LEARN HOW TO MIX ON AN M32 X32 CONSOLE with Lee Fields | MxU NOW

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[@goesthomas]

Great Sound, by the way where I can download the multi track music you was use on this video ? So I can learn how to mix like you do... Please let me know... Thanks

[@gabrieljasmin4862]

WOW !! I'm moving to a place where I can finally build a decent home studio! I've been using my good old Rode NT2 for years! I have always wanted a microphone of Neumann quality !! : D

[@andyozuna]

Hey how can I get this mix?

[@helpyourpocket]

@@goesthomas 0:26

[@Churchfront]

It's almost as if getting amazing source tone makes life so simple as a mix engineer. Who knew!? lol Great video Lee!

[@amagadakaro262]

Lol...Well said church front....It just makes life so easy ...

[@VeshBeats]

Once the source is great you less to worry about

[@jerrysguitarshop]

You gotta have a great sound at the source!!! Preach!!!

[@johnmcgee9159]

amazing tone? from an x/m series? Are your ears painted on?

[@드럼좋아-s8m]

Real?!!!!! OMG

[@nnamdivictore]

Can we take a moment to appreciate the clean raw recording! Those mic placements do show up and make the mix engineer’s day.

[@NeboAy.]

👍

[@ryanslauderdale]

That's the best case scenario, of course. lol

[@MrKevthebassplayer]

Totally ❤.. course my drummer prefers his lunchbox w/ api’s and neves pres and eq’s 👍🏻 wish he lefted em at home lol .. ive been wanting to here the raw pre’s

[@hixrat]

This also goes to show you that great sources can make a budget console shine.

[@mxurocks]

Thanks brother

[@MegaRafaeldavid]

where can I download that multitrack?

[@RayR]

Well spoken, easy going nature and highly skilled mixer=great teacher. I cant wait for more from Lee.

[@mxurocks]

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[@benjamin.kelley]

Wow. This is just so satisfying taking unprocessed audio and making it sound like an album with only a few simple steps per channel.

[@pierre-andregueguelarpin1473]

Maybe it's one "secret" of mixing : KEEP IT AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE,

[@OndiiiCZ]

Great vid! Few additional pro tips: 1) Eqing a kick drum 2:16 - Put a HPF there @ 30HZ. Your PA is not able to reproduce this subbass frequencies, by doing so you get a more tight response from them and get a bigger headroom on subs too. 2) When done with Kick, bring the overheads to the mix. Those mics capture most of the drum kit. If you would to bring snare, toms, hh and other contact mics first, the overhead mics suddenly add a lot of new information that is really hard to decipher (should I eq out the harshness in the OH or on the snare mic?) and phase issues are nearly impossible to address. Phase issues happen when there are is more than one mic picking up the same sound source resulting in different sound when both mics are on. So: Kick, then overhead, and then bring the other mics one by one as in the video. If the sound of your snare (tom, hh...) is strange after turning on the contact microphone, try swhitching the polarity and or delaying it a bit. 3) AG dissapearing in the full band mix 29:43 - This happened to me a lot. The quick solution is to make the comp slower (raise the attack to something around 20ms). I am a 901 lover too! :D Personally do not like to use gate as default plugin, rather using it as a tool really only where it is needed. In most cases when EQd right, the kick and toms do not really need it. Thanks for what you are doing!

[@TheDynamiteRO]

on 1, not necesarily a bigger headroom on subs too, but on the overall signal, since the summing on the L/R on the x32/m32 is not the best, the hpf on the 30, even 40, will gain you a couple of db headroom, helped me a lot of times when i had a db limit from the club or venue ;)

[@pierre-andregueguelarpin1473]

What i do when i have finish to eq each channel is to try to change the phase sometime you can be surprised!

[@malcolmdproducer]

Loved the way you made it look so simple even though it boils down to how we hear the sounds. Not dependent on what you saw most of the time but mainly on what you heard. Thank you MxU & Lee Fields.

