TC Helicon GoXLR MINI Online Broadcast Mixer with USB/Audio Interface and Midas Preamp

Das GO XLR Pro entspricht genau dem was ich mir vorgestellt habe. Wenn man von einem Wave3 auf das XLR wechselt verwirrt einen am Anfang und beim einstellen das Routing, hat man es aber verstanden ist es der hammer. Es vergisst auch auch keine Einstellungen man muss sie nur in seinem Benutzer Profil abspeichern wenn man etwas gendert hat.
Ich benutze das XLR fr Twitch und Discord und TS auch hier ist es sehr berzeugend.
Jetzt fragst du dich warum 1 Stern Abzug.
Wenn zustzlich ein Staubschutz dabei gewesen wre htte es von mir volle Punkte bekommen!
Gerade wenn man Mixer hat ist das in meinen Augen ein Muss.
Habe auch den Stnder mit Ein-/Aus Schalter dazu bestellt der sehr massiv und aus Stahl ist, also kein Plastik, hier steht das XLR sehr gut drauf auch der Schalter ist gut zu erreichen.
Auerdem funktioniert es zig Macros im Stremdeck von Elgato zu setzen was dann wirklich alles abdeckt was man sich wnscht.

Reviewing based on being a streamer, previously had a Focusrite 2i4 which was more for music production rather than a live broadcast cast.

Pros:
Looks the awesome (RGBness)
Sliders save to where you want them (automated)
Vocal effects
Live looping with samples
Easy to use software

Cons
Big bit of kit, will take some room on your desk.
Pain to set up perfectly for your voice however once you do… spot on!
Only 1 XLR input. (Not an issue for most)

Reviewing based on being a streamer, previously had a Focusrite 2i4 which was more for music production rather than a live broadcast cast.

Pros:
Looks the awesome (RGBness)
Sliders save to where you want them (automated)
Vocal effects
Live looping with samples
Easy to use software

Cons
Big bit of kit, will take some room on your desk.
Pain to set up perfectly for your voice however once you do… spot on!
Only 1 XLR input. (Not an issue for most)

Pros-

GOXLR, but smaller, and more affordable

Cons-

Many laptop usb ports wont supply enough power to the GOXLR Mini to drive most condenser mics. If you try to use something like an AKG P120, there will be an extremely low-pitched (almost inaudible to the human ear) hum in playback, and you can hear a “popping” noise when cutting clips together. This could be entirely avoided if you could power the device by a wall adapter.

Since the app was developed for the full-size GOXLR with motorized faders, the app is a bit finicky for the GOXLR Mini. Every time you restart your computer, you have to manually set the faders back to where they were at when your PC was shut down for the fader lights to work. There is also a bit of lag when trying to do that. It would be nice to see an update with better optimization for the Mini.

Around 3 months of use. It does what it’s suppose to do.

Easy to setup, need the goxlr app to use the voice changer, sampler, you need to connect your mic to it with the 3.5mm cable (USB mic only) you can also use a dynamic mic or a condenser. You can also save samples from the goxlr to your pc. I love trolling people with their own voices in Disocrd calls. You can change your noise gate in the goxlr app to make your mic sound really good, I use it for streaming, I even use it in call of duty lobbies when I’m soundboard trolling. Definitely worth it imo.

Is a must have for sound control all you need in one place so so so so happy I got it as a content creation honestly another level!
A must have if you want your sound upgraded.

I was using a Behringer mixer but it was to big for my new desk setup, so I saw this had been reduced in price so I bought this.

Took a little while to setup, but once setup it’s great being able to censor myself easily and also choose what I want the Mic to be muted to, so I can mute it to the OBS or Discord by changing the setting in the GoXLR App.

The only thing missing is the ability to naturally use Wireless Headphones with it, but there are way’s around that which you just need to look on YouTube for.

Overall very happy, and will eventually add a Elgato Streamdeck to my setup for Voice Effect’s as this doesn’t support them like it’s big brother.

Works well looks good can change all the colours and loads of options for sounds effects

Works well looks good can change all the colours and loads of options for sounds effects

So this is almost perfect for a pretty common setup but it lacks a few things that would make this a MUST buy.
Before I discuss those things, I need to explain that there is little the GoXLR can do that FREE software can’t do, so the main reason (but not only reason) you’d want the GoXLR is to move away from software to hardware which is more convenient and has fewer issues, latency, etc.

Softare solution examples:
a) Voicemeeter Banana for audio routing (like the GoXLRs routing table)
b) Cantabile with Reaper plugins for live microphone processing (like the GoXLRs Mic processing)
c) Equalizer APO for EQ on outputs (not present on GoXLR)

Of course, you may still need an audio interface for an XLR mic, but there are plenty of cheap ones.

