RME TotalMix Training Session - Session One - The Fundamentals

[@ellensoomers9496]

Barry you are GOLD.............I was almost at the point of selling my babyface pro but you've helped me BIGTIME keeping it! Thank you so much!

[@BarryJohns]

Make sure you watch all four videos!

[@backorderbass]

Best walkthrough on this software BY FAR. A bit embarrassed to admit, I've been using Total Mix for 10+ years and did not know half of this stuff. I only knew the minimum to get it to function, but of course sometimes things were changed accidentally and I be driving myself crazy trying to figure out what the heck I did. I now have a much more comprehensive understanding of the where, why, how, etc. Big confidence booster. Thank you, Barry!

[@MaximusWhyman]

Thx for doing this.

[@BronteJuliet-t8b]

Hall Anna Smith Lisa Allen Cynthia

[@RGMDG]

Good Stuff Barry. Totalmix FX is VERY powerful, but you are right it takes a while to wrap your head around it. Your pain (learning Totalmix) is our gain with your helpful videos. Going to watch your 2nd video now. Thank you again. Nice work!

[@petersinol]

These sessions will be golden for me. Thanks Barry.

[@royshakked]

Barry, thank you. I've read the manuals and watched RME's videos but nothing comes close to the 3 superb tutorials you have here. Well done!

[@PurpleMusicProductions]

Thanks Barry. I love RME but TotalMix is VERY intimidating. Thank you for taking the time to explain it.

[@PopsMartin]

For S/PDIF coax, you don't need a converter box. All you need is one digital (110 Ohm) XLR female->RCA and one digital (110 Ohm) XLR male->RCA cable ... and set "AES Format" in MADIface Settings to "Consumer". Also you can rename channels with doubleclick on their names above the channel faders.

[@BarryJohns]

Be patient, as I stated in the video, I’m keeping it very basic right now. Later on, I’ll show other tricks as well.

[@kevindarbro4829]

Barry, I've had my Fireface 800 for probably 20 years or so now, and I never understood TotalMix, but somehow got it to do what I needed it to do. As I was chasing down a latency problem on a new mic on a separate input, I tracked it down to my ignorance of TotalMix, which brought me here. Thank you, thank you, thank you for putting this together. I know more about TotalMix now than I ever have, and that's just your first video! On to the next one!

[@billschnake6378]

Barry, thanks for putting these together. I learned a few things in this first one and will probably learn much more in the next one. I have the RME UCXII and a Focusrite Clarett+ 8 Pre. I use the 8 Pre for drums and the RME for everything else. I have a couple of mic pres and am just getting started with the 500 series gear. I hope you will cover hardware inserts. I am currently using Cubase Pro 12. I have been trying ProTools Artist, but it has been crashing on my M1 MacBook Pro on Sonoma. We will be taking a look at Session Two after I rest my brain a bit. Thanks again for all of the hard work. I still owe you a beer at Captain Tony's in Key West.

[@M.W.777]

RME for life!! I'm still on the UCX-2013 and will upgrade to the UFX 3 in the near future. Thanks for sharing the knowledge Brother! Best Wishes!!

[@benthebraveofficialchannel]

