I have had this for a few years now. A big plus is the dual use. When I don’t have my mac switched on, it’s just a mixer that allows me to play a synth (stereo), directly plugged in electro-acoustic guitar, electric guitar from a stereo pedalboard through my monitors, without having to change any of the cabling or settings. When I use my DAW, I can record all of those, plus my plugged in mike and VSTs and do the arranging and mixing through audio over USB, again without having to plug/unplug anything. It’s well built and takes little desktop space. Only flaw is the micro-USB used for power.
Haha totally agree on the micro-USB. I might should have mentioned it in the video. It hasn’t failed me yet but I am a bit paranoid about it, especially when I’m out gigging with it. I’ve had luck so far!
Great video! Can I plug it into my iPad and use it as an audio interface for garage band? Currently using the Audient evo 8 but it would nice to have more inputs
@@calebitilley update .I didn’t realsie that only two inputs in the flow 8 can be phantom powered. Not a big deal but my specific needs/wants are to have a vocal mic and a matched pair of cardioid mics all plugged in at the same time. You did mention that in your review but my silly brain didn’t take note. I’m currently checking out the audient evo 16. It’s a lot more expensive but it looks incredible.
@DrewHughesMusic yeah, that is a big limitation of the FLOW. The evo seems great and I think the Evo 16 you can add additional inputs later via adat if you ever needed it. I use an iD22 as my main interface paired with a Behringer ADA8200 for extra ins and outs. It seems that Audient is a reliable brand
I use a small mixer to combine signals between my computer (audio, not usb), and my Yamaha keyboard - just for use in my home. What I need is to be able to switch (or pan) between my headphones and external powered speakers. Can this device do that? (You’d be amazed at the number of mixers that cannot.)
The simplest way to do that (that I can think of) is assign headphone out to be monitor 1+2, and control the master of each of them. Not the most ideal scenario, but would do the job
So I'm considering this as an upgrade to my H5 zoom. I like my zoom to be fair, but the one draw back I have is that is output mapping. On my H5, anything mapped to outputs is automatically put out to the single 3.5mm line out, as well as the headphones out, which is a problem when you're trying to reamp and listen to the reamp. I'd like to set different output signals to different physical outputs. So with that problem in mind how many mappable outputs does this have in a DAW?
You have USB 1&2, which is your main playback, and USB 3&4 can be sent to a channel on the mixer. As far as physical outputs, you have your main out, monitor outs, and headphone out. I believe you can assign either of the USB outs to go straight out of monitor 1&2 or the headphone out.
@TroyCunningham I’m away from my computer at the moment, but i believe your daw will just give you the options “1&2” and “3&4”, and you can configure what physical outputs they go to on the Flow itself, I want to say there’s a shot in the video of the output options within logic, but I’m not sure.
I don't like the micro usb ( many have had issues ) but the mixer is great value. Small, easy to save scenes and I love the monitor and phones out for IEM
I would like to know what the preamps are like. Behringer is not exactly known to excel in that department, except for their high end stuff with the Midas. Any idea what the noise floor level is, preamp gain, etc.?
From my understanding, inputs 1 and 2 are the same design as the X series: XR18, X32, and so on. They’re not the absolute best in the game, but I’ve used the XR18 extensively and had no issues. For something like a SM7b, you’ll probably notice some noise without a cloudlifter or similar. As far as detailed specs, I’d have to look into that.
@piscesman54 I plan on doing a comparison between this interface and a few others that I currently have in my possession. I haven’t done that yet, but I’ll do that soon for sure!
I used the Flow 8 for the first time at a small Christmas House party (5 piece) and it was a little bit tricky. I never got a chance to use the remote feature like I imagined I would. The only thing about the unit was that I got negative feedback from every member of teh band in regards to the reverb. They hated it and made me use as little as possible, like the fader was at 10% and they were all at 5% Unfortunately, it does not have a good vocal reverb. I have a Yamaha 12 channel mixer that has a much better reverb and that was also a $200ish purchase.
I have had this for a few years now. A big plus is the dual use. When I don’t have my mac switched on, it’s just a mixer that allows me to play a synth (stereo), directly plugged in electro-acoustic guitar, electric guitar from a stereo pedalboard through my monitors, without having to change any of the cabling or settings. When I use my DAW, I can record all of those, plus my plugged in mike and VSTs and do the arranging and mixing through audio over USB, again without having to plug/unplug anything. It’s well built and takes little desktop space. Only flaw is the micro-USB used for power.
