MG206CUSB 20-Input USB Mixing Console This 20-input MG model is suitable for live sound applications in which flexibility and computer recording are required. The MG206C-USB features high quality microphone preamplifiers and includes USB I/O for direct connection to a PC. A comprehensive complement of 4 auxiliary and 6 group buses provides extensive signal routing versatility in a sturdy, rack ready chassis. Compressors View larger Rear Image View larger Easy live recording with bundled Cubase AI4 Cubase AI4 harnesses the power of the Steinberg Cubase 4 digital audio workstation for use with Yamaha MG "USB" mixers, providing a powerful set of advanced software tools that are easy to use while significantly expanding the mixers" recording and production capabilities. Cubase AI4 offers direct digital connectivity to the stereo buses of MG "USB" models for audio recording and editing. It also features a range of MIDI sequencing capabilities, an entire suite of VST effect plug-ins, and a HALion One sample player featuring selected waves from the famed Yamaha Motif synthesizers. Versatile Connectivity and Pro-class Connectors Top-mounted input and output connectors make setting up and re-patching your system quick and easy. All models feature high-quality Neutrik balanced XLR connectors on mono microphone/line channels and XLR-equipped stereo channels. These professional-class connectors were subjected to extensive testing by the Yamaha design team, and were chosen for the MG mixers for their superior reliability and sonic qualities. The XLR-equipped stereo channels can accept a mono microphone input either via the XLR or phone jack connectors. The remaining stereo channels provide phone jack and pin jack connectors for compatibility with a wide range of sources. Mono input channels also feature insert I/O connectors that let you patch external signal processing gear into those channels as required. Separate pin jack 2TR inputs are provided to accept the output from a CD player or similar stereo source. Built-in Channel Compressors This advanced feature can be a tremendous advantage in achieving great vocal sound, as well as to refine the sound of bass, guitar, and other sources. You won"t find built-in channel compression on too many other mixers in this class, but in the new MG mixers you have Yamaha"s innovative one-knob compression feature on several of the mono input channels. Conventional audio compressors with their threshold, ratio, knee, makeup gain and other controls can be complex and time consuming to set appropriately for a given source. Yamaha"s one-knob compressor eliminates the need for an engineering degree with a single control that lets you simply dial in the amount of compression you want. High-performance Microphone Preamplifiers with Switchable Phantom Power Microphone preamplifiers are critical in any mixer, and a performance bottleneck in many. That"s why pros often spend thousands of dollars on just a single channel of microphone pre-amplification. The microphone preamps built into the MG mixers inherit technology from Yamaha"s top-line professional consoles, and have been painstakingly designed to deliver superior sonic performance with any dynamic or condenser microphone. Gain trim covers a wide -60dB ~ -16dB range for microphones (-34dB ~ +10dB for line input), so you"ll be able to achieve optimum level matching with just about any source. All microphone preamps also feature switchable phantom power so you can take advantage of the natural, extended response of high-quality condenser microphones. View larger 3-band Channel EQ and High-pass Filters Building a truly useful, musical-sounding channel equalizer is no easy task, but Yamaha has decades of experience in building pro consoles to draw on. You reap the benefits in the MG 206C-USB mixer: mono channels feature 3-band equalizers with LOW, MID, MID-sweep and HIGH controls. 3-band EQ is available on the stereo input channels as well for tonal adjustments. Although not directly related to the equalizer circuitry, all the mono inputs also include switchable 80 Hz low-pass filters that can be used to eliminate subsonic noise that is below the equalizers" range. Features: Easy live recording with bundled Cubase AI4Lightweight, Portable DesignsVersatile Connectivity and Pro-class ConnectorsBuilt-in Channel CompressorsHigh-performance Microphone Preamplifiers with Switchable Phantom Power3-band Channel EQ and High-pass FiltersAux SendsSix Buses (Stereo and Group)Smooth 60-millimeter Faders & Illuminated Channel ON SwitchesBright Meters for Visual Level MonitoringEasy Operation