Hi, I have been working on my routing setup in TotalMix with my Babyface Pro FS to have clean, low latency sound on my Vox, Gtr, drum pad, and midi instruments in separate tracks) for setting custom panning etc and I'm looking to have this done in Totalmix so I could then bring it into a Livestream, plus recording of live session. Do you have guidance in this? I'm watching your videos for a second time. thank you! Shure Sm7B ➡️Royer In-Line Signal Booster➡️RME Babyface Pro XLR in {Channel 1} ➡️USB port Comp (Controlled in TotalMix [Part of Babyface Pro]) Microphone TC-Helicon MP-85 ➡️ TC-Helicon VoiceLive 3 Extreme Guitar and Vocal Effects Processor Pedal ➡️ RME Babyface Pro (XLR in - Stereo)➡️USB port Comp (Controlled in TotalMix [Part of Babyface Pro]) Instruments: Electric Guitar ➡️ TC-Helicon VoiceLive 3 Extreme Guitar and Vocal Effects Processor Pedal ➡️(¼ inch Cable in - Mono)RME Babyface Pro ➡️USB port Comp (Controlled in ‘Instrument 3’ TotalMix [Part of Babyface Pro]) Handsonic Drumpad ➡️(¼ inch Cable in - Mono)RME Babyface Pro ➡️USB port Comp (Controlled in ‘Chan 3 Drums)’ TotalMix [Part of Babyface Pro]) 1/4Inch out ➡️ to Aux in TC-Helicon VoiceLive 3 Extreme Guitar and Vocal Effects Processor Pedal Akai MPK 261 MIDI Keyboard ➡️USB port Comp Used in EastWest Opus (Multi instrument sound bank triggered by Midi keyboard) Plus monitor other computer from other programs like Adobe character animator. THANK YOU!!

[@braxal6983]

Barry, I am so darn happy you got this going. Thank you so much. It way easier to listen to you explain TotalMIx. I hope you post more videos soon on TotalMix!!!

[@operarocks]

Cornbread over German Engineer Geekspeak every dang time! Thanks so much for doing this. Stupid Q. What is user case scenario for adat OUT? I get adat in, from external pres as example, but out? Used as a virtual routing inside daw? Not quite sure I understand it's functionality. Thx. Keep em coming.

[@MrMoviePhoneEx]

Regarding the playback fader, is it best practice to leave that all the way up for a basic setup, then adjust volume via the output or in DAW/system, or can you lower the playback fader as an effective way to limit system audio? In my setup, I usually have that slider about 1/2 way to 3/4 up depending on content, but my output slider is pretty low too - yet the levels all work out and I haven’t had any real issues so far, just asking for best practice. I typically keep my output between -18 and -22.

[@claudioalancarcano9758]

thanks to you Berry, I finally decided to buy my brand new UCX III. it will come soon, but right now I'm not anymore intimidated by Totalmix. thanks a lot, bud!

[@groovedealerfeaturing-ashl6476]

I got a FF UCX III a couple of weeks ago, you will not be disappointed, WONDERFUL interface and TotalMix is incredibly powerful once you get your head around it. ENJOY!

[@julesc8054]

Hi Barry. I've been using TotalMix with Nuendo for 20years now and so many people I know who use RME don't understand the mixer. I am so happy you are opening up this amazing tool to so many people. Thank you A hidden feature in Nuendo with RME is the "Direct Monitoring" option that allows Nuendo's control room to control the TotalMix Mixer. This allows for Zero Latency Monitoring with the control room inside Nuendo. This only controls the channels assigned to the control room. Take a TotalMix snapshot before you start experimenting for the first time. this also works in "Studiomode" . Nuendo >Studio > Studio Setup > ASIO UFX+ > Direct Monitoring option. Enjoy

[@braxal6983]

Barry, I kept hearing clicks and pops then I discovered this check box called "Iso Streaming" on the RME driver ( I have a RME UFX III). I had no clue what it does I read and read it and still do not understand it. I checked the box and guess what? I the once in awhile pops and clicks went away. Its different than the buffer size effect. Can you go over that at all? I would appreciate it.

[@marvin1574]

Does the same things go for the Babyface pro?

[@MrMoviePhoneEx]

It’s infuriating that none of the RME native material covered some of the simple stuff like the 2 line vs 3 line view or how the mix selection works - which is still a little bit of mystery because if you hit store, then mess with a fader the blue activation box goes from solid to blinking again… Which to me would imply that “store” gives you a snap shot of an exact mix, not just the mix layout. Question - In the section where you say “leave the faders alone”, I noticed you had your mic fader all the way the down yet you were getting a clean signal to your DAW all the same? If I have my mic connected and feed it some phantom power, I still typically raise the mic fader a bit - watching the signal line on the interface itself to make sure I’m getting a good signal, am I doing this wrong? I also adjust my gain control for the mic channel on the actual interface and not in the mixer, is that the difference in the setup as your example had gain turned up to +42?