Haha totally agree on the micro-USB. I might should have mentioned it in the video. It hasn’t failed me yet but I am a bit paranoid about it, especially when I’m out gigging with it. I’ve had luck so far!
Great video! Can I plug it into my iPad and use it as an audio interface for garage band? Currently using the Audient evo 8 but it would nice to have more inputs
Thank you! And yeah, it should work with an iPad. It works with my iPad Air for sure.
@ thank you. Great channel. You have just got yourself a new subscriber 😁
@DrewHughesMusic thanks so much!
@@calebitilley update .I didn’t realsie that only two inputs in the flow 8 can be phantom powered. Not a big deal but my specific needs/wants are to have a vocal mic and a matched pair of cardioid mics all plugged in at the same time. You did mention that in your review but my silly brain didn’t take note.
I’m currently checking out the audient evo 16. It’s a lot more expensive but it looks incredible.
@DrewHughesMusic yeah, that is a big limitation of the FLOW. The evo seems great and I think the Evo 16 you can add additional inputs later via adat if you ever needed it. I use an iD22 as my main interface paired with a Behringer ADA8200 for extra ins and outs. It seems that Audient is a reliable brand
I use a small mixer to combine signals between my computer (audio, not usb), and my Yamaha keyboard - just for use in my home. What I need is to be able to switch (or pan) between my headphones and external powered speakers. Can this device do that? (You’d be amazed at the number of mixers that cannot.)
The simplest way to do that (that I can think of) is assign headphone out to be monitor 1+2, and control the master of each of them. Not the most ideal scenario, but would do the job
So I'm considering this as an upgrade to my H5 zoom. I like my zoom to be fair, but the one draw back I have is that is output mapping. On my H5, anything mapped to outputs is automatically put out to the single 3.5mm line out, as well as the headphones out, which is a problem when you're trying to reamp and listen to the reamp. I'd like to set different output signals to different physical outputs. So with that problem in mind how many mappable outputs does this have in a DAW?
You have USB 1&2, which is your main playback, and USB 3&4 can be sent to a channel on the mixer. As far as physical outputs, you have your main out, monitor outs, and headphone out. I believe you can assign either of the USB outs to go straight out of monitor 1&2 or the headphone out.
@@calebitilley So in your DAW do you see 4 channels as output channels?
@TroyCunningham I’m away from my computer at the moment, but i believe your daw will just give you the options “1&2” and “3&4”, and you can configure what physical outputs they go to on the Flow itself, I want to say there’s a shot in the video of the output options within logic, but I’m not sure.
I don't like the micro usb ( many have had issues ) but the mixer is great value. Small, easy to save scenes and I love the monitor and phones out for IEM
The idea of micro usb is sketchy to me, but thankfully I haven’t actually had any problems with it here (yet).
I would like to know what the preamps are like. Behringer is not exactly known to excel in that department, except for their high end stuff with the Midas. Any idea what the noise floor level is, preamp gain, etc.?
From my understanding, inputs 1 and 2 are the same design as the X series: XR18, X32, and so on. They’re not the absolute best in the game, but I’ve used the XR18 extensively and had no issues. For something like a SM7b, you’ll probably notice some noise without a cloudlifter or similar. As far as detailed specs, I’d have to look into that.
@@calebitilley Txs for the info. Don't worry, I'll look it up. Have you done any audio comparisons with other interfaces in that price range?
@piscesman54 I plan on doing a comparison between this interface and a few others that I currently have in my possession. I haven’t done that yet, but I’ll do that soon for sure!
Hello, can it be used in live parties and can it be used as an alternative to the Dinocord Power?
I could see this being great for parties. I’m not familiar with the dinocord power, so I’m unsure.
I used the Flow 8 for the first time at a small Christmas House party (5 piece) and it was a little bit tricky. I never got a chance to use the remote feature like I imagined I would. The only thing about the unit was that I got negative feedback from every member of teh band in regards to the reverb. They hated it and made me use as little as possible, like the fader was at 10% and they were all at 5% Unfortunately, it does not have a good vocal reverb. I have a Yamaha 12 channel mixer that has a much better reverb and that was also a $200ish purchase.
Without the app, it took me a bit to figure out how to dive into some features. I think that’s one of the tradeoffs for sure.
I think it’s the best budget mixer because it’s so flexible and can do pretty much anything you want to in a small setting.
For sure. It's limited, but it's also insanely affordable, and can do more than most in it's price range. It's my go to mixer for my live gigs.
What is price
Currently $179 USD, but they went out of stock pretty much everywhere right after I uploaded this. Hopefully they’ll be back soon. 🙏🏻