An introductory series would be most useful. This patching is insane! Using the term 'output' to mean multiple things, and working left-to-right then right-to-left is a real head-scratcher.
I agree! How about something simple like how do I get the sound to come out of the mains lol. Obviously, if I can’t get the sound out of the mains, it has something to do with the routing. Keep it simple!
Wohooooow man!!! Awesome!!! You are literally the first person on this planet to succeed in explaining this in a way that even I can understand it and(!) explain it to someone else as well! YESSS you should definitely create more of this content... I'm going over now to your channel to see what else I can find there! THANK YOU!
Please create that video of everything from taking the X32 out of the box to running your own show. I am brand new to all of this and this is the best video I've seen on the X32. Subscribed!
Just adding my voice to the chorus of gratitude for this (finally...FINALLY!) clear explanation. You are a treasure. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I guess when the students are ready, the teacher appears! BLESS YOU SIR!
I'm not sure why, but the way you're explaining this has really simplified understanding it for me. I've listened to a lot of great and information filled videos, but somehow they have been talking right past me on it. One thing you do that I really appreciate is STAYING ON THE SUBJECT. Wow... you'd think that wouldn't be hard, but even the best presenters can forget they're leading you by the hand and start flying into other things before you've grasped the point you were covering. I really appreciate your approach of covering one page in depth, with examples, before moving on. Subscribed! I'd be interested in watching any X32-based content. I hope you'll do more in depth work on this mixer series.
This is the exact video I have been looking for. Well done. At our church we use a stage box, local xlrs and local auxs and we stream live via OBS so this is a God send. God bless you 🙏
Your explanation of analog concepts vs digital concepts is SO much better than most people are able to explain it. The real problem with most training videos on youtube is assumed knowledge. And if the training is targeted at a certain audience, the videos almost never make that clear up front. I think anyone with experience AT ALL with analog mixing can understand this pretty easily.
Thank you so much for this video. I was assigned to handle an X32 recently and being familiar with analog mixers I was kinda lost. Your explanation of the mixer routing is just brilliant...
Your video on the M32 was comprehensive and informative. Your extensive experience with the console is evident in your ability to effectively configure it and present it in this video.
This is a great explanation for a guy like me who is so frustrated by the complexity of the routing interface on the X32 rack. Thank you! (Side note: If you make any more tutorials, you may want to hit your mixer with a blast of air and a wipe down. ;-) I always forget to wipe mine down too, and it can get crusty pretty fast.)
Thank you so much for making this video. I’ve watched a couple of times and listened to it like a podcast too. It’s all starting to make sense now. Specially the part about the card. I just bought the X32 rack and card so this is very helpful.
Andrew, this video was fantastic to help in understanding routing in an X-32. The discussion about physical versus virtual paths including the diagram was extremely helpful. Also, explaining the use of 8-channel custom assigned USER Input and USER output blocks was very helpful. I was confused about assigning channels to output to the card until I realized that USER Output blocks can contain both Inputs and Outputs. A video about sends and mix buses and matrices would be very useful beginning right after the signals pass through the Input stage.
So glad it was useful, especially the diagrams haha, I'm no artist. I'm working on a video about sends and buses just now. I've got one about pre and post fader on the channel already as well
Thank you! This is the best video I've seen so far on explaining the routing of the x32. I'm still a bit confused but it's because I have very little experience with routing. One thing I would like to see is more pictures or diagrams. For some reason that helps me visualize what is going on internally in the mixer. I keep telling myself I'm going to do just that once I understand the routing in this thing. By then they will probably have a whole different routing interface.
I'm so glad you liked it. I agree diagrams make it easier. I'll try to get more in in the future but I'm no graphic designer and it takes me ages haha. But you should make a diagram! Even if you don't think you totally understand it yet then just draw it out, how you think everything links together and in what order. Jus thinking about it will help you understand.
Yes an indepth video from out of the box set up to doing a show would be very helpfull in getting a working knowledge without the stress of showing up and programing the board as everyone is wating on you to get them what they need for their monitors.
Hey, I've since made this video covering that: Set Up An Entire Live Sound PA| Passive PA, Monitor Speakers And Mixer ua-cam.com/video/L4zXuPqDqU4/v-deo.html
Finally someone to clear up this muddy water !! Thanks so much for the video Andrew . It's still a brain teaser but it makes a lot more sense to me now .
yes please make that video!!! Please show us how we can use them with power amps. and the whole setting it up from the plugging in chords to the entire live set up
Power amps for passive speakers.. Active speakers work the same.. the only difference is that the amps get plugged in for all the outputs on the mixer or digital stage box.
Absolutely, you've got this! it's just a differnet way of interfacing. At the end of the day your existing knowledge of mixing, gain structure, EQ is the same, so it's just a little bump in the road :)
Now this is what x32 people need coming from a live sound rig over to digital, nothing made sense. I can now see why. I now use an X32 Rack in my studio via USB. many Thanks.
Thank you Andrew, I reallly appreciate the explanation. But I would like to take your word, would you be able to do unbox an X32 and connect the microphone do the routing to a card like Dante (if you have it, or USB) to the computer DAW and bring it back to the mixer and routing out again for mixing to a channel that can be used for live streaming purposes?.
Hi! I found this tutorial extremely helpful in demystifying my new gear. I wanted to ask if you ever made that more in-depth video series you mentioned at the end of this video? I would be most interested in seeing that if it's something you've published or have in the works. Thanks so much!