[@TazzSmk]

for 2ROW Mode - it's actually default if your computer (laptop) screen wouldn't fit 3 rows, for ex. MacBook Pro 13" 2012 with 1280x800 display resolution :)

[@vivekjadhav2210]

Please I am canfuz beetwen Mac mini M2 and Mac studio M1 Max for music composing

[@0x80O0oOverfl0w]

Appreciate the intro. Just picked up an RME and Total Mix is pretty overwhelming!

[@BarryJohns]

Make sure you watch all 4 videos

[@anishranjansarkar1969]

I am also planning to shift to RME and your lessons will be immensely helpful, Would you take pain to clarify me whether I should buy RME UCX-II or Babyface Pro FS, is there any sound difference between them.

[@Tvaroh]

Thanks Barry, very useful and needed tutorial series. Btw, you can rename channels by double-clicking their names w/o going to channel layout window.

[@BarryJohns]

Plan for now is to keep it basic for now, will demonstrate other options in later videos.

[@hereonmars]

Great videos. For me, Total Mix wasn't TERRIBLE to learn, but the loopback and how it ends back up on an analog input is always confusing to me. Also, the BabyFace Pro in particular doesn't seem to work well with OBS for live streaming. I don't know if that's just the BF, or if it's all RME interfaces. You have to download and install two other applications to "route" the audio in MacOS to get it to show up in OBS. Very frustrating. Other than that, I wish they would have allowed use of the DSP in TotalMix for the BF to have compression. I was disappointed when it didn't.

[@enewhuis]

TotalMix while using an Octamic XTC is another thing I've been struggling with since there are so many options to send the control signal to the mic pre extension device however the great thing about it is the ability to control all the 48V, AutoSet, pad and of course gain from TotalMix on the additional mic pres. I've had a few problems with the UFX and Octamic somehow getting out of sync with one at 192 and the other at 96 or some other combination. I've also noticed maybe, not quite sure yet, that it is best to have TotalMix running before powering on the interface and any aux devices. This may be pure luck but it seems to prevent some configuration sync issues.

[@xaviermoreno4415]

Finally, a tutorial that I can understand. Thank you kind sir and please keep it going.

[@andreasjrnvil9950]

Ive used TM for 15 years - still don't understand it :) This will def help me out. THANKS

[@wesstarmedia]

You are absolutely correct about totalmix being illogical. You are also correct about warm audio quality control issues. I bought a brand new wa73 eq and the wa47. The wa73eq had scratchy sounding pots on the eq from day one. The wa47 sounded good but developed a hum three years later that I couldn't fix. (Subscribed)

[@jadedsean]

Nice Barry, i have been waiting for this tutorial. Your a legend for trying demystify RME for us newbies. Thanks again.

[@mantaproject]

Thanks Barry! (I got the first edition UFX, pretty happy with those converters but I wonder how much better the UFX+ or the recent UFX III converters are compared to the original)

[@FLOSPhotographer]

I think one of the MOST confusing aspects of TotalMix for someone who has never used it is the fact that looking at the TOP ROW (inputs), the BOTTOM number(s) represent how that INPUT is routed. If you switch that input routing to another OUTPUT, your faders will reset, and you are then looking at how that INPUT routes to another channel / output. It will switch the view for EVERY input...so you have to pay attention to the routing, because EVERY input is routable to EVERY output simultaneously (if desired). It's also confusing that RME placed the section labels at the BOTTOM of the row instead of the top...but that is just a nit pick.

[@BarryJohns]

I go over this in depth in the next video

[@PopsMartin]

Like typical channel strips in mixing desks it's a top->down design in the top you see wha's going into the channel strip and in the bottom you see where it's routed to after the fader. Makes perfect sense to me the way it is.

[@FLOSPhotographer]

@@PopsMartin The signal flow makes sense...putting a label at the bottom instead of at the top ("Hardware Inputs, Software Playback, and Hardware Outputs" is what I am referring to) is confusing at first.

