1. Soundcraft UI12 vs Behringer Air X12
Product Snapshot
Soundcraft UI12 vs Behringer Air X12
March 21, 2016 1

2. Retail and Recording CSU Snapshot UI12 vs Behringer Air X12
Is the Soundcraft UI12 worth $50 more than the Behringer XR12 X Air?
$249 US Street
$299 US Street 2

3. $32 Retail and Recording CSU Snapshot UI12 vs Behringer Air X12
Better Inputs
8 XLR inputs
Enough preamps for:
Singer
Background singers (x2)
Drummer (4 mics)
Acoustic instruments
4 XLR inputs
Limiting with a typical band set-up
$32
Savings buying 4 XLR to ¼ adapters as of 3/22 on sweetwater.com 3

4. $32 Retail and Recording CSU Snapshot UI12 vs Behringer Air X12
The right inputs
Combi XLR/TRS jacks
More versatile and NO adapters
¼” jacks on line inputs and auxes
Not super robust and need adapters
$32
Savings buying 4 XLR to ¼ adapters as of 3/22 on sweetwater.com 4

5. $99+ Retail and Recording CSU Snapshot UI12 vs Behringer Air X12
Real effects – not copies
Real effects
Real Lexicon Reverb
Real DigiTech Amp Models
Virtual effect rack
High-end simulations of classic studio reverbs = Fake
$99+
Savings buying Lexicon LXP Plugin – Least expensive way to get this level of reverb. DigiTech plug-ins not available, but easily worth as much 5

6. $25+ Retail and Recording CSU Snapshot UI12 vs Behringer Air X12
Quality of life issues…
Two sets of Master outs
Can run side fills
Two Headphone outputs
No need for an external headphone amps
One Set of Masters out
One Headphone jack
$25+
Savings from buying a headphone splitter – Value to have 2 outputs can be as high as having to move up to the next sized mixer 6

7. $35+ Retail and Recording CSU Snapshot UI12 vs Behringer Air X12
Audio player
Can play most type of audio files directly from USB stick, you can also split Left Right for click track to headphones alone.
No Audio player support
$35+
Savings from buying an MP3 player or higher quality WAV players. 7

8. $45+ Retail and Recording CSU Snapshot UI12 vs Behringer Air X12
Connectivity
Built in router for simulataneous Ethernet and wifi connections.
Need router to support simultaneous wifi and Ethernet connections.
$45+
Savings from buying a wifi router 8

9. $75+ Retail and Recording CSU Snapshot UI12 vs Behringer Air X12
Built in recording function
No built in recorder
$75+
Savings from buying a Flash driver WAV recorder 9

10. $343! +$32 +$32 +$99 +$25 +$35 +$45 +$75 Retail and Recording CSU
Snapshot UI12 vs Behringer Air X12
Is the Soundcraft UI12 worth $50 more than the Behringer XR12 X Air..?
$249 US Street
$299 US Street
+$32
+$32 +$99 +$25
+$35
+$45 +$75
No the UI12 is worth more!
$592 US Street
$343! 10