[@modvind]

Why would you ever make mix sound based on what you saw?

[@SeanTolan_illuminated_imaging]

I work in the corporate AV world and see these a lot for events. Your video helped me out as an A2 aspiring to move to an A1 position. I have a big gig tomorrow and was doing some brushing up on this board the night before...thank you

[@djisraelz4925]

Can I get the multitracks of this song you are working on?

[@judahbrewster]

This video helps A LOT! Thank you Lee for sharing and teaching us how to build a mix from scratch! 🔥

[@thomascee]

Would love to see this on the SQ-7. Very interesting to observe thank you so much.

[@ggutierz430]

We have the SQ-6 so pretty much the same but I would like to see the same

[@thomasstout9656]

Was thinking the same thing.

[@thomascee]

@@ggutierz430 Yes, any of the SQ series would be awesome 👌🏾

[@callumpelling2404]

I would love to see that too. I will be doing one for the ilive series later this year for a seminar that will be posted on here afterwards

[@Nooneofconsequence47]

Here’s me watching the whole thing on my iPhone, thinking “yeah, that sounds pretty good!”

[@mxurocks]

Hey, if it sounds good on an iPhone it probably sounds good live 😂 Thanks for watching.

[@obiang24]

@@mxurocks it sounds great!

[@claysibert]

That’s why he puts his subs on an aux! In another video, he said he started doing this to get it sounding good without the subs so that it translates well to a stream mix. Think: streams are mostly watched on small speakers (iPhone, tv, etc.), so if you can make it sound good without subs, it will translate well!

[@VeshBeats]

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[@david52063]

Hi! I have a couple cuestións, Is there any chance you can show us your routing settings on your Mixer and DAW? I'm curious on how you where you able to send signals in to your inputs without an actual band playing. Also is it possible to record mutitracking post EQ and effects from the m32 in to a DAW?

[@aronreihs9664]

Waves Tracks is a very good program to record and playback with a simple interface usb cable. A lot of youtube clips about that. Install the driver from the mixer into your laptop/pc and ready to play bro.

[@marioaviles9582]

This video is worth more than money to me. The knowledge you get from this single video is priceless. Love it!

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[@jewagr007]

How are you creating, or from where are you getting, the "dirty bass" feed?

[@asilva_media]

what software version is this?

[@davidrotimi]

Absolutely loved this!! I've been looking for something with such detail for a while and I'm glad I found this. Thank you!

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[@Kynect2Hymn]

Ehhh, I mean its a good balanced mix but its super dark.

[@LIXOSonidoyDiscos]

Cool mix! I really enjoy your lesson. I felt distortion in main vocal or I wrong? Great drum sound. I like to know the another mics in your band. Thanks for take your time to show us your job!!

[@rickbiessman6084]

Hmmm, I don’t totally know about that mix... I think the snare still has a lot of weird low mid stuff in there. Vocals too, as well as an unpleasant high mid spike. Acoustic guitar is distorted. What an elephant in the room that he’s not talking about. And then, cymbals and vocals could use soooo much more air. It’s an alright mix overall, but I’m not completely sold.

[@blazemonger1]

The vocal sounds like it's a wireless and the inherent companding effect already squashes the signal too much before it even gets to the mixer. the gain on the mic itself needs to be dialed down. And if this a mic that is used for varying soloists .. I'd prefer using a wired mic for that reason. You can't run to stage and change gain on the mic for each vocalist ;)

[@Heywoodj1969]

Amen to all this... distorted vocal and acoustic...

[@samgonza1975]

Jeez.... tell us how you really feel guys..... If you can step back a second, the point of the video is to teach his workflow and give tips on a quick set up. He knows what he’s doing. The recorded mic for example was simply recorded too high. He tried backing it down and saw it wouldn’t make a diff so brought it back up to a reasonable level for the purpose of the demonstration. Side note. If you could do it better. Where are your videos and tutorials? Cool.

