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Behringer, bulletproof mixer video

Ok, we like this one. Even if it wasn't our idea, we hope that Uli Behringer was at least a little inspired by Factory Sound TV. In case you haven't seen it yet, the video clip below is a ripper ad for the new range of Behringer mixers, which are actually packed with even more features than the last Xenyx series. The killer new feature is One Knob Compression for each of the mono microphone channels, without overlooking the bi-directional USB port now built into the mixers.

When you're ready, check the new range here. Otherwise sit back and check the video!

Behringer Factory Tour & 20th Anniversary Party

2009. It's the 20th Anniversary year for Behringer. Since we got on so well with Uli when he first came to Australia November last year, Tone and Artie were invited to go to China to help Uli and his team celebrate. A stop-off in Hong Kong was required for a beer and a bite first...

As usual, the video camera came out. If you want to catch any of the 'non factory tour' - sightseeing with Factory Sound, it's here (on YouTube).

But the real reason we headed over to Zhongshan was to visit Uli at home in Behringer City. It's HQ for Behringer, with a large R&D team and plenty of manufacturing taking place there. Plenty is an understatement! With over 3,000 staff on site, Behringer City cranks out over 2,000,000 products per year. Let's just take that in for a moment...

Per day that equates to around 5,500 finished products. Each individual component is checked before being ticked off as 'production-ready' then the products are manufactured, some parts by machine, many by hand assembly. At various points along the way they are checked, before passing a final inspection and packaging. There's no magic packaging machine either!

It was without a doubt an eye-opening tour of 'Team Behringer' and one that we were able to video along the way. Later that night we attended Behringer's 20th Anniversary Party. Amazing.

To see how excited all those individuals were, being able to show off their entertaining talents and getting to put into practice the English they'd been learning was simply awesome. We were given a generous dose of Chinese culture, and have tried our best to capture that on video also.

So...here is both Part 1 and Part 2 of our trip to Zhongshan, China.
Each episode goes for about 8 mins. The first one begins at the party (yes, it was a pretty crazy entrance we had!), and an impromptu interview with the man of the moment, before moving toBehringer City for the tour. We get some good running commentary along the way, courtesy Michael Jago who recently left his post as GM of Behringer Australia to go and sink his teeth into Behringer Europe.

In the second episode we leave most of the talking up to the experts - Michael Deeb (CEO, Behringer) tells starts us off, and then Uli lets us in on some of the secrets of his factory. We swap a couple of times back to the party.
Hope you enjoy, we certainly did!

Part 1

Part 2