Thanks! So glad it was helpful. I did! I think it was this one: Set Up An Entire Live Sound PA| Passive PA, Monitor Speakers And Mixer ua-cam.com/video/L4zXuPqDqU4/v-deo.html
This is gold. Thank you for this!!! Just gor my x32 rack hooked up. Now I need to watch it a few more times. I grasp the concept and then get confused. Need to play around with it and change I/O and see what happens. By the way goes without saying, but main fader is turned off by default which is to be expected. Just couldn't find it on the front panel. On the home - main tab. Might help a newbie like myself. Thanks again!!!
So very glad it's helpful! It's quite a lot to take in so I'm hoping it can act as a reference wherever you need to get something routed. I certainly had to do lot of thinking and playing about to get my thoughts straight for this video haha
The concept of a "virtual holding place" was a light bulb moment. Also in the west we read from left to right, thus if the work flow in the pages operated the same way, it would take a lot of the confusion away. But the flow is backwards for some reason.
Thank you for this video I find it to be very informative. Yes I would love it if you would do a more in-depth video as I am very new to the digital world I have recently purchased a bunch of digital equipment i.e. 2-x-r18’s, x-touch, x-r32, sd-16, p-16, dp-48, & the Wing, all by Behringer. Between my son and myself we have 2 x-r32’s, 2-sd-16’s, 4-p-16’s. My son works on digital sound systems for a living, whereas I am trying to learn my way. I like you stated early on in your video am very much familiar with the analog boards. However trying to understand the digital side of sound is a whole different beast and can get quite complicated as well as confusing. I purchased my own digital equipment so that I could get hands on lessons at my own pace. I find these videos lessons very helpful and interesting to me so again thank you very much. 😊
Thanks so much for your comment! Great to hear you're diving into the digital world. I've made a few other videos about routing and one about setting up a PA Set Up An Entire Live Sound PA| Passive PA, Monitor Speakers And Mixer ua-cam.com/video/L4zXuPqDqU4/v-deo.html
Thanks so much for that video. I work on tour on many different brands of digital desks and each time I find myself with an M32, I wonder what kind of drugs behringer engineers took to make a routing so confusing. "Analog Outputs" that tend to mean hardware, "card out" that is more like out to the card and so on. X32edit with its matrix look make things a little bit more welcoming, but still, to do simple things you would do on a CL5 in a sec, Behringer software turns it into headacke. Thanks again and bravo.
Hahahah thanks :) It's a strange system. The whole input blocks and user inputs blow my mind as well. Like, if I can customise every input why not just get me doing that from the start? I almost forget how quickly you can get things done on the QL CL mixers.
Thanks a lot for this view on the routing of those consoles. Their vision on routing is the sh**tiest I know in digital consoles. Thanks again for your explanation
Hey thank you for the in-depth tutorial. in time stamp 9:04 / 21:34 you talked about having your Aux in local, how about if I want aux 1-4 to be local and 5-6 to come from input 15/16 of my s16? how can i accomplish that? I believe it is user input but I need more direction
Gentleman, thanks for the content. There's a possibility to use a channel in the M32 in line, without a preamp? To use with a external Neve 1073? How to best way to use teh mixer with a external preamp like that neve? Thx in advance
you should have covered routing for mix bus fader out to aux 1/4 inch out for those with analog snakes. Not everyone has a digital snake yet. I have seen people using turn around adapters and some soldier cabels to enable the use of 1/4 inch returns on their snakes for the xlr outputs of the mix buses. I tried telling them aboute routing but sometimes house techs are threatened by outsiders mixing on their eqipment and it falls on deaf ears. Digital mixers are like computers or smartphones. They are still new to the masses, and the options are limitless and this becomes overwelming till you use it a few times and figure out how to use it for your purposes. Lets face it analog consoles have consistancy from manufacture to manufacture but Digital Consoles like computers the all have different software and different hardware and Firmware almost like rocket science. Like computers some use a powerful device for Social Media only and Some use it as a tool for learning and enrichment. Transition is always a learning curve.......Meet George Jetson
Great in depth tutorial. So here’s my scenario: I need to route my X32 to my computer where I just downloaded Ableton Live. For now I’ll be only using 3 input channels on the X32. So far I’m getting no feed pick up in Ableton. What’s the best way to route these appropriate channels so that I can record audio? Thank you in advance.
Excellent video, help ma a lot !!! But I'm not able to understand how to Send all the mix, ( what I heard on phones ) to streamlab, and stream my music. And How to route one external synth to ableton live ? But maybe I know this. thank you a lot.
Glad it helped. That depends on a few things. If streamlab is on a computer you could connect the computer via usb and use card outputs. This video goes into a little more detail: ua-cam.com/video/mKNyKiwcyF4/v-deo.html
That console should come with a box of aspirin, because you will for sure get a headache. I work on all sorts of digital consoles from all standard manufacturers (Yamaha, Digico, Midas, Soundcraft etc) but I've never needed to watch a video about how to patch. So if my virtual Out 1-16 and Aux Out 1-6 are used up, I'm out of outputs, even if I have more physical outputs available? Meaning it's not possible to patch Mix 1-16 to physical outputs 1-16 (via the virtual outs 1-16) on the stagebox, and at the same time rout matrix 1-8 and the L/R mix to the local XLRs on the console?
Yeah as far as I know anyway, you only have 16 outputs. You do have 6 auxes. Maybe there's a workaround using user outs. I agree it's a bit weird. Yamaha is a bit weird with the dante stuff as well.