[@dukeackun2009]

I have been dying to have one of this for my church in Ghana it just sounds awesome

[@JonnyUntchMusic]

This is like watching Bob Ross paint. Your ear is dialed in sir. Good stuff.

[@Heywoodj1969]

You didn’t invert the phase / polarity of your snare bottom mic... also you should use your knee more on the compressors... it might roll in and out better...

[@dwaynearthur1476]

Had to come back and study Master Lee , So much to learn ! 😀😎👍🏽

[@tjthescott]

Glad to see you demonstrate that the technique used on a DigiCo, SSL, Yamaha and even Waves plugins also applies to these budget consoles. Question as a heavy x32 user.... I see you used an aux/bus for the sub and not the m/c. Is there any functional or technical reason you chose that option over the other?

[@whitmats]

I was wondering that too.

[@matthewcselby]

also wondering - just guessing here but perhaps did that due to the way he normally routes subs...x/m32 has convenient controls/routing for main/subs with their LR+M

[@claysibert]

In another video he talks about this. It’s one of the videos talking about mixing for streams.

[@rella2004]

I'm waiting patiently for the midas heritage d hd96 mix to appear, best regards

[@johntdoherty7469]

Great Video - helps learning this desk massively - Can I ask would it be possible to get the tracks so we could follow along ourselves

[@tubeo94]

I tried for months to get my drums as big as this but can’t It’s either: -I need to try harder -My drummer is allergic to drum tuning -We dont have drum cage

[@byamirmo]

in lots of podcast and tutorials they say manipulate multi mic instrument as a group i mean like in a vca because of phase cancelation but here u just eqed and compressed snare 2 different mics individually and it sound good so whats the point ? i got confused

[@manydreams1life315]

Question: on X32, the channel gain recommended at -18 db. Is it the same on this? I see your vocals and some drums are closer to -12 db or even a tad higher. Is that just a preference thing? I'm always militant about -18 db but sometimes the vocals don't "compete" very well with other instruments despite EQ and such. Should I be running Vox a bit "hotter?"

[@luquann]

Sounds good listening through my Ath M20x headphones 👍🏽👏🏾

[@MrKevthebassplayer]

Dynamics on this unit are pretty smooth and transparent.. got my attention 😊👍🏻my favorite so far as digital mixers but not so reliable is the studio live … presonus dynamics would be nice in this unit 😉👍🏻 my guess the processing and latency has a lot to design and final production to keep engineers happy😉👍🏻

[@TheLiryco]

LOL LESS THAN A HALF HOUR😂😂😂 I MIX 5 bands every night one after the other with a 15 minute window to install and mix

[@JosAlva8043]

el que sabe sabe! yo conozco unos dis que inge graduados y ni a las patas hacen sonar los instrumentos a ese nivel y son orgullosos y agrandados ah y cristianos, este señor se le nota lo que sabe 10 yo tengo la behringer X32 chulada ***he who knows knows! I know some diss that inge graduates and they don't even make the instruments sound at that level and they are proud and enlarged oh and Christians, this gentleman shows what he knows 10 I have the cool Behringer X32

[@Zack-Hates-Youtube]

Wow man. This is amazing. I just finished my 4th gig at a big local venue with an M32. I grew up running analog I did not want to learn the digital stuff. I cut my teeth on the Mackie DL32r but never tackled the m or x32 Every show I've ever done on either of those digital mixers I've always been running around with my head chopped off hoping that the settings from the previous guy are going to work and only feeling comfortable about halfway through. Last night after my third gig there I watched the first half of this video and learned so much about the board. And especially how to properly use a gate. Gates have always been hit or miss for me and I usually didn't use them but watching you and zooming in to see your settings REALLY helped. Tonight's gig went SUPER smooth and so many of the things I didn't know before already feel like second nature. Thanks again! Watching the rest of the video now.