With that in mind, let’s look at some of the cons:

1) Only 2 outputs – A common use case for a GoXLR would be a dual PC setup + headphones + speakers for when you don’t want to wear headphones. But that means we need 3 outputs at the minimum (2nd PC, headphones and speakers). There are ways around this such as using software to switch between outputs but as mentioned above, we want to move away from that. You could also use a hardware audio switch but those can be problematic too and you might need to deal with ground loop or other noises. An extra output can’t be that much trouble, even if it increases price a bit, it would be more than worth it to reduce setup complexity, the number of devices and just make the device all round better.

2) No EQ on outputs – again, there are ways around it, for example you can use Voicemeeter banana to send 2 different tracks to the GoXLR. You can use Equalizer APO on one of the tracks to EQ it and leave the 2nd track RAW. Then you can route the EQed track to headphones and the RAW track to everything else connected to the GoXLR. This works… but as mentioned above, part of the reason you want the GoXLR is so you can move away from software processing.

3) Only one 1 XLR input – this is strange given the name of the device suggests emphasis on XLR. It would be cool to have at least one more XLR input, at the very least so you can switch between 2 different types of microphone. For example:
a) Dynamic microphone for when you want only your voice to be audible, e.g. you’re streaming or gaming.
b) Condenser microphone for when you want full room audio, e.g. you have guests or play VR

The pros:
– It can replace most software you’d use and makes a multi-PC setup a breeze. For single PCs, it makes audio routing and mixing a breeze. It’s so convenient and still replaces a lot of software you’d normally use to cleanup your microphone or mix tracks properly so your stream, discord or whatever else can hear the correct audio you want them to hear. The GoXLR is definitely an awesome piece of tech, but I hope they can correct the cons above in the next GoXLR version if there will be any and given its popularity, there almost certainly will be.

So this is almost perfect for a pretty common setup but it lacks a few things that would make this a MUST buy.
Before I discuss those things, I need to explain that there is little the GoXLR can do that FREE software can’t do, so the main reason (but not only reason) you’d want the GoXLR is to move away from software to hardware which is more convenient and has fewer issues, latency, etc.

Softare solution examples:
a) Voicemeeter Banana for audio routing (like the GoXLRs routing table)
b) Cantabile with Reaper plugins for live microphone processing (like the GoXLRs Mic processing)
c) Equalizer APO for EQ on outputs (not present on GoXLR)

Of course, you may still need an audio interface for an XLR mic, but there are plenty of cheap ones.

With that in mind, let’s look at some of the cons:

1) Only 2 outputs – A common use case for a GoXLR would be a dual PC setup + headphones + speakers for when you don’t want to wear headphones. But that means we need 3 outputs at the minimum (2nd PC, headphones and speakers). There are ways around this such as using software to switch between outputs but as mentioned above, we want to move away from that. You could also use a hardware audio switch but those can be problematic too and you might need to deal with ground loop or other noises. An extra output can’t be that much trouble, even if it increases price a bit, it would be more than worth it to reduce setup complexity, the number of devices and just make the device all round better.

2) No EQ on outputs – again, there are ways around it, for example you can use Voicemeeter banana to send 2 different tracks to the GoXLR. You can use Equalizer APO on one of the tracks to EQ it and leave the 2nd track RAW. Then you can route the EQed track to headphones and the RAW track to everything else connected to the GoXLR. This works… but as mentioned above, part of the reason you want the GoXLR is so you can move away from software processing.

3) Only one 1 XLR input – this is strange given the name of the device suggests emphasis on XLR. It would be cool to have at least one more XLR input, at the very least so you can switch between 2 different types of microphone. For example:
a) Dynamic microphone for when you want only your voice to be audible, e.g. you’re streaming or gaming.
b) Condenser microphone for when you want full room audio, e.g. you have guests or play VR

The pros:
– It can replace most software you’d use and makes a multi-PC setup a breeze. For single PCs, it makes audio routing and mixing a breeze. It’s so convenient and still replaces a lot of software you’d normally use to cleanup your microphone or mix tracks properly so your stream, discord or whatever else can hear the correct audio you want them to hear. The GoXLR is definitely an awesome piece of tech, but I hope they can correct the cons above in the next GoXLR version if there will be any and given its popularity, there almost certainly will be.

