Compact Mixer with Pro-grade Pre From personal mixing to podcasting, Soundcraft's Notepad-5 delivers the quality and convenience you need in a compact and pocketbook-friendly fashion. With the inclusion of USB connectivity, the Notepad-5 lets you easily bring the sound Sweetwater expects from Soundcraft to the live stage and the home studio. The Notepad-5 includes one of their acclaimed microphone preamplifiers, which offers clear sound and tons of headroom — exactly what you need for voice-over work and other applications where your voice is the center of attention. It also includes a direct input, which lets you plug in your bass or guitar. Top it off with a 2-band EQ plus two stereo channels for your line-level gear, and the Notepad-5 is everything you could want in a mixer that's small enough to go anywhere.Equipped with a versatile Soundcraft preamp Sweetwater live sound engineers have long counted on Soundcraft to deliver