lcd screen for all the channels. Physical output level metering next to screen with traditional db scale is just master output or solo channel level but you can't use the physical output meter to monitor input levels because gain is relative to your knob positions.
Conclusion:
Excellent device for homerecording and podcasting, still liking it a lot after half a year of using it almost daily.