Buy this you get
a Mixer
A Sample Board
Voice Effects that you can customise
and no cloud lifter or any other audio interface for the Shure SM7B or any condenser microphone

The ability to control what you hear and what your audience hears is fantastic. you can have light music on and control what level you have your music at voice chat and system sounds at. it’s a real all in one kit and it does it fantastically. Buy it now you won’t be disappointed. You can get a mini one also with the faders only I believe

Grundstzlich muss ich sagen: wenn man keine Ahnung von Audio-Mixing und Routing hat, ist das GoXLR der perfekte Einstieg.
Die Software ist super intuitiv und leicht zu bedienen, die Tonqualitt ist top und auch das Design wird seinem Zweck gerecht.
Beim Anschliessen und Einrichten kann man quasi nichts falsch machen, jeder Punkt wird bei der Ersteinrichtung mit recht wenig Fachbegriffen abgefragt (z.B. wird die Phantomspeisung als Wort erst gar nicht erwhnt, sondern stattdessen gefragt, ob man ein Dynamisches oder Kondensatormikrofon benutzt). Die Mikrofoneinstellungen knnen im einfachen Modus mit einzelnen Regelschiebern schnell und unkompliziert, oder im erweiterten Modus Detaillierter konfiguriert werden (ich beziehe mich hierbei auf das Noise-Gate, den Equalizer und den Kompressor).
Das Audio-Mixing funktioniert ebenso denkbar einfach. Die 4 Hardware-Fader knnen aus allen Quellen (welche brigens mit Ausnahme von Console und Line-In alles separate virtuelle Audiogerte auf dem per USB angeschlossenen PC sind) frei belegt werden und die Funktionen der Mute-Knpfe knnen separat nochmal konfiguriert werden.
Auch das Audio-Routing ist vllig selbsterklrend. Man setzt einfach den Haken in der Tabelle dort rein, wo das Signal auch rauskommen soll und fertig.
Dazu kommt noch als nettes Gimmick die frei anpassbare Beleuchtung (farbe, Stil der Fader usw).
Des weiteren wird mit der Software ein Plugin fr das Elgato Stream-Deck mitgeliefert, mit dem man schnell einfache nderungen an der Routing-Table vornehmen, sowie auf Knopfdruck das Profil wechseln kann.

Allerdings hat das GoXLR ein paar Macken, die insbesondere beim GoXLR-Mini zum tragen kommen:
Zum einen scheint die Software die Konfigurationsprofile nicht immer korrekt abzuspeichern.
Des weiteren hat das GoXLR selbst weder einen Standby-Knopf, noch schaltet es sich nach dem Herunterfahren selbststndig aus. Sofern man nicht also manuell ein “Standby”-Profil erstellt, bei dem die Beleuchtung abgeschaltet ist, leuchtet das GoXLR selbst nach herunterfahren des PC’s frhlich weiter.
Auerdem vermisst man (im Gegensatz zu anderen, teureren Audio-Interfaces) einen Sub-Mix. Man bekommt immer genau das auf die Kopfhrer, was auch der Stream zu hren kriegt, da nur die Lautstrke fr das Mikrofon-Monitoring, sowie das gesamte Restsignal regelbar ist (man kann beispielsweise Musik, die ber das System-Audio wiedergegeben wird nicht unabhngig von anderen Audiospuren fr Stream und Kopfhrer separat in der Lautstrke regeln).
Auerdem ist die Gesamtlautstrke des Ausgangssignals (also entweder im lokalen Broadcast Stream-Mix oder auf dem Line-Out zum Streaming-PC) nicht regelbar. Wenn also das Signal zu laut ist, muss es in der OBS-Quelle manuell leiser gestellt werden; bzw wenn es zu leise ist muss man es manuell z.B. in OBS nachverstrken.
Zudem fehlt leider noch eine Mglichkeit USB-Mikrofone direkt mit der Software des GoXLR abgreifen zu knnen. Wer also ein USB-Mikrofon mit dem GoXLR benutzen mchte, muss ein suboptimales Workaround benutzen (ich habe beispielsweise das USB-Mikrofon ber Windows auf einen separaten Audio-Ausgang durchgeschleift, dort ein Klinkenkabel an eine DI-Box angeschlossen, welche das Signal ber XLR wieder an das GoXLR sendet). Ohne dieses Workaround ist der Mikrofonkanal des GoXLR in Kombination mit einem USB-Mikrofon komplett nutzlos, da diese Audioanpassungen nur mit dem XLR-Eingang funktionieren (das schliesst dann auch das Noise-Gate, Equalizer und Kompressor mit ein !)