[@Zack-Hates-Youtube]

As my previous comment stated I'm still learning how to use the m32. One setting I haven't changed from the previous engineer that I built my own scene off of is the main mix preamp gain knob. They had it set around 12 o'clock. But I saw that when I selected the main mix the preamp gain meter was sometimes clipping during the show. The main mic output wasn't clipping but I'm worried something isn't right. What do the input leds in the gain section indicate when selecting the main mix and should it be at zero? I was too afraid to mess with it mid show so now I'm curious.

[@coolio32123]

I keep coming back to this. So helpful

[@Hiujh-f5m]

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[@fatjonfieri6399]

ALBANIA

[@mrovi789]

Wish our church would have a a band like that :)

[@mxurocks]

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[@mosesngatiah6365]

Sir, where is the music you are mixing coming from, How do you have all those tracks? Or are they all pre-recorded. Im a bit lost.

[@dikkeskieven484]

Why didn't you reverse phase on the snare bottom channel? Or if phase was already flipped in the multitrack, it's at least important to mention if you're trying to teach live mixing.

[@lorencing]

Thanks for the great demo! May I ask where from did you get input signal? DAW program on the laptop?

[@BonnieMaudlin-v3n]

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[@davidpeterson5316]

I think we are all just hoping Jesse’s comment pops up in the next #turndownformxu

[@stageemporiumnh8780]

Excellent Video and Great Sounding mix. Nice work sir.

[@belloomotayo103]

please how did you get your DN32 on mac book audio interface for it to work with M32???

[@Marks_1777]

Does anyone know what kind of mic the used for the snare bottom? Was it also a beta 57?

[@mosesngatiah3314]

What I didnt get is where the music is coming from. I suppose since no band is being shown , its coming from a previous recording . If that's the case what kind is that where you still can mix separate tracks and how was it connected to the mixer.

[@AEROCRIST]

Thank you for your video helped me a lot. God Bless you. I need a video that tells me how to make the setup for live online streaming. I can't make it sound good. I have an xr18 console. Thank

[@scottallison9309]

They have a bunch more videos on their website. Go check it out!

[@mxurocks]

Sure thing!

[@caseygreen]

What about probable phase issues between top and bottom snare mics? He didn't even check the polarity switch

[@eliaserickson]

when you're trimming those channels down is the the equivalent of turning down your gain?

[@LindaRodriguez-l3r]

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[@sharbelestrada5962]

would you share how to set up all this tracks going to mixer? i would love to learn this in our studio/home.

[@jeffsancricca7041]

Hmmm, what happened to the 6 layer Fx?

[@captain_skipper295]

Im not a fan of the snare eq, but the toms and kick soounded clean!

[@wesleyoliveira7480]

HELLO FRIEND I AM FROM BRAZIL WHERE CAN I GET THIS MULTRACK, SO I CAN STUDY

[@trance4life618]

hello. i want to know can i use your tutorials on your web site for music and live concert or your tutorials are just suitable for church?

[@VanAntony-l3k]

Taylor Mark Miller Linda Smith Scott

[@YHWHPRODUCTIONS777]

Bro just forgotten to add HPF'S !!!

[@paparyetv4566]

Nice one!!!..what application you use in multi track to mix in my soundcraft si..and where can i download a multi track sample..thanks

[@josephlpoe]

Grreat job bro, really helped me out on a crash course of moving fast. Set me up well for a worship practice I'm mixing tonight on the M32. Have 6-7 years on a CL-5 but never this one. Blessings sir!

[@darvintoc]

How do I find your church in Facebook

[@rileyhawk8935]

What about gates for the snare top & bottom? Why wasn’t that covered?

[@BnmTyu-p5v]

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[@abereolavictor9309]

well done Sir Lee.. this was simply what i could not do in 4 hours you did under 30mins, God bless you

[@patrickdesjardins9287]

I don'like the snare sound ! sounding masked coton !

[@itbmm1369]

I just stumbled into a gold mine! thanks for that content.

