It's also a significant chunk more than the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 3rd Gen audio interface I reviewed last year. That's roughly the same as the going price for a GoXLR Mini in the US, but pricier than you'll find one for in the UK. Razer asks for $250/£250 for the Razer Audio Mixer, but it goes for more like $216 now. Which all brings me to the elephant in the room: the Razer Audio Mixer's price tag. You need to have a pretty good reason to pick one up to actually get good use out of it, otherwise it can become a bit of an unnecessary addition to your desktop.

Neither of those negatives are likely news to you if you're looking into an audio mixer like this, but that leads me into how I feel about the target audience for a mixer like this.

The Razer Audio Mixer also doesn't drive the loudest output audio I've experienced, and there's no specificity as to the specs of the chipset driving the whole mixer, which feels like this is simply the maximum oomph this amp can deliver. Also you need to hook your headphones up to the mixer, so if you're rocking a pair of wireless cans you'll need to pack them away for a pair with a cable. So it's back to a more mundane pair of headphones that came with the Scarlett mic I've been using with the Razer unit. I use a pair of audiophile headphones, and the Razer Audio Mixer doesn't support the 1⁄4 inch audio jack to drive them. There are a few sacrifices I've had to make for the Razer Audio Mixer though, and they're worth bearing in mind. The logo, faders, channels, and buttons all light up all manner of colour and can be tweaked to act differently when muted, respond to volume, whatever you fancy.

Though there's only four and honestly the shine of these sorts of gag effects has long been lost on me.īeing a Razer product there's heaps of RGB lighting to control on this thing. And, yep, there are some fun microphone effects to pick from.

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