Thank you so much for posting this. I have a UI16 and having watched the Soundcraft instructional video for that unit I had almost no idea how the AFS2 worked. I now have a much better understanding. :-) I never thought to look at the UI24 videos until someone pointed me towards them.
We have our UI24R about a year now - I would be lost without your videos - I'm the bass player in a 5 piece rock band but also run sound for our band - so have to setup and soundcheck and then make any adjustments as we go. Just wanted to say how much I appeciate your videos - the official Soundcraft video for AFS2 is terrible - he didn't even have it turned on!
Kia ora Bro, thank you so much for these Tutorials! If you ever do Skype lessons on the UI24R I'd be more than happy to pay and learn from you for a couple of hours. Legend
This video really helped me understand AFS2, but only for the FOH (front of house), however with my foldback monitor (Aux 1) the AFS2 doesn't seem to work, even when it is switched on to live. There is feedback on my vocal mic, but neither the fixed or live seems to detect it in the foldback. I'm assuming that there's a setting somewhere that I may have missed, but if you or anyone else has come across this problem please let me know, as it is making my solo gigs difficult.
Thanks for the videos you have made. I would be totally lost without them. Just used Soundcheck mode today thanks to you. But I cannot find a video showing how to set up stereo Aux channels for use with IEM. Can you please direct me?
ua-cam.com/video/WPSmgXSKXKw/v-deo.html probably there, bust actually all you need to do is just select the AUX master, Click and hold the label name and select stereo.
Is this close to the steps you took to do this? Using AFS2 to EQ Monitors 1. Setup Microphone on required Vocal Channel 2. Gain set to +35dB 3. Click on Edit/Aux Sends 4. Set Send for that channel to 0.0dB 5. Set Aux Master channel level to -∞ 6. Set channel mic level to 0.0dB 7. Select Aux channel Master 8. Select Edit/EQ page 9. Turn on AFS2 10. Set sensitivity to 0dB 11. Press Clear All 12. Set Mode to Fixed 13. Slowly increase Aux Channel volume 14. Pull volume back down after first 6 frequencies have occurred. 15. Manually pull down those frequencies on the Graphic EQ 16. Clear All again 17. Repeat to find 6 new frequencies. 18. Again, manually pull down those frequencies. 19. Once completed switch Mode to Live
Thank your for this video. What i'm a little concerned about is the fact, that you are ringing in the auxes by AFS but then drawing the Graphical EQ. I mean: AFS takes out the problematic frequencies with extremely narrow notch filters. Drawing the EQ by hand means to burden out neighbour frequencies, too. Is that advisable? Isn't exactly the "fixed" mode of the AFS for?
It depends 1. How it sounds 2. You tune the room better this way as now AFS can work if you do have a problem frequency. 3. It really depends what the tuning is for? Monitors? no issue. BUT, in reality, it's your ears that will tell you if it's OK or not.
ai acheté le boitier Behringer Powerplay PM1 que je branche sur ma sortie aux 1 de mon boitier Soundcraft UI24R . Je contrôle tout cela avec mon Ipad. Ce boitier est connecté sur l auxiliaire outputs 1 ( qui en compte 8 ) par un câble XLR De la je connecte mon casque ou mes oreillettes in- ears. mon grand problème c est que je n entend qu une oreille. Je récupère bien sur mon volume désiré sur la fonction auxsends. Pourriez vous me dire quel manipulation dois je faire pour entendre les deux canaux.
hey soundcraft, magnificent tool ... coming from midas m32 ... and was blown away by the quality of preamps,adda & fx. do you knowif there s a v4 coming out ... or even a site with info about "possible" features ?
