And by 'budget,' we mean mixers that won't break the bank to acquire, whether new or used. So if you want more vintage mixer options, that will require some solo research on your part-though hopefully this roundup will prove helpful for vintage sleuthing. The mixers below are all relatively new products.

That said, bands running significant amounts of hardware alongside their traditional instruments might also come away with some useful knowledge. Artists with sounds and approaches like Arca, Laurel Halo, Flying Lotus, and Aphex Twin, working across genres like techno, house, ambient, hip-hop, IDM, experimental, and so on. Solo electronic acts and duos just getting into the live game-those whose sound is built on hardware electronic instruments, not traditional instruments like guitars and drums-will probably gain the most from these recommendations. On the other hand, these mixer recommendations could work for electronic musicians who are blending several pieces of hardware with laptop-based virtual instruments, including Ableton Live and Max/MSP, the latter of which is a sound ecosystem completely unto itself. To keep things simple, the following recommendations aren't aimed at Eurorack rig owners. We envision this electronic musician running several pieces of hardware into the mixers covered below, including keyboard and tabletop synthesizers (both analogue and digital), samplers (like the Akai MPCs and Elektron Digitakt), drum machines, and effects. The live electronic musician we are thinking about could be working in any sort of genre. Allen & Heath ZEDi-10FX Compact 10-Input Hybrid Mixer

Small mixer with reverb