[@mxurocks]

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[@ZephaniahKen-n8v]

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[@zarkentertainmentdjaudiovi7388]

Great Video Thanks.. Quick question.. how are you adding Effects on Drums "Ambience" from Aux 1 Knob??? Can you please explain

[@scottfahy5468]

Thanks for posting this Lee, we are in the process of training up some of our volunteers in the Spanish church and this was a great way to show them that in 30 minutes you can dial in a mix. I was going to make some snarky comment about not enough 18K air on the kick drum :)

[@mxurocks]

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[@FoundationMerch]

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[@MichaelNatrin]

Fantastic video! Woof that acoustic guitar is so distorted

[@wedenragudo4744]

are your main stereo graphic eq all flat???

[@Captain_Turducken]

Did you flip polarity on snare bottom? I've always found that absolutely necessary for snare bottom

[@modvind]

Not always. Always listen for what sounds the best. BUt, yes, most oftenn it's gonna be out of phase. Sometimes, just leave out the bottom mic, might sound better.

[@kandr21400]

I just got onboard as a Sound Engineer, at my church, about a month ago, and I'm really getting up to speed with the M32. After watching this video, I can definitely look at the mix that is setup and really get an idea of what the Lead Sound Engineer mixed.

[@Ben31797]

How can a preEQ chanel be sent to a bus? Thanks

[@rlg222]

I have the M32R. Its super nice...

[@IndonesiaHarvestChurch]

how to get distorted bass?

[@lawlothegradiator7723]

It’s you the complainer

[@wordfellowshipchurch5164]

Do you have a recommendation on a sound board that's upgraded in channel count from the x32? We are already running waves with the Behringer so we were thinking the LV1. Wasn't sure what else was out there that was comparable in price. Thanks!

[@mrtremixth5294]

what song bro?

[@theSoundEpignosis]

Great detail and info captured here Lee, I am headed to the audio shop for this model 😎 Peace, and more Grace to you

[@johnpauljonesgroup]

How about Re Do this using X32 EDIT... that way no matter what platform a person is using... Core, Rack, Console they can follow along with you.

[@johniebeats]

I just learned a tone 🎉

[@JYKorea1]

Thank you for this instructional video I have some questions. Does the x32 have a trim feature?? Also I use a ql5 for church it has a analog and digital gain. Can I use the digital gain as a trim function??

[@IslandDigital]

If I’m the Drummer , can you send me each track with EQ/Fx, through a P16 ? Then I can make my own mix of volumes for each as I like them ?

[@joel.clifestyle63]

A give away on this board would’ve been nice for your subscribers 🤷🏾‍♂️ great content

[@emadhameid9881]

what the name of the software that you used in the laptop to gave all that to gave you all that Music Tone M32 X32 CONSOLE ?

[@CodyDavids]

Love the vid! Helps me get a better idea working with our M-32. Dumb question, how do you change the UI to the "dark" theme instead of the default blue?

[@Eyezac17]

You need to do the the latest firmware update. You can download it off the midas website.

[@tahinamarc8965]

WOoow!! Good demonstration! how did you plug the computer to the console! and wonder if it's possible to have the sound mix for training! be blessed!

[@Zazquatch1]

This was helpful. Q : -This M32 can only record multi tracks with help from a computer, right? -Do you have any experience with the Presonus StudioLive s/sc/sx32 series? It sounds and looks great.

[@mxurocks]

You can record MultiTracks with an M32 without a computer if you have the x-live expansion card. We have a series of training on the Presonus StudioLive available within the MxU platform! getmxu.com/features

[@AndrewCWhite-op7oi]

Thanks for this!

[@JohnvL]

5:28 i use Sennheiser E 602 II, and two of them L&R!

[@antoniocarlosribeironeto7444]

hello Lee, tks for the vdeo. my question is: how I do to work with my mix separate. If a recorded my church with Pen Drive, I will have a mixer closed. How you do to open the tracks ?

[@yeansam4316]

I am learning how to use M32R right now. Silly question, how do I get drum tracks or where can I download it?