Hi, Thanks for this video. Although i know that the instruments can go into a speaker first before sending it into the mixer. But let’s say i want to root the voices and instruments first into the soundcraft mixer and then send it out to the speakers and i have 3 speakers, but i want to assign voices to only 2 while all instruments are on the 3 but 1 without voice but instruments only, just to ensure that the instrumentalists have great feedback. How can i do that with soundcraft mixer? Thanks
Could you please increase the volume of your YT vlogs, as I have to turn up my system by 24 db just to hear it at a reasonable level. YT has info for your audio levels in its guidelines.
Hey Soundcraft, for all us Ui12 or Ui16 users, who are clearly not important since the Ui24 was released ... are you even going to provide the same ability that’s on the Ui24 to connect a Dell (or equivalent) touchscreen monitor, so we can too have a nice big touchscreen interface? I mean, I love having the same HDMI and USB ports on my Ui16 like the Ui24, especially when they are completely pointless and can’t be used .... high five guys 👍🏼
you can buy a computer with a large touch screen and then connect to the UI 24 via USB or via web browser. Technically speak you should be able to make changes using the touch screen monitor connect to the pc, like an 2 and 1 pc.
Dear Soundcraft, I have the following issue with the UI24r (great piece of kit!). Two Mics, both have reverb. But in the AUX mix, the singers don't want to hear the reverb of the other. The reverb is available for everyone to hear, as it set on the input of the channel.. We can't seem to find the solution for this. Hope you can help :)
As with any other console in the world, an effect send in the master mix section is the same effect return in the AUX section, it's not different effects. if you singer wants his own reverb then you need to dedicate one of the 4 FX processors just to that singer and only use this reverb in his AUX send.
I hate the GEQ, too bad they did not include the PEQ as an option on the master track and aux masters, it is a much faster and detailed EQ compared to the old and fixed GEQ.
How do I set up aux sends so that all channels don’t play through the selected aux. I tried make only vocals go through an aux channel but all other instruments came through it. How do I fix this?
Is there a reason that the software doesn't have the markers at source (mics) for feedback detection in addition to the output (aux and master)? It would be great if you could see from the mic channel where you are feeding back so that you could trim at the mic instead of just aux and master so that that source is trimmed and doesn't affect output quality on all instruments so much. Might be something for future patches?
Please explain why you want to patch channel 4 to channel 3. I want to run IEM and can’t I just send my lead vocal mic channel 4 to an aux and EQ iem mix separately from front of house mix I set up from FOH or is what you set for FOH default to the aux? Question 2 from the patching from channel 4 to 3 do you now have to ensure you don’t plug anything in that physical input on the ui24 since you are using it for monitor mixing?
@@mix-record-connect9938 not understanding your answer. If “you can” have a different aux eq setting from channel 4 then why would you need to patch to channel 3 and have a different aux eq setting there?
@@thefishnmusician9667 You often double patch. (means send the same input preamp to 2 channels) so you can have a different EQ Comp etc for monitors than on FOH. The actual outputs EQ (Master EQ on LR or AUX ) are totally different.
@@mix-record-connect9938 I thought EQ was something you can change on the Aux without patching. All the other things like compression and effects cant be changed
@@thefishnmusician9667 Master EQ on output sure. Per Channel EQ ? how? you have one set per channel. That's the same with any console, no matter what price it is.
This isn't totally related to this video, but is there a way to send the solo bus out to the headphone jack of the connected device? For example, I want to leave the mixer on stage but mix wirelessly from the back on a laptop. Can I solo certain channels on the laptop so I can hear them through the laptop headphone jack?
The latency would be too high, the way I would do it is to connect the headphone output to an IEM (in ear monitors) or wireless audio send of some sort, so then you have the freedom to move around.
Thank you for the video! I've another question, I want to use AFS2 in Live mode for default, but when I turn off the mixer and turn on again, the AFS2 doesn't remain turned on... so i need to restart it manually every time i restart mixer. Is here a way to fix this problem? Thank's!
