Maono G1 NEO Mixer Review

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Pros	Cons
User friendly	Manual Power On
Customizability	Faders Cut Off Early
Quick Mute Buttons

The Voltage:

The Maono G1 NEO Mixer is a great budget-friendly mixer with amazing features. Some note-worthy features are the dual-level noise reducer, SideChain, as well as the ability to connect with Bluetooth. It's a user-friendly device that gives you the ability to customize it in many ways from how you use it to how you want to connect it. This gives it a versatility that is hard to beat! I find the Maono G1 NEO a great mixer that has everything I need in one small convenient package!

The Maono G1 NEO Mixer

The Maono Mixer is an asset for anyone who spends time online chatting or gaming! It comes in clutch during gaming sessions or when you have background music coming through with its Sidechain ability. This little mixer also has two levels of Noise Reduction to help reduce the background noise in loud environments. The Maono Mixer seems to be a very capable budget-friendly tool for streaming to chatting, let deep dive a little more shall we!

Form & Button Layout

The Maono Mixer is made of hard plastic that doesn't feel cheap but well put together. Starting from the left you have the Phantom 48v so you can power up your XLR Mic if you use that type of mic then you have the Bluetooth button. Below those buttons, you have your volume faders for both mic and audio inputs and then if you go further down you have your quick mute buttons for both mic and audio!

On the top right of the mixer, you have the Gain/ Reverb/ Headphones knob controls. Then right below that you have 9 rubber buttons that have a great feel when you press them down. Which are your Noise reducer, Voice Change, direct monitor(loopback), sidechain, and RGB controls. The last 4 are your custom soundpad buttons, which you can record custom sounds and play them throughout your stream or chat.

The Maono Mixer is a well put together product that has a lot to offer. It's made with ease of use and productivity in mind and is a great tool for get things done!

Features

The Maono Mixer G1 NEO is an amazing product that has great features that will help you with many of your audio needs! Here are the list of features:

• Bluetooth connectivity

• 48V Phantom Power (for XLR mic)

• Quick mute buttons

• 2 Levels of Noise Reduction

• Direct monitor (loopback)

• 4 different pitches of voice changing- Female, Male, Baby, Robot

• Sidechain (allows the auto reduction of music when you talk)

• Dual mic controls through volume fader and gain knob

• Reverb

• 12 different RGB settings

• 4 custom soundpad buttons (customizable prerecorded sound effects you can play at the press of a button)

The Connections

The Maono G1 NEO can be set up and used for many different situations which is another great feature of this product. On the back of this device are all the connectors which are from left to right the power button then you have the Dc-5v Interface which is just to implement power to the device in case you want to use it with your phone or similar device so it doesn't pull power from the device. Then next to that you have the USB-C connector with bus power so that you can connect and drive power from your pc or laptop as well as connect to it.

The next connector you have is the 3.5mm line out which can connect to a speaker or streaming computer if you have a dual streaming setup. You then have a dedicated headphone jack and an AUX IN connector.

The last two connectors are the TRRS headphone connector (headphones with a Mic) and then you have your dual XLR/TRS microphone connector.

The Good & The Bad

This Mixer has a lot of great things going for it but it also has some flaws that I have found while using it. One such issue is that I hate that it doesn't auto power on when I turn on my pc. I have to sit there and manually turn it on every time I want to use it. The other issue I found while using this is a smaller grievance which is that while using the faders it completely turns off the sound a little too early (right after level 2).

Now off to the good things and the first thing I noticed while using the Maono is how easy it was to set it up, just plug it into the pc with your mic and headphones and you're good to go! I also loved how small and compact it is compared to the older one I used to use. Then you have the ability for multiple connections so you can set it up in whatever way you need to with or without Bluetooth which in itself is a great feature.

The Mic quality sounded crisp and clean when I was testing it with both an XLR mic and a headset with a mic. You also have so much customizability from RGB to the 4 custom soundpad buttons which can add that extra oomph to your chats or stream. The quick mutes for both mic and audio is a great touch so you can quickly mute yourself in case of different situations.

Conclusion

The Maono G1 NEO Mixer is a solid budget-friendly mixer that has a great amount of features that complement the product as a great purchase! Its ease of use and customizability creates an environment where your ability to create content is unhindered by the need for a great audio interface. Though I had some minor grievances with the Maono the positives definitely out way the woes. So If you're looking for a good audio mixer for an amazing price that comes with some great features then you should take a good look at The Maono G1 New Mixer!

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