What would be nice is to know how to get your main outs back after trying what you said. Seems every time I even look at the USER tab i lose my main outs. Only way to get them back is to initialize and start all over because the saved scene can't remember how the mains work! I am starting to feel buyers remorse and the unit has not seen active duty yet.
QUESTION: If i want to use the local outputs separate from the aes outputs so that I can have 16 stagebox outs and 8 local outs that aren't mirrored, how do I set that up? Is that possible? the out option shows only 16 outs and if I were to assign them all to aes outs does that mean I have no way to route my local outs
Hi loved the stream....I have a x32 and a sd16.....and ....yes I'm having trouble routing do I need to tell the desk that I'm using a sd16 ...should it just ug and play....sorry dude tia😢
Good question. It should show up in your routing screen if it's connected. Make sure that you're connected from point to point. That means aes50 A on your mixer to aes50 A on your stagebox. It must go direct. Can't go through a router or other network device. Make sure your stagebox is connected to power as well. The stagebox should show a green light over aes50 A in that case.
Hello my friend. I have a question. how can I route samples from the pc to the inputs? example for iem and foh. I have 1-6 input channels and would like to have the PC click and play a sample (intro) on input 7-8. I use the midas 32R. Everything confuses me. I chose among the users in 1-6, I chose 7-8 Card in, I hope it's explained clearly, maybe you can help me. Best regards
Thank you OffshareAudio! You've done a great job in demystifying X32/M32 routing panel! I look forward to watching more content from you. May I ask you a "no sound" question? I've got a bank of local input (Local 1-8) connected to an analog stage box. So they're patched to Input 1-8, and they should all come out of the Main LR speaker channel as output. However, I found that there are 2 input channels which do not give any sound on Main LR, but when press "Solo", audio from that channel would come out properly. Do you have any idea what's wrong? Thank you so much!
Thanks! You're very welcome. My first guess would be to check that the channels are assigned to the main mix. If you select the channel there should be a button somewhere near the pan dial. I believe it says main or stereo. Very easy to hit that by mistake.
Hey Jimmy, yes pretty much. I've got a few videos explaining them. I'd recommend you start with this one Understanding Digital Stageboxes ua-cam.com/video/qBJHcxNvCGQ/v-deo.html
Great video. no audio sound leaving behringer x32 compact to the 3 floor monitors . The monitors are connected t0 two amplifiers and are working properly . Audio sound is going through the Behringer x32 to the 2 main speakers but not through the monitors. can you help me?
Thanks! Is sound getting to the bus as intented? use the solo button and the meters to confirm that the intended bus is receiving audio. If it is then check that the sound is reaching the ouput correctly, use the meters to check you've got audio in the intended output. Then check that the output is routed to the intended physical output/ XLR on the mixer and stagebox.
Hey Brady, assuming you've got sound coming out your mixer normally you would connect the XLR cables of the main output to the input of a power amplifier. You would then connect the output of that power amplifer to your speakers, most likely using speaken cables. So main left to amp channel A, Amp Out 1 to the left speaker. Main right to amp channel B, then on to the right speaker. This video should help: ua-cam.com/video/DpfbFaWvdg8/v-deo.html
Thanks, I'm afraid I'm not sure. I'm not much of an iPad user to be honest. I'll be around an iPad with the app in a coupe of days and I'll try find out for you.
@@JuanGomez-iz7yl I had a look and it is indeed missing from mine as well, I guess they just skipped it on the app. I tried to find a manual for it but there's not a lot of info online. If you're on the rack version your best bet would be the offline editor to create a preset with your routing done. Though that is a pain.
Hello everyone . please i need help " output configuration for M32R Live with DL16 " I'm currently working with the M32R Live mixer and the DL16 stage box, and I need help configuring the outputs. I'd like to use the user outputs on the mixer, specifically for buses 1-8 bus fader. I aim to set up bus fader 1 to output from the local mixer (out 1), bus fader 2 to output from the DL16 (out 1), bus fader 3 to output from DL16 out 2, and bus fader 4 from DL16 out 3 and so on. similar to how I configure the inputs. For the inputs, I can set input fader 1 to source from the local mixer and input fader 2 from the first input of the DL16 from user input I know how to do it , but setting for out it is confusing and also I want to make out 7 in dl16 as master out left and out 8 in dl16 as master out right and to keep also out from local 7,8 as master because I want to have other PA system from DL16 Could you please provide guidance on how to achieve this configuration for the outputs?
Would you give me the example how to route using user output for the case of: 1. Output 1-8 - AES50A -> Bus 1-8 2. Output 9 - Local -> Matrix 1 3. Output 10 - Local -> Matrix 2 4. Output 11 - AES50A -> Bus 9 5. Output 12 - AES50A -> Bus 10 6. Output 13 - Local -> Bus 11 7. Output 14 - Local -> Mono Sub 8. Output 15 & 16 - Local -> Main LR
Well if I'm on an X32 again I'll look this up. Doesn't help that diff console firmware versions, iPad and laptop software patching screens are all different.
