SOUNDCRAFT UI24 - AUX SENDS EXPLAINED

[@a1clr]

all guys do same videos are good but! finally you make me understand that topic, amazing clealry and detail THANKS (please make one of gain and FX)

[@QuickEZ]

Hi a1, Thanks very much! I’m glad this was helpful to you. Let me know what you want to see about gain and I’ll add it to my list of videos. Thanks for watching and happy mixing!

[@KENNETHCOOPER55]

Your tutorials are very detailed Must of felt good to get another video out 😊

[@QuickEZ]

Thanks Ken. Sure did. That home renovation hiatus was killing me!

[@KENNETHCOOPER55]

😅

[@rabianmcintosh]

I was looking at this and realized this for a different DAW than what I have 😂 But good info

[@MegaJJ2013]

Really like your practical, nuts & bolts approach to explaining things. I have never used a console and my experience is really using USB/Audio interfaces with DAWs so many of the terms such as AUX SENDS, RETURNS and the like sound like Greek to me. I recently took a plunge and decided to buy the UI24R which seems like a very versatile unit and I am merely starting out on this journey, taking baby steps. Now, with regard to starting from a "blank canvass", creating a brand-new "Snap-shot" (I have already created a brand-new "Show" folder), do I need to somehow first "reset" the Mixer?

[@QuickEZ]

Thanks Mega! There is a function called Mixer Reset. It’s in the SHOWS tab. This clears any sends you may have set (purposely or inadvertently), sets channels and routing back to any defaults. Essentially it puts the whole console back to ZERO. So if you are starting a new show file from scratch, this is the way to make sure you’ve cleared any information you don’t want in the channels/system. Hopefully my videos have been somewhat easy to follow. I do make some assumptions that people know what the terms are. If there’s anything that isn’t totally clear, feel free to drop me an email and I can try to simplify things for you. [e-mail] Thanks for watching and happy mixing!

[@MegaJJ2013]

@@QuickEZ I am very grateful to you for your response. I realize that you are making assumptions - quite natural - so I was very pleased at the way you present. Even I was able to glean something. I may be emailing you, but I don't want to become a pest as we all have "lives" to lead.

[@QuickEZ]

No worries. Saw your email. Just on a family trip today but I’ll respond to you as soon as I’m able.

[@MegaJJ2013]

@@QuickEZ I appreciate. FAMILY comes first too 🙂

[@dougadkins4738]

good video, thank you

[@QuickEZ]

Thank YOU!

[@richardtaylor8189]

Thanks! Can you specify whether you want the EQ, gate or compressor to be included INDIVIDUALLY in pre or post processing in the AUX sends? In other words, I might want the EQ curve that is going to the main mix to be used in my AUX mix, but I don't want the main mix gate or compression in my AUX. Is this differentiation possible??? Thanks.

[@QuickEZ]

Hi Richard, For the aux sends you have pre and post fader button. And a pre/post processing button. Pre processing will send your signal without any of the processing. And of course pre/post fader will send it before or after the fader. That is as granular as your choices get unfortunately. It would be great if we could do a pre/post choice for each item individually (gate/comp/eq/) individually, but alas, this is not the case. Hope that answers your question Thanks for watching and happy mixing!

[@Pyuras]

In some mixers, like the Behringer XR18, you can select the signal tap point (before eq, gate, comp, etc) for the aux sends per channel with a lot more flexibility. On the Ui24R we're limited to only pre/post all of the processing.

[@kennetharvinrodriguez]

Are the aux outputs mono? Is is possible to output stereo to a headphone amp for IEMs?

[@QuickEZ]

Hi Kenneth, Yes you can do that. If you look in your patching screen under HW OUTS and you will see: H1 L H1 R H2 L H2 R just patch your signal to whichever headphone outputs you want. You can send you virtual auxes 9/10 to a headphone output if you’ve used up your other auxes already. Thanks for watching and happy mixing!

[@Pyuras]

Most outputs in mixers in general are mono, unless otherwise noted (like phone outputs). If you want stereo output from auxes to a (separate) headphone amp, you'll need to use two auxes and stereo link them in the sofware so they output a stereo signal (one aux is L and the other is R). The stereo link step is really important, otherwise you'll just get dual mono from those auxes. To link auxes in stereo on the Ui24R you hold click on the aux output name in the mix or aux sends view and select "stereo link". Note that you can only link odd (L) + even (R) outputs. i.e.: aux 1 + aux 2, aux 3 + aux 4, aux 5 + aux 6, etc. You can't link aux 2 + aux 3 in stereo, for example.

[@DeadOriginal]

Anyone in here use soundcraft 24ui only for your bands IEMs?! If so ………is ok to give FOH my lead vocal from an AUX post a little Eq and such?! Maybe it’ll expedite soundcheck too if I did a little Eq

[@patrickhurley8]

@@DeadOriginal every venue is different I don't know if I see much time saved cause each foh engineer is working for the room and they will still have to adjust for that regardless of the eq you have set up.

[@nicolasvilanova]

Hello have a question about the aux, is there possible an equalization to be applied different from the main out?let me be more specific for example my vocal on the main it's going to speakers on salon,but the aux will be send to a online live, and the equalization it's different on a salon because the speakers,I understand you can apply a "master" equalization on aux,but need to equalizer one specific channel,thanks.

[@QuickEZ]

Hi Nicolas, The short answer is “no”. The long answer; If you happen to have an empty channel that you are not using. Duplicate the input for the channel you specifically want to EQ differently, and make whatever EQ changes you want. Then, send that new duplicate channel to your Aux and not to the master. This way you now have two copies of the same input channel with completely different equalization, going to your two different locations. For example: Main vocal, let’s pretend you have it plugged into input 1. Let’s pretend that input 20 has nothing plugged in. Edit the input patching of channel 20 and set it to input 1. You now have a duplicate of your main vocal. EQ channel 20 differently from channel 1, and send it pre-fader to your aux. Hope this helps. Thanks for watching and happy mixing!

[@nicolasvilanova]

Thanks for the answer,it helps!!

[@anooppintu3378]

how to mute a channel in all auxout at a time

[@QuickEZ]

Hi Anoop, click on the cog setting at the top of the screen. click the settings tab at the top right. click the global tab underneath the settings tab. at the left of the screen turn AUX SEND MUTE INHERITANCE to "ON". now when you mute a channel, it will mute it in all your Aux sends. The other way to do this is to change your Auxes to be "post fader" instead of "pre fader" but this will also change the way your auxes function for mixing so I would suggest doing the first method. hope that helps. Thanks for watching and happy mixing!

[@anooppintu3378]

@@QuickEZ Thank you so much it worked , there is no video about it on KZbin 😀😀

[@QuickEZ]

Happy to help! I guess I should make that video. It's a great question, I can't believe no one has asked it before you. I've added it to my "videos to make" list. Thanks again for watching and thanks for the great question. Happy mixing!