To be honest, the only reason I said it was noisy, was because a friend could hear it. My my ears, unless the gain is pushed high, I can't. Glad that yours is still good after 5 years, I hope mine lasts that long! Thanks!

It looks like a copy, of the Yamaha MG16XU, but the USB audio interface is different than the Yamaha, it only does 16 bit 44khz, mono in, stereo out, even though it says on the mixer 24bit 192 khz. This also has bluetooth audio input, and a USB stick playback and recording, recording is mono though. As an analog mixer it's ok, but noisy.

What I mean by noisy is the mixer without any inputs or outputs connected has a hissing noise in the audio chain. You can hear it with headphones on, at very little gain. Can you use it for what you stated? Of course, the noise is over powered by the sound going through it. Hope this helps.

@johnsmithkeysareme I have a mini drive rack (GoRack) I can use with this to try and suppress the hum

@@djlahawkhawkins6302 That might help, but the noise isn't a 60 cycle hum, it is white noise from the op amps, I'm pretty sure there isn't enough filter caps on the internals. But I am gong by what I hear, I haven't taken it apart to see.

sooo how is it going with that G-mark...I love mines. I have used it on a number of gigs with and without the mp3 feature. question? have you connected this to a computer yet and what was your experience​@@johnsmithkeysareme

@@djlahawkhawkins6302So far, I haven't had any problems with it. Yes, this is used in my studio, connected to a M-Audio Delta 24/96 internal sound card, in my computer I use in the studio. Using the usb will work, if you ok with recording in Mono, that's why I don't use the usb interface on the mixer. I use stereo analog out into the internal sound card. Almost every video I have here on You Tube, the audio is routed that way. The videos posted after this one, is using this mixer.

The music is just a midi clip I had, played through my JUNO DS.