You can save the AFS2 as a preset and just load the preset. It's done this way as each venue and location are normally different and if settings are saves as a show it may cause a problem the other way as well. I do understand why you need and will see if it can be a setting to add this later (SAVE or NOT save in the show on load)
Yes that is correct, at the moment it does not load AFS2 right away, you can save is to a SHOW in later firmware and load it up that way automatically.
Hi, if I leave afs on live on the master outs, is it going to hear guitar feedback and try to kill it? Cause that's the kind of feedback I want to stay :/
generally speaking LIVE AFS is used more for situation where you may be walking in front of speakers (or monitors) with open mic or high gain for quiet talking during speeches etc. You will need to see if it will distinguish you guitar feedback or not.
it depends how many and how much, you still need to tune a room and fix some issues with it to have at least a reasonable sound. It will really depend on each situation how it effects the sound.
Thank you so much for posting this. I have a UI16 and having watched the Soundcraft instructional video for that unit I had almost no idea how the AFS2 worked. I now have a much better understanding. :-) I never thought to look at the UI24 videos until someone pointed me towards them.
We have our UI24R about a year now - I would be lost without your videos - I'm the bass player in a 5 piece rock band but also run sound for our band - so have to setup and soundcheck and then make any adjustments as we go.
Just wanted to say how much I appeciate your videos - the official Soundcraft video for AFS2 is terrible - he didn't even have it turned on!
Kia ora Bro, thank you so much for these Tutorials! If you ever do Skype lessons on the UI24R I'd be more than happy to pay and learn from you for a couple of hours. Legend
Thanks for posting this!
This video really helped me understand AFS2, but only for the FOH (front of house), however with my foldback monitor (Aux 1) the AFS2 doesn't seem to work, even when it is switched on to live. There is feedback on my vocal mic, but neither the fixed or live seems to detect it in the foldback.
I'm assuming that there's a setting somewhere that I may have missed, but if you or anyone else has come across this problem please let me know, as it is making my solo gigs difficult.
Thanks for the videos you have made. I would be totally lost without them. Just used Soundcheck mode today thanks to you. But I cannot find a video showing how to set up stereo Aux channels for use with IEM. Can you please direct me?
ua-cam.com/video/WPSmgXSKXKw/v-deo.html probably there, bust actually all you need to do is just select the AUX master, Click and hold the label name and select stereo.
Is this close to the steps you took to do this?
Using AFS2 to EQ Monitors
1. Setup Microphone on required Vocal Channel
2. Gain set to +35dB
3. Click on Edit/Aux Sends
4. Set Send for that channel to 0.0dB
5. Set Aux Master channel level to -∞
6. Set channel mic level to 0.0dB
7. Select Aux channel Master
8. Select Edit/EQ page
9. Turn on AFS2
10. Set sensitivity to 0dB
11. Press Clear All
12. Set Mode to Fixed
13. Slowly increase Aux Channel volume
14. Pull volume back down after first 6 frequencies have occurred.
15. Manually pull down those frequencies on the Graphic EQ
16. Clear All again
17. Repeat to find 6 new frequencies.
18. Again, manually pull down those frequencies.
19. Once completed switch Mode to Live
Thank your for this video. What i'm a little concerned about is the fact, that you are ringing in the auxes by AFS but then drawing the Graphical EQ. I mean: AFS takes out the problematic frequencies with extremely narrow notch filters. Drawing the EQ by hand means to burden out neighbour frequencies, too. Is that advisable? Isn't exactly the "fixed" mode of the AFS for?
It depends 1. How it sounds 2. You tune the room better this way as now AFS can work if you do have a problem frequency. 3. It really depends what the tuning is for? Monitors? no issue. BUT, in reality, it's your ears that will tell you if it's OK or not.
perfect
ai acheté le boitier Behringer Powerplay PM1 que je branche sur ma sortie aux 1 de mon boitier Soundcraft UI24R .
Je contrôle tout cela avec mon Ipad.
