Behringer ADA8200 Ultragain

This unit is great for running 1-8 mics in the same environment, as you'll get crosstalk naturally from your microphones picking up the surrounding environment.

However, if you had planned to mix and match dissimilar sources that cross talk becomes a pretty big nuisance. I was attempting to run mics on inputs 1&2 and an hdmi audio extractor on inputs 3&4. The signal from the mics was clearly audible on inputs 3&4, and vice versa.

Like I said, great for mic-ing a single environment / source. For example, drums. You'll get natural crosstalk much louder than the internal crosstalk. But for trying to isolate totally dissimilar sources you're going to run into trouble.

A very cheap option to expand your channel inputs.

I use this product mainly to record drums for non-professional recordings. It enables me to expand the 8 channels I had, to 16.

Pros:
- The obvious pro is the price. It is an extremely cheap way to extend the number of channels you can record.

Cons:
- The build quality leaves a LOT to be desired. I have no idea what kind of QA is done of the build of the product, but the very first time I picked it up and packed it to bring it to my rehearsal space, I got quite a deep cut on my hand due to the incredibly sharp edges on the front panel. Those edges are sharper than many knives!