Dennoch: trotz all der kleinen Mankos kann ich das GoXLR dennoch jedem Einsteiger empfehlen, da ich es nicht fr ausgeschlossen halte, dass manche Negativpunkte die von mir aufgezhlt wurde noch nachtrglich mit einem Software-Update nachgereicht werden knnen (insbesondere der USB-Mikrofon-Support und der Standby-Modus)

Just an awesome piece of kit, perfect for what it is intended, but does have technical quirks. I had issues with error messages and restarts, but that has calmed down with updates and re-installs and adding power to my USB hub (yes I know using a hub is hardly ideal, but I have to, and maybe the unit shouldn’t use USB power if it’s going to be troublesome?)
If not for the slight technical issues it is excellent for beginners and does indeed provide excellent sound quality.
Highly recommended.

This device is great even when not being a streamer, its amazing when you are though. I have the GoXLR mini and it has so many great little features if you use an XLR mic. As a XLR interface this has all the features you would want, it does processing internally so no processor usage from your PC, and the internals are good quality. There is a pretty good headphone amp so it can drive your high oom headphones and it sounds better then most on board audio from the motherboard of your pc.

The fact that it adds individual audio lines to your computer is the main selling point to me, set your music up so the fader controls the volume. Put your voice channels on the chat fader so you can control how loud your party members in discord or xbox party chat are for you. Put your web browser on music for videos when not listening to music, the volume controls can be highly customizable and it helps a lot when just using your computer or gaming with friends not just for streaming.

I would recommend this device to anyone who wants to up their voice chat to an XLR mic and wants a little more fine control on their audio. I would highly recommend to anyone wanting to stream and have a great audio set up.

Amazing product that works like a charm, would highly recommend this item to anyone whobwants to create contet both for youtube or twitch

Even if you are a content creator or just want better control over your sounds, this is amazing and a must have.

GoXLR Mini is a very good alternative if you aren’t able to swing the price of the full GoXLR. Very nice to control volume for different individual programs without sacrificing the volume of others. Being able to monitor your own voice is a huge plus, and being able to adjust the monitor volume is even bigger. Very daunting at first because there is just so many things this thing can do, so DEFINITELY go to their website and find the YouTube videos on how to set certain things up. Once you get the hang of it though, you won’t want to ever switch back to a normal mixer/audio interface. The RGB lighting is a great added feature, but does not automatically go off when you turn your PC off. So you will have to go into the GoXLR desktop app to put it in sleep mode if you don’t want it on while you’re not using it. That’s my only real negative.

Great Bit of Kit saved loads of messing around for my dual PC Stream.

Great product! The software looks overwhelming and complicated for first glance, but it’s OK after a while! Has very good sound quality with a proper XLR microphone!

Awesome product all round. One think that will drive you mad though is there isn’t a power off switch!

Great sampler and online support community in discord

I bought this to use with the Blue mic as GoXLR released a video showing how you could use the headphone out as a send to the mic input on the GOXLR. Dont use it. It’s noisy. You can hide the noise with a gate, but its always there. It’s kind of a interference high pitched whine noise. best get a Blue XLR mic instead.

i have been wanting some thing like this for ages

I was a bit worried to spend almost 300 on a mixer, however after setting this up and using it for a while that feeling vanished.
Super easy to setup.
Great little Interface. (After you download the Software from the Helicon website)

Does what I need it to do with ease (I am running a x2 PC streaming setup).

A couple of the best things for me is the simplicity to use/setup and also the fact you can use 1 mic and headphones which works on both computers at the same time :D.

I upgraded to the GOxlr from my Roland VTC-4 and it was worth every penny, it really is miles better than the Roland VTC series

I got this to replace my Rode Ai1, which is a great interface as well. However, this bit of kit is just wonderful. I had to use the Ai1 with Voicemeeter and I never really liked how cumbersome the software was. The software for this GoXLR achieves the same thing and more but with a much more intuitive interface. The inbuilt preamp is clean and powerful enough to work with a Shure SM7B, though I use mine with the Aston Stealth(shown in the pictures). The Aston has an inbuilt preamp and so it simply means that I can keep the levels down and maintain a cleaner sound. I am so pleased with this and I am sure that most people would love it as much as I do. A hearty recommendation fro me.

I got this to replace my Rode Ai1, which is a great interface as well. However, this bit of kit is just wonderful. I had to use the Ai1 with Voicemeeter and I never really liked how cumbersome the software was. The software for this GoXLR achieves the same thing and more but with a much more intuitive interface. The inbuilt preamp is clean and powerful enough to work with a Shure SM7B, though I use mine with the Aston Stealth(shown in the pictures). The Aston has an inbuilt preamp and so it simply means that I can keep the levels down and maintain a cleaner sound. I am so pleased with this and I am sure that most people would love it as much as I do. A hearty recommendation fro me.