Ce boitier est connecté sur l auxiliaire outputs 1 ( qui en compte 8 ) par un câble XLR
De la je connecte mon casque ou mes oreillettes in- ears.
mon grand problème c est que je n entend qu une oreille.
Je récupère bien sur mon volume désiré sur la fonction auxsends.
Pourriez vous me dire quel manipulation dois je faire pour entendre les deux canaux.
hey soundcraft, magnificent tool ... coming from midas m32 ... and was blown away by the quality of preamps,adda & fx. do you knowif there s a v4 coming out ... or even a site with info about "possible" features ?
Hi,
Thanks for this video. Although i know that the instruments can go into a speaker first before sending it into the mixer.
But let’s say i want to root the voices and instruments first into the soundcraft mixer and then send it out to the speakers and i have 3 speakers, but i want to assign voices to only 2 while all instruments are on the 3 but 1 without voice but instruments only, just to ensure that the instrumentalists have great feedback.
How can i do that with soundcraft mixer? Thanks
Could you please increase the volume of your YT vlogs, as I have to turn up my system by 24 db just to hear it at a reasonable level. YT has info for your audio levels in its guidelines.
Hey Soundcraft, for all us Ui12 or Ui16 users, who are clearly not important since the Ui24 was released ... are you even going to provide the same ability that’s on the Ui24 to connect a Dell (or equivalent) touchscreen monitor, so we can too have a nice big touchscreen interface? I mean, I love having the same HDMI and USB ports on my Ui16 like the Ui24, especially when they are completely pointless and can’t be used .... high five guys 👍🏼
you can buy a computer with a large touch screen and then connect to the UI 24 via USB or via web browser. Technically speak you should be able to make changes using the touch screen monitor connect to the pc, like an 2 and 1 pc.
Dear Soundcraft, I have the following issue with the UI24r (great piece of kit!). Two Mics, both have reverb. But in the AUX mix, the singers don't want to hear the reverb of the other. The reverb is available for everyone to hear, as it set on the input of the channel.. We can't seem to find the solution for this. Hope you can help :)
As with any other console in the world, an effect send in the master mix section is the same effect return in the AUX section, it's not different effects. if you singer wants his own reverb then you need to dedicate one of the 4 FX processors just to that singer and only use this reverb in his AUX send.
@@mix-record-connect9938 thanks for the fast reply! The next question is then... How can we do that in the UI24r.
Soundcraft Ui24R found it, both on a separate reverb and closing the return per aux.. It was a little hidden!
I hate the GEQ, too bad they did not include the PEQ as an option on the master track and aux masters, it is a much faster and detailed EQ compared to the old and fixed GEQ.
How do I set up aux sends so that all channels don’t play through the selected aux. I tried make only vocals go through an aux channel but all other instruments came through it. How do I fix this?
Well if only the VOCAL fader is up in the AUX then you will only hear vocals.
hello, i have no HPF and no LPF on eq graph for AUX ! ( for AFS2 ) , i have only on two AUX / six ! ( why ?)
this is Ui24R, only AUX1-2 have LFP HPF and MAster
Soundcraft Ui24R ok thanks for information
how would you do this with IEMs or would you not need to?
thanks for the videos!!!!on my UI.... i dont see the blue peak level graphic feedback
IN which section? you would only see the peak if you have feedback when AFS2 is ON.
just on" MASTER" section
Is your AFS switched ON? BLUE peaks are shown when you have FEEDBACK and it's set to Fixed MODE, Live Mode shows yellow peaks
THanks!
This is great but I can't figure out how to mix in the soundcraft and then get the mixed tracks in my daw for further processing/mastering. Any tips?
the mixes tracks as in Left and right? are outputs 1 and 2. Otherwise the tracks themselves are all PRE PROCESSING individually.
How do we pan the a channel for the aux input
Is there a reason that the software doesn't have the markers at source (mics) for feedback detection in addition to the output (aux and master)? It would be great if you could see from the mic channel where you are feeding back so that you could trim at the mic instead of just aux and master so that that source is trimmed and doesn't affect output quality on all instruments so much. Might be something for future patches?
