Soundcraft makes a nice little compact mixer, the Notepad 12Fx, and I believe it's under $200 new. The effects bus and aux bus are both routed in a way that's kind of strange, but it has nice preamps and it's design is solid. 4 combi XLR/1/4" channels, two stereo 1/4" channels that can be used as mono, and some other features. The effects aren't fancy but the reverb is serviceable if that's all you really need.
I actually like it better, soundwise, than the larger Soundcraft Signature 10. That mixer turned out to be a huge disappointment.
While I like the Notepad, I plan to spring for the Allen & Heath Zed10fx--the consensus around here and other places seems to be that it's the best small format analog mixer, but its price point reflects that relative to, say, the Notepad.
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