Hi in our church we have the x32 producer how i connected but the sound seems not balanced as the left side is the only one showing on the screen, how to i balance sound? you reply will be highly appreciated thanks
Hi, there are a lot of questions to ask. What have you already tried and ruled out? Start at the beginning of your signal flow with one mic in, turn it up, how do the meters look? Solo the master bus and listen with headphones, does it sound balanced? Pan the mic fully to the left and right, is the sound equal when you test each side? Move step by step through the system until you find the point that is causing the problem. If everything seems to fine try updating the firmware
For the love of God, how do I simply get my computer to send audio via USB into the mixer to play out of front of house? Is no one else on earth trying to do this? Would really appreciate your help
You set the inputs to CARD (09:00 in the video). This video explains the computer side of things: ua-cam.com/video/-deK4rMnjY8/v-deo.htmlsi=2ukeNfI-_G3uGDj-
@@OffshoreAudio hey me again. I've gone in circles the past few weeks trying to get my x32 to simply receive ANY audio via USB from my Mac. Nothing is working. With the AUX inputs, I have audio coming from the computer headphone jack into two (stereo) physical AUX inputs on the x32, and the mixer is handling this just fine. When I change the AUX inputs to Card 1-6, it seems like now the mixer should simply pick up audio being sent to it via USB (I am changing the audio output on the Mac to X-Live when I try this). But simply nothing is coming out. I have opened up a Logic Pro X session, and tried sending audio out via USB through all 32 channels testing two by two. None of them play any sound through the mixer. It seems that whatever inputs are selected for the AUX IN section should be outputted to the same place, right? So whether Aux Ins is selected or Card 1-6 is selected, either source in this section should simply get routed to the same place? But also with that, am I missing something or is there just no section for assigning where your AUX IN inputs get sent to? Considering the CARD OUTPUTS section is literally a Card Input section, and I have no idea how we are supposed to choose where the card inputs get *sent* to. Sorry this is such a long comment. I am just struggling here. Any advice would be appreciated!
Hi. Select the output bus on the card output screen, shown at 15:00 on this video. I'd just use a DAW to verify input. You'll need the drivers for the card. I cover that in this video. ua-cam.com/video/-deK4rMnjY8/v-deo.html
Hey I know this video is old but I had a nightmare the other day with an x32 compact all due to the confusing routing and I just want to see if I was doing something wrong, I was using a Midas 32ch stagebox with 16 outputs, I patched all my inputs in consecutive order on aes a e.g aes50 1-8, aes50 9-16 so on up to 32 I was taking my L/R from the desk so patched xlr out 7 to main L and xlr out 8 to main right and then I patched my outputs for aes50 a in consecutive order e.g aes50 1-8, aes50 9-16 so on up to 16, I could generate pink noise in the Pa and my channels were coming into the desk, I had all the channels assigned to the L/R, my monitors were working but I don’t understand why I couldn’t get the channels to come through the foh, could it have been a fault with the desk?
Really hard to say without looking at it. If the signal gen is coming out it sounds like a routing problem though I'd power cycle everything just to check. Check this video for some signal flow tips ua-cam.com/video/MgPhpcJiPX8/v-deo.htmlsi=09EOpfQCByvFIf7O
Please create that video of everything from taking the X32 out of the box to running your own show. I am brand new to all of this and this is the best video I've seen on the X32. Subscribed!
This is by far THE clearest x32/m32 routing tutorial I found on UA-cam, thank you Andrew. Unlock Live Sound courses are really nice by the way.
Thanks so much Ching! Very glad to hear you're enjoying the course as well 😀
You can say that again, a little louder 😊
No one on UA-cam explains this concept better than you do! Thanks for creating this intuitive and wonderful video.
thank you so much! Glad it was helpful!
An introductory series would be most useful. This patching is insane! Using the term 'output' to mean multiple things, and working left-to-right then right-to-left is a real head-scratcher.
Agreed! It's a pretty strange system.
I agree! How about something simple like how do I get the sound to come out of the mains lol. Obviously, if I can’t get the sound out of the mains, it has something to do with the routing. Keep it simple!
Wohooooow man!!! Awesome!!! You are literally the first person on this planet to succeed in explaining this in a way that even I can understand it and(!) explain it to someone else as well! YESSS you should definitely create more of this content... I'm going over now to your channel to see what else I can find there! THANK YOU!
Oh thank you so much. You're too kind! So glad it helped
Please create that video of everything from taking the X32 out of the box to running your own show. I am brand new to all of this and this is the best video I've seen on the X32. Subscribed!
Here you go.
Set Up An Entire Live Sound PA| Passive PA, Monitor Speakers And Mixer
ua-cam.com/video/L4zXuPqDqU4/v-deo.html
FINALLY someone who explains how things works!! You're the best!!! ❤
Aw thanks! It's a pleasure to be able to explain for you :)
Just adding my voice to the chorus of gratitude for this (finally...FINALLY!) clear explanation. You are a treasure. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I guess when the students are ready, the teacher appears! BLESS YOU SIR!
I'm not sure why, but the way you're explaining this has really simplified understanding it for me. I've listened to a lot of great and information filled videos, but somehow they have been talking right past me on it. One thing you do that I really appreciate is STAYING ON THE SUBJECT. Wow... you'd think that wouldn't be hard, but even the best presenters can forget they're leading you by the hand and start flying into other things before you've grasped the point you were covering. I really appreciate your approach of covering one page in depth, with examples, before moving on. Subscribed!
I'd be interested in watching any X32-based content. I hope you'll do more in depth work on this mixer series.
This is the exact video I have been looking for. Well done. At our church we use a stage box, local xlrs and local auxs and we stream live via OBS so this is a God send. God bless you 🙏
Your explanation of analog concepts vs digital concepts is SO much better than most people are able to explain it. The real problem with most training videos on youtube is assumed knowledge. And if the training is targeted at a certain audience, the videos almost never make that clear up front. I think anyone with experience AT ALL with analog mixing can understand this pretty easily.
Thank you so much for this video. I was assigned to handle an X32 recently and being familiar with analog mixers I was kinda lost. Your explanation of the mixer routing is just brilliant...
