Church Stream Audio Setup - Music vs. Pastor Volume Fix

[@jacksonrussellband]

Wow! Thank you!! I have toured in Southern Gospel (Bill Gaither TV/ Concerts w/ Charles Johnson as a musician), R&B and Gospel as FOH; singer/ songwriter ‘advocater’ as producer/ musician and engineer. I love Mr. Brashler’s tutorials because they are accurate as well as sounding great. You have helped me to keep up with various facets of professional audio. You sir are a superior engineer! Thank you for sharing!!

[@BroJay_76]

Drew, your videos are a Godsend. Our church audio person convinced us to buy an M32 and then left for a different church several weeks after setting it up. As the worship pastor, I’m trying to learn this beast of a mixer. Your videos have given me hope!

[@johnschilling9211]

Drew, thanks so much for this video. I was having an awful time adjusting audio levels for the live stream between the worship team and individuals speaking. I implemented this fix this morning and it made a huge difference simplifying my live stream work flow. This was a perfect fix.

[@itsmatchew]

Can’t wait for the next video continuing tips for Live stream mixes.

[@DrewBrashler]

It is going up on Monday! Thanks Matthew!

[@sgriffin760]

And always stay calm love your videos

[@DrewBrashler]

Thanks, Sean!

[@omegaudio]

I use our house mix as LCR. I use the Sends on the LCR to send to a matrix. So what we have in house is what we have online. On the matrix I applied the right amount of compression so that the music is not too loud and the preaching is clear and loud enough. With no pumping of the levels.

[@DrewBrashler]

Thats awesome, Chris!

[@alexandernagtegaal]

First Thanks for your great video's! Here is a topic suggestion for a possibly next video. I am wondering how to prevent extreem loud sound bursts coming out of the Aux out outputs. So how to set the limit of the level coming out of a Aux out. This to protect the ears of the performer, which will be listening to that Aux out using his/her In-ears or monitor wedge, when for instance feedback occurs. Other tips/considerations best practices around this topic are very welcome aswell. Thanks in advance.

[@gagoune7280]

Thanks Drew! I was waiting for something to adjust speaking voices!

[@DrewBrashler]

I'll make sure to make some videos on speaker microphone processing soon!

[@zoe-wc3hu]

Thank youuu!!! I’ve watched a few of your videos and they helped me so much!! Thank you so much 😊

[@DrewBrashler]

Glad I could help!

[@gaiusimagbe224]

Hello, thanks for the video. How do i control ech channel volume when live streming through Matrix please. For example, the keyboard was quite loud on facebook but when i try to reduce th volume, i realise it also affects the volume of the in house speakers. Is there anyway I can control each channels sent through matrix without affecting the in house sound please? Thanks

[@luquann]

Thanks for this! And the rest to come!

[@DrewBrashler]

Absolutely!

[@luquann]

@@DrewBrashler Yes, been trying to get a ‘great’ livestream mix from the x32 bus output; would love to have some more insight!

[@gaiusimagbe224]

Also, without using the aux output for livestream, can i live stream with USB , using the X32 inbuilt sound card please?

[@kingsleyigwe952]

do a video on mixbus compression

[@DrewBrashler]

Absolutely! I am planning on doing this, as well as a parallel subgroup for drums.

[@kingsleyigwe952]

@@DrewBrashler yh that too..God bless you sir..nd i have become used to the multi track used in your videos...try a different multitrack

[@djvalful1]

Good one. Thanks 🙏

[@MichaelNatrin]

Great video!

[@DrewBrashler]

Thanks so much, Michael!

[@Eldss164]

Drew, could you also do a video on having a dedicated X32 for video streaming only and the routing/settings you'd use? thanks!

[@DrewBrashler]

Sure thing! I'll add that to my list for the future!

[@m.g9282]

Yes! I second this. I have the same issue with the Pastor being too low compared to the rest of the mix on a dedicated WING console for stream. If I turn him up, it makes the mix terrible by adding all of the room noise via his mic 😖

[@javonilewis9094]

I had a question I hope you see this, in regards to the outputs, do you need one cable from the computer to both xlr 9&10 if you’re using it or aux 5 & 6?

[@ltitus8900]

Thank you for the video! Quick question. Which IEMs are you using during these videos?

[@MsJom123]

So I just bought your advanced scene off your website. I’m having trouble getting the livestream to work. I’m not sure what out I’m supposed to be using. Any help would be great.

[@pedror9486]

Quick question Drew, but first I want to thank you for all the content you have shared, it’s been of great help for us. I have followed this video to create a separate bus for our Stream Mix, and have send channels that we need on this Stream bus. My issue is that when we turn up or down a channel in the house audio L/R Main, it also affects the Stream bus.. Any idea how can that be fixed.. Thanks again!

[@olurotimiadeyeye7135]

Thank Drew. Please can you do a video on how to add reverb on to the stream mix so that it has that hall/room effect on the live stream. Step by step. Thank you God bless you

[@Gobhoblin126]

in this situation I would recommend room mics mixed in to the Livestream.

[@DrewBrashler]

I agree with Timothy here, Room Mics would be what you want. Just be careful to not put the room mics into the mix of the mains as you would get feedback at that point.

[@music123413]

When doing this way do the channels effects go along to the mix bus?

[@ikman6480]

Thanks Drew, can you show how to do this on the behringer wing?

[@joseamado9204]

should I be using a matrix setup or a bus setup for a stream? what would be better?

[@MrDeguenon]

Why is it important to set up the stream as L and R? Is there a downside to using just one Bus instead of 2 linked buses?

[@dazzarg5]

Thank you. Looking forward to the next one. Question… why did you send the mix to the aux out as well?

