Also the onboard effects are useless

The pre-amps are wicked nice and the effects are incredible

The effects are a bonus, and a pleasant addition since the bose has no effects

Onboard effects is useless when recording

Quality preamps and decent effects

The effects are pretty good.

If your a musician like myself that wanted this mixer for the usb and to have good effects for your studio then this is and I repeat NOT the mixer for you

The effects are clean and realistic and the mice pre-amps are excellent.

With Rode mics and Sunrise pickups it's dead quiet and the effects and pretty darn good

The sound and EQ are very good through headphones and the effects are really easy to use and the standard settings are adequate to cover most applications without the need to tinker with them