Customer ratings for Pronomic Mini4 4-Kanal USB-Mischpult - Retoure (Zustand: sehr gut)

For me as a layman a great way to be able to connect micro and guitar to the Positive Grind Mini 2.
Furthermore, you can make recordings and playbacks from the USB stick.
No professional quality but for the price absolutely recommendable.

I am a commercial Dj. The mixer is super light, can be controlled without problems with Dj software, enough inputs, the device has everything you need. I can only recommend.

While looking for a small analog mixer to mix a microphone and a MIDI expander together, I came across the Pronomic Mini4 USB mixer.
The background is the use on an acoustic guitar battery amplifier which is equipped with a guitar and a microphone input.
So now the guitar goes into the acoustic amp guitar input and the analog mixer with one (mono) channel goes into the XLR/jack mic input combo.
This works very well. In the end, however, I decided to use a different analog mixer.
The reason for this was the size (the Pronomic is not one of the smallest) and the power supply via USB cable. That didn't fit in with my current setup.

What I didn't like:

I was a little disappointed with the workmanship.
In my opinion, the all-round plastic housing takes away any professionalism from the small mixer. The same applies to the 3.5 mm headphone jack. The power LED is also far too bright and would only dazzle on stage.
In my opinion, the repeat and delay functions are better left switched off or only the first few millimeters of the pots are used.
The arrangement of the MAIN and PHONE pots is somewhat unfortunate. As the PHONE pot is located directly below the level indicator, I mistook it for the MAIN pot on more than one occasion.
Overall, the mixing console seemed a little "weak on the chest" to me. In other words, with an input setting of 0dB for my Rokit studio monitors, I had to turn the VOL and MAIN controls almost to maximum in order to hear a decent sound.


What I liked:

The potentiometer knobs run smoothly and also have a center detent for the treble and bass controls.
Phantom power is also on board.
Accompaniment sounds from the USB stick can also be played and mixed.
Channel 3/4 can easily cope with levels of 1.228 volts (+4dBu) without even coming close to clipping, which also corresponds to the level of a professional mixing console.
I will keep the Pronomic Mini4 USB mixer because I can quickly plug in a few instruments (bass, guitar) and a microphone for practicing. The outputs of the Pronomic to the active studio speakers and off you go. It's definitely good enough for home use.

Measurements:
A quick check in the measurement lab revealed the following:
The two line inputs of the XLR combo sockets can only handle levels up to 0.775 volts before they start clipping. This does not correspond to a professional mixing console level and would be more in the consumer range.
The voltage gain of the Line1 and Line2 inputs was approx. 16 dB at an input voltage of 0.7 volts. The GAIN, VOL and MAIN potentiometers were fully turned up.
Strangely, all the clip LEDs lit up even though the output signal was still far from clipping.
On channel 3/4, the level was 10.8 dB at an input voltage of 1.00 volt.
The XLR inputs (Mic1 and Mic2) had a decent gain of +38dB as specified.
The tone control of the measured channels was in the center position for all measurements.
Measurements were made with a Wavetek frequency generator and a Hitachi oscilloscope at 1kHz measurement frequency.

I have the mixer to mix down my keyboard in front of the speakers. Unfortunately, the "Mid" is missing, which I really needed, but it is what it is. The echo, as expected, is not usable. You can set the times and the rate, but a reverb is just not replaceable by an echo. Otherwise, nothing cracks, nothing noises, the pods are not too smooth and everything seems to be stable. The connection to the Bluetooth device works flawlessly. Too bad that when playing the Bluetooth source, the only stereo channels are occupied. I think for the price the device is top! You can buy it.

Looking for an inexpensive mixer that works without a power outlet, I came across the Pronomic Mini4. You can mix 2 mics and up to 2 guitars or 2 other instruments. And you can actually make live recordings via an MP-3 stick. So ideal for a guitar duo o.ae. And for a sensationally low price. In addition, a simple equalizer and a reverb effect is onboard. With these functions, there are few comparable devices even in the higher price range. Of course, one should not have too high expectations at this price. The reverb effect sounds poor and the plastic housing offers no shielding when using radio module plugs for mics or guitar. Noise. Also the buttons and knobs will hardly survive a long stage use. Nevertheless, thumbs up for me.

Have expected more despite the low price from the manufacturer, plastic toys made in China. Could have bought comparable right away on ebay, unfortunately it does not even work well noise and wobble I will send it back and rather pay a little more but put on quality, Yamaha or Behringer, had bought it because of the size to be able to take it in the backpack! For children or rank amateurs okay, musicians should not be tempted like me.

Everything is actually true, even positive ratings. It all depends on what you plug into it. If you're lucky, everything will be fine, but it's all too easy for the device to make some kind of constellation that results in unpleasant noises which, depending on the situation, can be so annoying that the mixer can no longer be used for this purpose. This ranges from low-level noise to interference sounds.
I actually only wanted to use it for small live performances where I don't have mains power and I want to use the small condenser mics for the choir. That works fine until the guitar is plugged in too, then it becomes unbearable. But that's exactly what I need, and unfortunately I have to send it back because it won't work. I could tolerate a bit of noise (I'm not a quality fanatic) but it's not just loud noise, it's irregular, relatively loud noises, the origin of which can't be explained so easily.
Nevertheless, there are two points, because the operation with a power bank works, and there are also constellations where the sound is very good to acceptable.

An on/off switch would be nice. :-)

High background noise, poor sound control, weak output level, the gain controls have to be turned up, resulting in hardly any volume reserves, not recommended for live use