So it works, it sounds good not Allen and Heath good, but much better than the price suggests. The preamps are nice, reasonably transparent and controllable in a loud spill filled environment. the effects are more than useable and the routing options are good for a desk this size. Feels a little flimsy on the faders but all the xlr and yrs connectors feel nice and uh tight....one small gripe the usb out (taken from the main faders) is quite a low level maybe a driver issue but I'm recording into Logic X so I doubt it, it is also not as obvious to set up as one of tape ins has to be on and not the other, might be in the manuel but there is a you tube video showing how to do it.
Very happy customer and a good desk, well done Behringer.