ive got a peavey fx24 mixer, and it has digital effects. can some one explain what these effects do?
Wow. Are you still awake? This mixer is used in live applications for mixing a live performance. The different effects are designed to enhance the performance. A compressor will only allow the sound to get so loud; think of it as an automatic volume ...
Best mixer around 8-12 bands for a rock/punk band?
Powered or unpowered? Unpowered, you can't beat the price on the Behringer Xenyx series or the Peavey PV14. If you're going powered the Carvin 880 is great. The new Behringer PMP3000 or 5000 are supposed to be a big improvement on their earlier mixer...
Can I link a pc to a powered mixer system?
There are specific programs and hardware to make this really work well or you can hard wire one in as well. Use a mini to RCA adapter to a input to the mixer. You really need to talk to a pro though for anything better.