Yamaha MG10XUF 10-Channel Mixer

The hub that ties the sound together

When you've got a couple of mics, some background music and maybe a DJ or laptop feed, something has to balance all of it and push one clean mix to the speakers. That's the mixer's job. The MG10XUF gives you four of Yamaha's Class-A D-PRE mic preamps, 3-band EQ and a high-pass filter on every channel, onboard SPX effects for a bit of reverb on vocals, and, unlike the knob-only MG10XU, proper linear faders so you can ride levels smoothly through a set.

The USB audio runs both ways, so you can play music straight off a laptop and record the room back to the same machine.

Setup

Mics, music and the DJ all plug in here, and one stereo output feeds your powered speakers. We set gain and dial in the effects during sound-check. Want a client streaming off a phone? Add an Xvive Bluetooth receiver and drop it into a spare channel.

Conference and AGM setups

At a conference, an AGM or a panel, the mixer sits between the microphones and the room. Two Shure BLX wireless handhelds, the system we send out as a conference microphone rental, cover the podium and a roaming Q&A mic in the audience. A wired ATR1300x on the lectern takes a third channel, and the laptop playing walk-in music runs into a stereo channel. One clean mix goes to the speakers, and the USB output records the session at the same time.

Frequently asked

Can it record the event? Yes. The USB 2-in/2-out captures the main mix straight to a laptop.

Phantom power for condenser mics? Yes, there's switchable +48 V on the mic inputs.

Renting microphones for a conference? Pair this mixer with the Shure BLX conference microphone system. It has four mic inputs, so a bigger panel needs more channels: send us the headcount and we size the mixer and the mic count together.