Your video on the M32 was comprehensive and informative. Your extensive experience with the console is evident in your ability to effectively configure it and present it in this video.
Best video so far of explaining the routing section of the M32, thanks a lot 👍👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you so much for the thorough explanation. I was a bit lost when I got the X32 and you have covered everything I needed to know.
This is a great explanation for a guy like me who is so frustrated by the complexity of the routing interface on the X32 rack. Thank you! (Side note: If you make any more tutorials, you may want to hit your mixer with a blast of air and a wipe down. ;-) I always forget to wipe mine down too, and it can get crusty pretty fast.)
Thank you so much for making this video. I’ve watched a couple of times and listened to it like a podcast too. It’s all starting to make sense now. Specially the part about the card. I just bought the X32 rack and card so this is very helpful.
Andrew, this video was fantastic to help in understanding routing in an X-32. The discussion about physical versus virtual paths including the diagram was extremely helpful. Also, explaining the use of 8-channel custom assigned USER Input and USER output blocks was very helpful. I was confused about assigning channels to output to the card until I realized that USER Output blocks can contain both Inputs and Outputs.
A video about sends and mix buses and matrices would be very useful beginning right after the signals pass through the Input stage.
So glad it was useful, especially the diagrams haha, I'm no artist. I'm working on a video about sends and buses just now. I've got one about pre and post fader on the channel already as well
I am just waiting for M32R and have been worrying how to set the digital snake to work. Things are a bit clearer now. Thank you!
Great to hear! I've got a few other videos about that stuff if you get lost
Thank you! This is the best video I've seen so far on explaining the routing of the x32. I'm still a bit confused but it's because I have very little experience with routing. One thing I would like to see is more pictures or diagrams. For some reason that helps me visualize what is going on internally in the mixer. I keep telling myself I'm going to do just that once I understand the routing in this thing. By then they will probably have a whole different routing interface.
I'm so glad you liked it. I agree diagrams make it easier. I'll try to get more in in the future but I'm no graphic designer and it takes me ages haha. But you should make a diagram! Even if you don't think you totally understand it yet then just draw it out, how you think everything links together and in what order. Jus thinking about it will help you understand.
This is a great set of tutorials !! Thank you for taking the time and patience to create these !
You're very welcome! If there's anything else in live sound you'd like explained then just leave a comment.
Yes an indepth video from out of the box set up to doing a show would be very helpfull in getting a working knowledge without the stress of showing up and programing the board as everyone is wating on you to get them what they need for their monitors.
Hey, I've since made this video covering that:
Set Up An Entire Live Sound PA| Passive PA, Monitor Speakers And Mixer
ua-cam.com/video/L4zXuPqDqU4/v-deo.html
Finally someone to clear up this muddy water !! Thanks so much for the video Andrew . It's still a brain teaser but it makes a lot more sense to me now .
yes please make that video!!! Please show us how we can use them with power amps. and the whole setting it up from the plugging in chords to the entire live set up
Power amps for passive speakers.. Active speakers work the same.. the only difference is that the amps get plugged in for all the outputs on the mixer or digital stage box.
Thank you for the effective training. My transformation from analogue to digital mixers seems to me easier than looks atthe begining.
Absolutely, you've got this! it's just a differnet way of interfacing. At the end of the day your existing knowledge of mixing, gain structure, EQ is the same, so it's just a little bump in the road :)
Now this is what x32 people need coming from a live sound rig over to digital, nothing made sense. I can now see why. I now use an X32 Rack in my studio via USB. many Thanks.
Yes, make a in-depth video on setting up M32/X32 to run a production.
Set Up An Entire Live Sound PA| Passive PA, Monitor Speakers And Mixer
ua-cam.com/video/L4zXuPqDqU4/v-deo.html
Thank you Andrew, I reallly appreciate the explanation. But I would like to take your word, would you be able to do unbox an X32 and connect the microphone do the routing to a card like Dante (if you have it, or USB) to the computer DAW and bring it back to the mixer and routing out again for mixing to a channel that can be used for live streaming purposes?.
Magnificent amazing way of explaining, you are super teacher!!
Thank you so much! 😃
Great video, one of the best I've seen so far on the X32! Curious how I can utilize the internal effects. Thank you Andrew!
This is very good Andrew one of the best I have seen in setting up your Mixer. I'm On X32
Thanks so much. Glad it was helpful
thx mate you made my day and at last after 2 days i finaly manage to understand the philosophy of routing in m 32 r thx !!!!! God bless you!!!
I am blown away by this explanation 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 … Best explanation video ever 💯
Aw thanks!
Hi! I found this tutorial extremely helpful in demystifying my new gear. I wanted to ask if you ever made that more in-depth video series you mentioned at the end of this video? I would be most interested in seeing that if it's something you've published or have in the works. Thanks so much!
Thanks! So glad it was helpful. I did! I think it was this one: Set Up An Entire Live Sound PA| Passive PA, Monitor Speakers And Mixer
ua-cam.com/video/L4zXuPqDqU4/v-deo.html
This is gold. Thank you for this!!! Just gor my x32 rack hooked up. Now I need to watch it a few more times. I grasp the concept and then get confused. Need to play around with it and change I/O and see what happens. By the way goes without saying, but main fader is turned off by default which is to be expected. Just couldn't find it on the front panel. On the home - main tab. Might help a newbie like myself. Thanks again!!!
