Audio Interface with DJ Mixer and Sound Card, Maonocaster Portable ALL-IN-ONE Podcast Production Studio with XLR Condenser Microphone for Guitar, Live Streaming, PC, Recording, and Gaming (AM100 K1)

Amazing amount of mixing functionality in a small portable box at a great price
(Watch the attached video for a run-down of some of the features).A few years ago, something like this would have been unheard of. A highly-featured mixing console that’s battery-powered, plus a decent condenser microphone, for a few hundred bucks? Impossible.But, yeah, now possible. They are marketing this as a podcast production facility in a box, and that’s pretty much spot on. In the box you get:1) The mixing deck2) A decent condenser microphone3) A Stand/shock mount for the microphone4) A cable for the microphone5) A box of minijack-to-minijack (1/8″) cables6) A USB-C charging cable7) Some brief instructionsThe mixing deck came about 2/3 fully charged. To turn it on, you need to press AND HOLD FOR A COUPLE OF SECOND the power button on the back of the unit. (The instructions don’t make this clear, and the first time I tried it, I thought it was defective).Set up was a breeze. Putting together the microphone stand takes a minute or two. Plug the microphone into the jack on the back of the mixer (using the included cable), attach a monitor device (speaker or headphones), and away you go. If you want to record a podcast digitally, you can connect the mixing deck to your PC via USB. There’s also software you can download that will let you load some of the jingle buttons on the deck. The jingle buttons play mp3 files when pushed, and these can be used as drop-ins. Typical types of drop-ins would include applause, vinyl need scratch, wah-wah disappointment sound, etc. You get the idea. A few sounds are pre-loaded on the mixer (despite a sticker that said they weren’t), but you can modify the contents via the software.The pots and levers all worked without noticeable noise. The microphone input includes an optional 48V mode to provide “phantom power” as required for most condenser microphones (such as the one included).There are two microphone (/ 1/4″ jack) inputs on the back and an additional two 1/8″ minijack inputs for a phone or other aux devices. You also have Pod connections that allow a phone to be attached where a caller can interact with the host and monitor what the host is saying. There are individual input level adjustments on all inputs, and each input channel has a mute button.For input music, there’s a “music only” button that will strip out the “center” vocal. For songs where the lead vocal is fully centered, this does a great job (listen to the example of the Beatles’ Penny Lane in my video). The usefulness of this will depend on your purpose. It’s great for Karaoke purposes, such as for a humorous lyric bumper.Voice from the microphone inputs can be manipulated either via a continuous pitch adjustment or else through quick punch buttons that provide “female”, “male”, “baby” and “robot” mutations. These are cute enough but probably won’t get used a whole bunch in any semi-professional context. There’s also a “Side Chain” button that is quite useful, and for the case where you’re talking over an audio track, it will lower the audio while you talk and then automatically bring the audio back up when you’re done. It’s like having your own engineer.A bay of on-the-fly pitch correction adjustments are available, although you probably won’t use these much unless you’re creating a singing track of some sort. There is also a “mode” bay that allows various types of echo and delays to be added to your voice. These range from “Studio”, which is dry, to KTV/Church/Hall/Valley/Room, which, to varying degrees add echo and delay.The battery inside is rated for 5000 mAh, and that will last at least eight hours. That should be enough for most portable use cases. You can, of course, also plug it in (via the USB cable).On the whole, this is pretty great. If you’ve ever wanted to do multi-channel production at home, you really can’t do better than this at this price point. You have up to four channels of input, good sounding effects you can put on the vocals, and all the rest. AND you get a pretty good condenser microphone and stand on top of it all.Now for the handful of limitations:1) The digital output is mono. No stereo. No way around that. That’s a bummer if you want to create a podcast or bumper in stereo, and it’s going to be a deal-breaker for some.2) There’s no support for USB microphones. Many of us (including me) own one or more high-quality USB condenser mics, and they can’t be used with this mixer. That’s not a deal-breaker, but it is a bit of a disappointment.3) No Bluetooth connectivity. Bluetooth would have been nice–for headphones or a lapel mic or whatever. Nope.4) There’s no onboard recording. Oh, so close. If only they’d included a memory slot. It would have been nice to be able to mix down to a memory card and upload it later to a PC. Nope. If you want to record, you’re gonna have to be connected to your recording platform in real-time.Despite the limitations, I’m still giving this 5 stars, because it does what it does extremely well, and it provides so much good functionality in a small, affordable package. Most people will be up and creating a professional-sounding podcast in no time using this kit.

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Not for Tiktok live streaming.
I can only use type C USB port for live streaming. Which means I can’t charge it while I’m streaming. There are two Aux ports for Streaming but they don’t function. If I use them for streaming, the viewers or listeners can barely hear some sketchy noise while I can clearly hear perfect sound on my headphones. This review is only based on tiktok live streaming. I am not sure if it has to do anything with compatibility with the specific mobile app.

Loved it! Until I didn’t, now its junk
I got Maonocaster AM 100 in 2022, and it was great! It was fun to mess around with all the sounds and the audio quality was not bad, however a few months go by and it starts acting weird. After pushing the buttons to do presets, it would turn on then off immediately. I thought “Ok no big deal, Ill restart it” and they worked again, great! A few days go buy and it happened again. I just got sick of messing with it to get that feature to work, so I just stopped using those buttons.After about a year it would randomly change my voice without me turning any knobs or pressing any buttons. Very frustrating, but powering it off and back on again usually fixed this quickly. Now it does it no mater what (doing research this seams to be a very common issue after about a year of use, I somehow got lucky and squeezed 2 years out of it). And to make matters worse the off button doesn’t work 80% of the time now along with a slew of other issues. This product is fun for a few months NOT BUILT TO LAST!