If you get feedback you will generally see the mics will clip at some point. Feedback detection occurs on outputs not on inputs.
Is it a way I can EQ each mic through the aux send ?
As you know EQ is per channel, what you would do is (for main vocals example) have the input going to 2 channels, One for Monitors, one for FOH)
Thanks for all the videos, just wondering if there is any way to have the headphone sends act as two more aux sends like the UI16?
well you get 8 already, you can always SOLO the AUX send to get it out the headphone output
@@mix-record-connect9938 Why you gotta be so rude?
I am sorry I am not sure why the answer is rude, it's an answer to your question.
Please explain why you want to patch channel 4 to channel 3. I want to run IEM and can’t I just send my lead vocal mic channel 4 to an aux and EQ iem mix separately from front of house mix I set up from FOH or is what you set for FOH default to the aux? Question 2 from the patching from channel 4 to 3 do you now have to ensure you don’t plug anything in that physical input on the ui24 since you are using it for monitor mixing?
you can, I just do it so I can have a different EQ on the Aux Send, sometimes that's needed.
@@mix-record-connect9938 not understanding your answer. If “you can” have a different aux eq setting from channel 4 then why would you need to patch to channel 3 and have a different aux eq setting there?
@@thefishnmusician9667 You often double patch. (means send the same input preamp to 2 channels) so you can have a different EQ Comp etc for monitors than on FOH. The actual outputs EQ (Master EQ on LR or AUX ) are totally different.
@@mix-record-connect9938 I thought EQ was something you can change on the Aux without patching. All the other things like compression and effects cant be changed
@@thefishnmusician9667 Master EQ on output sure. Per Channel EQ ? how? you have one set per channel. That's the same with any console, no matter what price it is.
This isn't totally related to this video, but is there a way to send the solo bus out to the headphone jack of the connected device? For example, I want to leave the mixer on stage but mix wirelessly from the back on a laptop. Can I solo certain channels on the laptop so I can hear them through the laptop headphone jack?
The latency would be too high, the way I would do it is to connect the headphone output to an IEM (in ear monitors) or wireless audio send of some sort, so then you have the freedom to move around.
Thank you for the video! I've another question, I want to use AFS2 in Live mode for default, but when I turn off the mixer and turn on again, the AFS2 doesn't remain turned on... so i need to restart it manually every time i restart mixer. Is here a way to fix this problem?
Thank's!
You can save the AFS2 as a preset and just load the preset. It's done this way as each venue and location are normally different and if settings are saves as a show it may cause a problem the other way as well. I do understand why you need and will see if it can be a setting to add this later (SAVE or NOT save in the show on load)
Yes that is correct, at the moment it does not load AFS2 right away, you can save is to a SHOW in later firmware and load it up that way automatically.
Hi, if I leave afs on live on the master outs, is it going to hear guitar feedback and try to kill it? Cause that's the kind of feedback I want to stay :/
generally speaking LIVE AFS is used more for situation where you may be walking in front of speakers (or monitors) with open mic or high gain for quiet talking during speeches etc. You will need to see if it will distinguish you guitar feedback or not.
Soundcraft Ui24r ahh, I see. Thanks for the tip :)
Buenas tardes perdone como puedo hacer para que el bajo suene por separado de la música se puede por medio dela consola o hay que usar un crosower
YEs, you have XOVER HPF and LPF on both AUX1 AUX2 Master L and MASTER R
Is the influence on the sound very high if you turn down some frequencies??
it depends how many and how much, you still need to tune a room and fix some issues with it to have at least a reasonable sound. It will really depend on each situation how it effects the sound.
Hi. How can send fx to aux? Thank you
A bit late but; all the fx are sent to every aux, you just need to turn up the fx channel on the auxes.
por favor este tutorial en español