So very glad it's helpful! It's quite a lot to take in so I'm hoping it can act as a reference wherever you need to get something routed. I certainly had to do lot of thinking and playing about to get my thoughts straight for this video haha
I have been looking for something like the user controlled blocks. Thank you
Nice and well explained video into the routing section of this board... hopping to see more from you sir....Kudos
Thanks so much, glad it was helpful :)
Very useful thanks! I’ve only mixed on Allen and heath and Yamaha but have a gig coming up with an x32 so this was very helpful.
Great to hear!
The concept of a "virtual holding place" was a light bulb moment. Also in the west we read from left to right, thus if the work flow in the pages operated the same way, it would take a lot of the confusion away. But the flow is backwards for some reason.
Great video. more X 32 and M32 videos please.
Thank you for this video I find it to be very informative. Yes I would love it if you would do a more in-depth video as I am very new to the digital world I have recently purchased a bunch of digital equipment i.e. 2-x-r18’s, x-touch, x-r32, sd-16, p-16, dp-48, & the Wing, all by Behringer. Between my son and myself we have 2 x-r32’s, 2-sd-16’s, 4-p-16’s. My son works on digital sound systems for a living, whereas I am trying to learn my way. I like you stated early on in your video am very much familiar with the analog boards. However trying to understand the digital side of sound is a whole different beast and can get quite complicated as well as confusing. I purchased my own digital equipment so that I could get hands on lessons at my own pace. I find these videos lessons very helpful and interesting to me so again thank you very much. 😊
Thanks so much for your comment! Great to hear you're diving into the digital world. I've made a few other videos about routing and one about setting up a PA
Set Up An Entire Live Sound PA| Passive PA, Monitor Speakers And Mixer
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Puh, finally i got it, thx a lot, you promised exactly this, and you delivered🎉
Great! glad to hear it!
Thanks so much for that video. I work on tour on many different brands of digital desks and each time I find myself with an M32, I wonder what kind of drugs behringer engineers took to make a routing so confusing. "Analog Outputs" that tend to mean hardware, "card out" that is more like out to the card and so on. X32edit with its matrix look make things a little bit more welcoming, but still, to do simple things you would do on a CL5 in a sec, Behringer software turns it into headacke.
Thanks again and bravo.
Hahahah thanks :) It's a strange system. The whole input blocks and user inputs blow my mind as well. Like, if I can customise every input why not just get me doing that from the start? I almost forget how quickly you can get things done on the QL CL mixers.
The matrix is in the software (as the midas uses the behringer app). But the software ain't great either.
Subbed and liked before hearing a word .
Thanks that was a great tutorial i found and make sure next time clean up the dust on your mixer display 😁
You lost me towards the end 😆..... please do a practical explanation with live connections. it would really help to understand how to work its...
Great video. Very informative & clear!
Great explanations thanks will be rewatching carefully
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks a lot for this view on the routing of those consoles. Their vision on routing is the sh**tiest I know in digital consoles.
Thanks again for your explanation
Haha Couldn't agree more
Hey thank you for the in-depth tutorial. in time stamp 9:04 / 21:34 you talked about having your Aux in local, how about if I want aux 1-4 to be local and 5-6 to come from input 15/16 of my s16? how can i accomplish that? I believe it is user input but I need more direction
Thank you, Andrew!
You're very welcome
Thank you for this video. I wanna send a signal from an input on the S16 stagebox to an Aux output on the x32. Is that possible?
Can you do a tutorial how to route the mixer for multitrack recording to pc for virtual sound check but also be able to still do livestream?
Gentleman, thanks for the content.
There's a possibility to use a channel in the M32 in line, without a preamp? To use with a external Neve 1073?
How to best way to use teh mixer with a external preamp like that neve?
Thx in advance
Hi Andew, yes it did help, but as you mentioned, this routing is not user friendly! So, how can I reach out for help?
you should have covered routing for mix bus fader out to aux 1/4 inch out for those with analog snakes. Not everyone has a digital snake yet. I have seen people using turn around adapters and some soldier cabels to enable the use of 1/4 inch returns on their snakes for the xlr outputs of the mix buses. I tried telling them aboute routing but sometimes house techs are threatened by outsiders mixing on their eqipment and it falls on deaf ears. Digital mixers are like computers or smartphones. They are still new to the masses, and the options are limitless and this becomes overwelming till you use it a few times and figure out how to use it for your purposes. Lets face it analog consoles have consistancy from manufacture to manufacture but Digital Consoles like computers the all have different software and different hardware and Firmware almost like rocket science. Like computers some use a powerful device for Social Media only and Some use it as a tool for learning and enrichment. Transition is always a learning curve.......Meet George Jetson
Amaaaazing, thanks Buddy!
Great in depth tutorial. So here’s my scenario: I need to route my X32 to my computer where I just downloaded Ableton Live. For now I’ll be only using 3 input channels on the X32. So far I’m getting no feed pick up in Ableton. What’s the best way to route these appropriate channels so that I can record audio? Thank you in advance.
Thanks! I'm not around an X32 at the moment but I made a video about this that should help:
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Am wowed right now🔥🔥🔥
Thank you so much for this video!
but How about output from Aes50 using user output. whats the patching or how to?
I get it now. Ill forget tomorrow. But I get it now.
can you change the tap point of channels to auxes? Seems pre-fader aux sends are post dynamics, and I want post-eq, pre-dynamics sends.
I think you can make some selections by going to home the scrolling over to config. Though I'm not sure if you can change it in that much detail.
Thank you for this great explanation.
You're very welcome!