[@Skoltrain]

Thank you so much for taking the time and putting in the work to do this. You are an absolute LEGEND!! Can't wait for the rest!

[@TheOneMonk]

A fab tutorial. And even better it is a series! Liked, subbed and will certainly frequently revisit. I dig my RME interfaces but TotalMix has always been a puzzle. Yes, there is a handbook, but I prefer trying things out. And this is where things go south as TotalMix is not intuitive. And once you mess around with the faders, well, as Barry clearly says: Don‘t do that! Great job, Barry - looking forward to finally unlocking the power of TotalMix! Question: can you pls do a dedicated session on how to use hardware effects in TotalMix ?

[@Observerw]

Barry can you help me I connected my headphones to my ucx2 and I don’t hear any sound also it’s very confusing coming from an Apollo on how to set everything up I don’t need all these crazy input outputs I just usually record one voice and mix in my daw please help me have the best settings for that I just got this interface for the stability and sound converters but all this other stuff is confusing me I just want to be able to record myself playback on my headphones and monitors please help

[@BarryJohns]

You need to learn how to use totalmix. Go to much channel and search for totalmix I have 4 videos watch them all.

[@albertosanz-tico5071]

Great video, I experienced same problems and still I'm not capable of controlling Totalmix the way I want. Please share more content about it. I'll really apreciate your effort. Thanks

[@tonyr.logcabinstudio252]

Great video Barry, I'm a newbe to the RME & Ferro Fish 16 and have soooo much to learn, these video's are soooo helpful... many thanks Tony

[@francescomarrone8466]

Thank you, I have an Hybrid mixing setup for recording and mixing with a Fireface802 + Ferrofish Pulse 16...and I never ever use Total mix...I guess this Is the right time to learn what I have been missing untill now.

[@vivekjadhav2210]

Please video make on Mac studio M1 Max vutural instrument test for music composing

[@BarryJohns]

I’m not sure what that has to do this video, but I’ve already made the video you’re looking for, search my KZbin channel.

[@bookerjones1757]

Your teaching is so effective. Slow and patient with a subject a lot of us have tried to relate to traditional consoles, but became confounded because of the unusual approach RME uses. This tutorial is so much needed. Thank you!

[@jimmymorrison7128]

Excellent explanation of the fundamentals of Total mix. Easy to understand.

[@LouisaMolly]

447 Bell Lights

[@watchtheskies]

Hi Barry, thank you so much for this, I am waiting to get the Fireface UCX II, it looks like they will be back in stock at the end of this month, so these videos will help me a lot to get things set up 🙃

[@theamigaman1]

Waiting on the backorder also!

[@GGprods-o2x]

Can't thank you enough.

[@wtc175]

Magic! Clear, concise explanation for what I consider a complex but of software! Thanks BJ!!

[@TomasMichaud]

Thank you Barry.

[@lnkd70]

Thank you!!! For years and years I’d only scratched the surface. Totalmix always intimidated me but I feel less dumb now 😊

[@thaexception3406]

Informative

[@MAINHEADSKULL]

Thank you😊👍!

[@NuffCeD410]

Just Recently purchased the UFX 3 and this helped alot! Thanks Barry!

[@Biffinnbridge]

Thanks Barry your videos have given me the confidence to cross dress too. I also have a nasal hillbilly timbre in my voice but thanks to your advice with Waves plugins, I’ll probably be back on top of the billboard charts. ❤

[@AquashiiMusic]

I absolutely love the way you explain everything! I will be jumping into RME within the next year so I'm really grateful that you've done this! Thank you

[@theamigaman1]

Thanks Barry these will be super helpful! Just getting back into RME with the UCX II and Babyface Pro FS just waiting on the backorders of both. 😊

[@bigdaddy-fk5bi]

Son of a ****....... i just spent all summer rebuilding a full size recording console only to find that total mix IS A FREAKIN CONSOLE.....