[@DrewBrashler]

I send to the aux out so you don't need to re-route anything when you want an extra output for a recorder for one of the band members, or a video camera that you randomly need to plug in. Just always anticipating those things.

[@akanedet1834]

@@DrewBrashler Those this means you now have output on 9and 10,Aux5 and 6, also RCA? Making it five outputs?

[@solidrockseventh-dayadvent5205]

my be-ringer at church sounds extremely loud and the person who set up our x32 messed up all of the connections can i reset it and put it back the way it oringally was

[@h07d0q]

Hi Drew! Do you have to set up the PAN/BAL or is it set automatically by linking both channels?

[@DrewBrashler]

Great question! Yes you will need to pan inside of the stream mixbus.

[@h07d0q]

@@DrewBrashler oh ok. was looking for that in the video but after you linked them I only saw the PAN all to the left of one bus. so it's normal to PAN full left and right each bus, not just a little?

[@vkytb24]

@@DrewBrashler This video came out exactly when I needed . Do I have to link the two buses, or I could use one bus only? Thanks!

[@wardyrb]

Hey Drew, thank you for all you do. Maybe someone can provide guidance or you can make a new video. And I hope I explain this well. Our church is live streaming thru Propresenter 7 on iMac and using an ATEM mini for our mulit camera set. The audio output from the X32 was set up like a monitor going to the ATEM and then is connected to the iMac for the live stream out. This is where I believe we have issues. Pre-live stream, the iMac's audio out has always been connected to the X32 to allow us to play videos or music from KZbin and announement videos to our in house audience. However with live stream, when we play anything from the iMac for both in-house and live stream together, we get an echo effect. Not sure what I can set or route to fix this. Thank you again.

[@josua2517]

This is something that I would fix in PP7, can't guide you trough the whole thing step by step but inside PP7 audio settings set up output 1&2 for inhouse and 3&4 for online audience. 1&2 go to the X32 while 3&4 go to the stream. From there you have different options on how to set things up for the stream.

[@outtarange2.0]

I had this same issue. Setup the video in pro7 with no audio then set the audio up as he said above 1,2 out 3,4 in

[@baron1c]

Definitely need a video on vical effects. FOH and stream woukd be helpful. Also can I route this stream bus over the X-USB into propresenter?

[@gagoune7280]

Usually the mixbus config is going on the output of the card as well. Have a look at your routing (even in X32 Edit). Hope it will help you!

[@DrewBrashler]

I'll make a video on getting your stream bus over the X-USB as well as multi-tracking. I think this is a really common question. Additionally, I'll plan to make some videos on vocal effects! Thanks for the reminder.

[@purposeinpresence4494]

I’m guessing setting the bus to post fader is what makes it a trim? And not a completely independent bus mix?

[@DrewBrashler]

That is correct!

[@mtso1122]

Hi Drew, thanks for your video. I am using Presonus SL 32.4.2AI. Does that mean I should use aux send instead of main output for streaming? (Ex: Aux 1 & 2) However, I don't know how can I control the volume level of Aux 1 & 2 without impacting the the main mix at church during worship. Thanks in advanced!

[@andrew2004sydney]

I would like to know how to do Solo In Place (stereo PFL) on the Wing mixer without affecting the main LR mix.

[@DrewBrashler]

Solo in Place has always been a destructive solo in that it will mute all channels of the board except the soloed channel in the main LR. You can do an AFL or a PFL solo through the headphones or set up some near-field monitors at your mix position and use a few local outputs off of the Wing to send your monitor output to the speakers. That might be one work around for you.

[@mekamatthews7242]

Thanks Drew! can you tell me if I can stream off the xlive and also do muilt tracks on SD card on the xlive card

[@DrewBrashler]

You can, however you would need to sacrifice two channels for your left right mix to go to the card. Both the computer and the SD card would be receiving the same set of audio channels. You can use the User Out Routing, grab 1-30 of your inputs, and then on user out 31-32 you can grab where you have your stream outputting. Then you will just need to have your expansion card pulling from the User Outputs. Hope this helps!

[@djba]

Hi and thanks for creating this helpful video. I am not a sound guy but I play one at church. Actually, I do the video part of our live stream but we are hoping to improve our live stream audio. The real audio guys at church asked me if they could just devote one Mix Bus to the live stream instead of two. Since they run the X32 in mono, will one Mix Bus work just as well? Thanks again.

[@KelleyTuck]

I hope you’ve found the answer by now, but if not, or if others are looking for the same answer in the future, here is my two cents. Yes, using one Mix Bus for the livestream should work just fine, especially since you’re running the X32 in mono. However, even though your house mix is mono, sending a mix in stereo for the livestream is often preferred for online listening. This is because stereo sound provides a more immersive and natural listening experience for viewers, with better spatial separation of instruments and vocals, which can enhance the overall quality of the stream. If your livestream audience is listening with headphones or stereo speakers, they will likely notice and appreciate the difference. So while one Mix Bus will work, if you can allocate two buses (and two outputs) for a stereo mix, it might improve the online experience.

[@djba]

@@KelleyTuck thanks very much for the reply. We continue to struggle with all aspects of our sound but we never stop trying to improve.

[@solidrockseventh-dayadvent5205]

Drew i need help to reset my x32 beringer

[@xian3000]

Pretty much exactly how I start out a live stream from FOH mix. Something else I do is route my stream mix to the USB recorder, so that I have a clean and balanced 2-track recording.

[@DrewBrashler]

That is a great idea, Christian! Always nice to upload that 2-track to Dropbox or Google Drive and share with the band members too. I have received a lot of side gigs because of those shared files!

[@RobertAidoo-d2s]

How can I use FX to mic

[@rohansinclair8871]

Why is it when I turn my stream mix it automatically bring up the room