Excellent video, help ma a lot !!! But I'm not able to understand how to Send all the mix, ( what I heard on phones ) to streamlab, and stream my music. And How to route one external synth to ableton live ? But maybe I know this. thank you a lot.
Glad it helped. That depends on a few things. If streamlab is on a computer you could connect the computer via usb and use card outputs. This video goes into a little more detail:
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@@OffshoreAudio wow thank you a lot. ❤️❤️❤️
That console should come with a box of aspirin, because you will for sure get a headache.
I work on all sorts of digital consoles from all standard manufacturers (Yamaha, Digico, Midas, Soundcraft etc) but I've never needed to watch a video about how to patch.
So if my virtual Out 1-16 and Aux Out 1-6 are used up, I'm out of outputs, even if I have more physical outputs available?
Meaning it's not possible to patch Mix 1-16 to physical outputs 1-16 (via the virtual outs 1-16) on the stagebox, and at the same time rout matrix 1-8 and the L/R mix to the local XLRs on the console?
Yeah as far as I know anyway, you only have 16 outputs. You do have 6 auxes. Maybe there's a workaround using user outs. I agree it's a bit weird. Yamaha is a bit weird with the dante stuff as well.
What would be nice is to know how to get your main outs back after trying what you said. Seems every time I even look at the USER tab i lose my main outs. Only way to get them back is to initialize and start all over because the saved scene can't remember how the mains work! I am starting to feel buyers remorse and the unit has not seen active duty yet.
QUESTION: If i want to use the local outputs separate from the aes outputs so that I can have 16 stagebox outs and 8 local outs that aren't mirrored, how do I set that up? Is that possible? the out option shows only 16 outs and if I were to assign them all to aes outs does that mean I have no way to route my local outs
Hi loved the stream....I have a x32 and a sd16.....and ....yes I'm having trouble routing do I need to tell the desk that I'm using a sd16 ...should it just ug and play....sorry dude tia😢
Good question. It should show up in your routing screen if it's connected. Make sure that you're connected from point to point. That means aes50 A on your mixer to aes50 A on your stagebox. It must go direct. Can't go through a router or other network device. Make sure your stagebox is connected to power as well. The stagebox should show a green light over aes50 A in that case.
@@OffshoreAudio thank you I will have another go
Hello my friend. I have a question. how can I route samples from the pc to the inputs? example for iem and foh. I have 1-6 input channels and would like to have the PC click and play a sample (intro) on input 7-8. I use the midas 32R. Everything confuses me. I chose among the users in 1-6, I chose 7-8 Card in, I hope it's explained clearly, maybe you can help me. Best regards
Thank you OffshareAudio! You've done a great job in demystifying X32/M32 routing panel! I look forward to watching more content from you.
May I ask you a "no sound" question? I've got a bank of local input (Local 1-8) connected to an analog stage box. So they're patched to Input 1-8, and they should all come out of the Main LR speaker channel as output. However, I found that there are 2 input channels which do not give any sound on Main LR, but when press "Solo", audio from that channel would come out properly. Do you have any idea what's wrong? Thank you so much!
Thanks! You're very welcome. My first guess would be to check that the channels are assigned to the main mix. If you select the channel there should be a button somewhere near the pan dial. I believe it says main or stereo. Very easy to hit that by mistake.
Let me go check, thanks!! @@OffshoreAudio
How do I balance the volume on the mixer only the left side is showing on the mixer your reply will be highly appreciated thanks
Is digital “Stage Box” the equivalent of an analog snake?
Thank you,
j.
Hey Jimmy, yes pretty much. I've got a few videos explaining them. I'd recommend you start with this one Understanding Digital Stageboxes
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This is great stuff. Thanks mate
Glad you enjoyed it!
Please do a lesson from the box to setup.
Perfect. Very helpful.
Great video. no audio sound leaving behringer x32 compact to the 3 floor monitors . The monitors are connected t0 two amplifiers and are working properly . Audio sound is going through the Behringer x32 to the 2 main speakers but not through the monitors. can you help me?
Thanks! Is sound getting to the bus as intented? use the solo button and the meters to confirm that the intended bus is receiving audio. If it is then check that the sound is reaching the ouput correctly, use the meters to check you've got audio in the intended output. Then check that the output is routed to the intended physical output/ XLR on the mixer and stagebox.
Thanks!
Thanks for sharing!
You're very welcome
really good video, but i kept on wanting to clean that screen?? thanks
Me too, but everytime I come back it's dusty so I just get on with it. now it's my trademark
How do I use power amps with the X32 and passive Mains and subs, and passive monitors?🤔
Hey Brady, assuming you've got sound coming out your mixer normally you would connect the XLR cables of the main output to the input of a power amplifier. You would then connect the output of that power amplifer to your speakers, most likely using speaken cables. So main left to amp channel A, Amp Out 1 to the left speaker. Main right to amp channel B, then on to the right speaker. This video should help:
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Amazing !!!! thank you !!
Glad you like it!
My mics are getting readings but they wont come out my speakers, and they are hooked up
Edit: i also have speakers hooked up but they work just fine
Great video! I can’t find the User In option using the iPad software. Any idea why? I have the latest version.
Thanks, I'm afraid I'm not sure. I'm not much of an iPad user to be honest. I'll be around an iPad with the app in a coupe of days and I'll try find out for you.
Thank you so much for answering and yes, let me know if you find it, I appreciate it. Subscribing right now 🙂
@@JuanGomez-iz7yl I had a look and it is indeed missing from mine as well, I guess they just skipped it on the app. I tried to find a manual for it but there's not a lot of info online. If you're on the rack version your best bet would be the offline editor to create a preset with your routing done. Though that is a pain.