[@ourPurple]

Thank you so much! I love rme but TotalMix keeps driving me crazy to the point that on some days I give up recording.

[@BarryJohns]

Get the things down that I talk about in this video, then watch session two, it should start becoming much clearer after that.

[@MukulDongre]

Hey Barry ! Thanks a ton .Absolute superfantabulous session. Love the way u teach slowly and in details.. and special thanks cause there is no unnecessary background music to it.. its so disturbing and irritating . Thank u ❤🙏🙏🙏🙏 U r the best

[@chrisdavis9135]

🏆🏆🏆BJ. Looking forward to the entire series 🙏🏿

[@wataruusami]

Thanks Barry, I had all the confusion that didn't solve with RME assets. I will go through all 4!

[@soshomusic]

Thank you , those are good tutorials . I have been using RME for decades and still learnt quite some . cheers

[@pawnotdaw4559]

Thanks for doing this. Wish this was around a few months ago. I find naming channels, for me, easier by double clicking at top of channels in main window., rather than opening seperate window. But same difference. Keep up the good work.

[@stillavenue]

It definitely takes a while to master it, (I learned a bit here even though i’ve used it for many years). But it sure is amazingly powerful once you figure it out. RME is the only interfaces I would even consider these days. I currently have an 802 after selling my original UFX for one of the old Apollo’s and regretting it. The new UFX III’s have me drooling. Maybe someday soon. Cheers, thanks for this Barry!

[@Kspurewal]

Thank you sir, bought the ufxiii, this was an awesome crash course!

[@BarryJohns]

Make sure you watch all four videos.

[@nine27]

Just got an UFX III and I think I tried to sell myself on it knowing I can’t stand Total Mix. I should have probably gone Lynx or Carbon. Yes Carbon. I am not leaving Apple even though I have been contemplating it over the last 4 years and I am a Pro Tools guy plain and simple. If this doesn’t do the trick its going back and getting exchanged

[@didifischervideo]

Hi! I have the Babyface pro fs - and I still didn't unerstand what's the benefit using Total Mix, instead as a normal interface?

[@BarryJohns]

Not everyone needs what it offers. It does open the door to a lot of poses though. I suggest watching all 4 videos.

[@didifischervideo]

@@BarryJohns Thanks, I'm already watching them for a scond time. (I'm a simple guy: one guitar, one cable, one amp, one mic - and I have to use two cables for the austrian audio mic, which bothers me, because one is a special cable. And I also have to watch endlessly videos about polar pattern - which makes the stereo signal a mono (!) signal. And this stuff never stops. Or buying luna pro bundle and testing the neve summing - which I can't buy, because I dont have apollo or satellite - but the neve thing was was the main reason buying it : )

[@vadimmartynyuk]

RME definitely need to update their TotalMix mixer and the built in reverb

[@BarryJohns]

I could not agree more

[@hubertprieger1766]

Great content...that's always the problems with the Germans (me being one of them) driving people nuts with making things as complicated as possible...there are hundreds of similar examples, always being difficult....thanks for your video!

[@andynaundorf8343]

Dude! This video is a HUGE help! I've been using RME (DSP Digiface and Babyface Pro) for more years than I can count, along with Cubase. TotalMix has always been a challenge and I have often thrown my arms up in frustration. Your video sheds so much light and unshrouds so much mystery. Thank you for your excellent videos and keep up the good work.

[@Walid-Khoury]

Thank you very much for the video. Could you elaborate more on how you connected your Kemper to AES? Do I simply buy two RCA to XLR wires that I see a lot on Amazonset the AES input on the Fireface as SPDIF? Or does it need to be a special type of cable or converter? Thank you!

[@johnhunter4181]

Well, I had high hopes but for anybody who just bought an RME audio interface like a Babyface Pro - don't bother watching. It's not the fundamentals it's just some guy name dropping all the expensive equipment he has. Going through his setup which will be nothing like yours and you may still not hear any music coming out at the end of the vid.

[@hughmitchellmusic]

Just got a ucx ii and the sound blew me away. Then I opened total mix 😂THANK YOU BARRY

[@dakodablack9690]

Thanks!

