Behringer WING Rack

It is a very very good, flexible and versatile mixer, and I love it.
I have used it several times before I bought it.
The design and the integrated software is well thought and the 10" screen is very usable, especially of its unique tilting mechanism is great.
What I really like:
- 48 stereo channel!!!
- 28 stereo bus!!!
- 16 built in effect processors
- Rich collections of built in effects in the price
- It can handle maximum 382 inputs and 368 outputs!!!
- Affordable 64x64 Dante card
- 10.1" Tilting Touch Screen
- Direct rooting possibilities without using any channel
- and much more ...

As an avid X32 platform user, I have been waiting patiently, since the full size Wing came out, for Behringer to make a compact and a rack version. My X32 rack is now 9 years old and (though, still unbeatable for the price) gets outdated and power supply issues take time to repair. 2 days ago I got a shipment and, man, what a great machine it is. I will not moan about the smaller size of outputs, as there are multiple ways to solve this problem. 24 combo jack/XLR outputs with Midas blue box preamps for this price - it is insane bang for the buck. Not saying anything about the built in effects and routing power with the new firmware update. I will definitely update my review after some months of live usage, but now I am more than happy with what I got

I bought this mixer because I needed more inputs—I've got a lot of stereo gear that I want to keep permanently connected without constantly plugging and unplugging. I initially considered the Wing Compact, but a) I don’t have the desk space for it, and b) I plan to use this mixer for live gigs in a rack case, so the rack version just made more sense. Even when used on a desk, it has a much smaller footprint.

The full-sized Wing was never really an option. It only has 8 onboard inputs, which means I would've needed to invest in additional expansion units just to get the input count I need. Plus, it’s physically too large for my setup.

The rack version’s compact size and its 24 combo XLR/TRS inputs already doubled what I had with my previous mixer. Still, 24 inputs weren’t quite enough for me, so I added an SD16 via the AES50 connection to expand further. With the SD units, those channels also show up in the DAW, which is a big plus.

I’m using this as an audio interface, and it provides 48 USB audio channels to the DAW. Just keep in mind that those 48 channels are all pre-fader (i.e., clean audio). If you want post-fader signals—say, with onboard effects—you'll have to use user routing, which is limited to 24 channels. That limitation surprised me. In case you'd want to have post-fader signals in the DAW, it’s worth being aware of this constraint.

I thought I’d miss having physical faders, but the touchscreen interface faders works surprisingly well. In the studio, I rarely adjust channel settings once they’re set—it's mostly about gain staging and maybe some EQ. Everything else happens in the DAW anyway.

The biggest downside is the lack of comprehensive manuals and documentation. You’ll end up relying heavily on YouTube and forums to figure things out.

This is an amazing console. Everything about this console is spot on. Very well layed out, and features keep getting added thanks to software updates. Great Eq, very surgical. The eq and comp emulations are all done very well. All the insert effects are great, and for some, i didnt even realize how much I needed them, until I tried them. Looking forward to see how far this consoles feature set will be taken through the software updates.