Thank you !!
You're welcome!
Hello everyone . please i need help " output configuration for M32R Live with DL16 "
I'm currently working with the M32R Live mixer and the DL16 stage box, and I need help configuring the outputs. I'd like to use the user outputs on the mixer, specifically for buses 1-8 bus fader. I aim to set up bus fader 1 to output from the local mixer (out 1), bus fader 2 to output from the DL16 (out 1), bus fader 3 to output from DL16 out 2, and bus fader 4 from DL16 out 3 and so on.
similar to how I configure the inputs. For the inputs, I can set input fader 1 to source from the local mixer and input fader 2 from the first input of the DL16 from user input I know how to do it , but setting for out it is confusing
and also I want to make out 7 in dl16 as master out left and out 8 in dl16 as master out right and to keep also out from local 7,8 as master because I want to have other PA system from DL16
Could you please provide guidance on how to achieve this configuration for the outputs?
Can use x32 with out useing speaker build in
Yes please make a more in depth. Thank you for the knowledge
Would you give me the example how to route using user output for the case of:
1. Output 1-8 - AES50A -> Bus 1-8
2. Output 9 - Local -> Matrix 1
3. Output 10 - Local -> Matrix 2
4. Output 11 - AES50A -> Bus 9
5. Output 12 - AES50A -> Bus 10
6. Output 13 - Local -> Bus 11
7. Output 14 - Local -> Mono Sub
8. Output 15 & 16 - Local -> Main LR
Well if I'm on an X32 again I'll look this up. Doesn't help that diff console firmware versions, iPad and laptop software patching screens are all different.
Hi in our church we have the x32 producer how i connected but the sound seems not balanced as the left side is the only one showing on the screen, how to i balance sound? you reply will be highly appreciated thanks
Hi, there are a lot of questions to ask. What have you already tried and ruled out? Start at the beginning of your signal flow with one mic in, turn it up, how do the meters look? Solo the master bus and listen with headphones, does it sound balanced? Pan the mic fully to the left and right, is the sound equal when you test each side?
Move step by step through the system until you find the point that is causing the problem. If everything seems to fine try updating the firmware
Thanks for your response sir I appreciate, will check out thanks again for your time and dedication in helping out I really appreciate
You're very welcome. I'll make a video about troubleshooting on digital mixers to try help out.
For the love of God, how do I simply get my computer to send audio via USB into the mixer to play out of front of house? Is no one else on earth trying to do this?
Would really appreciate your help
You set the inputs to CARD (09:00 in the video). This video explains the computer side of things:
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@@OffshoreAudio thanks man. I seem to have followed your steps and still isn’t working. Will have to keep diving in to understand what’s wrong
@@OffshoreAudio hey me again. I've gone in circles the past few weeks trying to get my x32 to simply receive ANY audio via USB from my Mac. Nothing is working.
With the AUX inputs, I have audio coming from the computer headphone jack into two (stereo) physical AUX inputs on the x32, and the mixer is handling this just fine.
When I change the AUX inputs to Card 1-6, it seems like now the mixer should simply pick up audio being sent to it via USB (I am changing the audio output on the Mac to X-Live when I try this). But simply nothing is coming out.
I have opened up a Logic Pro X session, and tried sending audio out via USB through all 32 channels testing two by two. None of them play any sound through the mixer.
It seems that whatever inputs are selected for the AUX IN section should be outputted to the same place, right? So whether Aux Ins is selected or Card 1-6 is selected, either source in this section should simply get routed to the same place?
But also with that, am I missing something or is there just no section for assigning where your AUX IN inputs get sent to? Considering the CARD OUTPUTS section is literally a Card Input section, and I have no idea how we are supposed to choose where the card inputs get *sent* to.
Sorry this is such a long comment. I am just struggling here. Any advice would be appreciated!
How do I mixbus to card and verify on the laptop sound is coming
Hi. Select the output bus on the card output screen, shown at 15:00 on this video. I'd just use a DAW to verify input. You'll need the drivers for the card. I cover that in this video. ua-cam.com/video/-deK4rMnjY8/v-deo.html
Hey I know this video is old but I had a nightmare the other day with an x32 compact all due to the confusing routing and I just want to see if I was doing something wrong, I was using a Midas 32ch stagebox with 16 outputs, I patched all my inputs in consecutive order on aes a e.g aes50 1-8, aes50 9-16 so on up to 32 I was taking my L/R from the desk so patched xlr out 7 to main L and xlr out 8 to main right and then I patched my outputs for aes50 a in consecutive order e.g aes50 1-8, aes50 9-16 so on up to 16, I could generate pink noise in the Pa and my channels were coming into the desk, I had all the channels assigned to the L/R, my monitors were working but I don’t understand why I couldn’t get the channels to come through the foh, could it have been a fault with the desk?
Forgot to add I had the user section as off also as I realised this was for custom outputs
Really hard to say without looking at it. If the signal gen is coming out it sounds like a routing problem though I'd power cycle everything just to check. Check this video for some signal flow tips ua-cam.com/video/MgPhpcJiPX8/v-deo.htmlsi=09EOpfQCByvFIf7O
@@OffshoreAudio ok thankyou
This is the best on ×32
Understand USER = less suffering
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Try Automatically
Do sound first befor eq
Please create that video of everything from taking the X32 out of the box to running your own show. I am brand new to all of this and this is the best video I've seen on the X32. Subscribed!