[@Fishplants]

Really confusing, Cant they hire someone who can make a simpel mixer lol.. Got sound for my guitar in cubase but nothing in the monitor, then i got no sound from my guitar but the audio in cubase worked but no bpm like wtf..

[@refrigo5067]

Hi Barry, how can I lower only the audio of the base in the headphones, while recording my voice with the microphone? Thanks in advance. Mauro

[@noopy4085]

I have been using TotalMix for over a decade and I still do not understand it. Next Interface I purchase I might finally move away from RME just for the fact that I can’t understand this damn mixer!!! ….let’s see if you can save me. 👀

[@brownstallionband]

Extremely helpful. Thank you!

[@JohnFraserFindlay]

BTW I lost my FX on my UFX some years ago-not sure if you heard about that issue..? Cant remember but something to do with on baord RAM/memory..

[@chrispoole2438]

Excellent. You are spot on about the RME tutorials - they fried my brain! This series of tutorials however have brought clarity and calmness to my aging neurons.

[@spencermakote7436]

The RME training vid's are absolute balls.

[@nevermindthebull0cks]

Thanks, I shave my head, but I'm still pulling my hair out with total mix:)

[@ricric4827]

can't beleive I just found you, many thanks

[@FractalWavesAudio]

Quick question about your inputs, I've been using Total Mix for 6 years. Why are your MADI inputs panned on mono units? All your MADI outputs are auto mono.

[@accentontheoff]

Does DAW mode really work. Is it fully useable. You know.. till I figure it all out.

[@ApostolisPaspalakis]

Guys im in a serious dilemma with this interface and its the 2nd one i bought after selling the first because i was desparate to learn how to use it, but i cant seem to get it. In logic the guitar is clearly being picked up. I load a plug in and its not working. After i record )the guitar is dry without the plug in= and i play it bak, the plugin on the guitar is actually working. the problem is in real time its not. I dont understand how this is happening and i have exhausted all options videosæ you name it. Please , is there someone who can help me understand what im doing wrong here? i would seriously be overwhelmingly grateful

[@ihustle7970]

Didn’t watch yet but being a nube, I don’t know how to monitor io 3and 4 to 7 and 8, I can only monitor 5/6 to 5/6, but thanks in advance

[@RaftelStudios]

For me it's very important to have an audio interface with dsp mixer like total mix fx. It is very helpful when streaming and recording because it doesn't push the cpu of your computer. Rme babyface is one of my choices for next audio interface and one of the reasons is totalmix.

[@T0NYD1CK]

OMG! You can turn it off. Who knew! You earned a "like" in under three minutes!

[@C5ICK]

Where is the total mix window? Installed driver for Fireface UCX II. I see app but not the mixer.

[@IsabelRudolf]

60144 Treutel Tunnel

[@nancybrowneda6909]

35085 Nickolas Hill

[@EleanorTorrey]

03861 Susanna Motorway

[@BrentIraEnman]

Agree Barry totalmix NOT at all intuitive, took me a while to get it configured how I like it

[@musiccreation1198]

Thanks!

[@BarryJohns]

Thank you for that, truly appreciate it!

[@lk0707]

Good stuff sir. What camera are you using to shoot videos ?

[@Study_Sleep_Chill]

Chapters would be helpful, please. Thanks

[@PriceMiranda]

28187 Bergnaum Inlet

[@TehSyneS]

thank you so much!!! Ah man, so greatful!

[@jmoemorris4133]

This is good but as I zoom in the video gets fuzzy a bit

[@luiscarlosobandolopez3530]

This is the type of thing I was looking for. I really appreciate the time and effort you put on this material Barry. Much appreciated.

[@BarryJohns]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Beatsmith2005]

I did a Total Reset and it reset all the names too... I switched back to my Snapshot Mix 1 which I saved just before doing it - it still didn't bring the names back. What a waste of time... :(

[@BarryJohns]

Watch all my videos this is explained.