X32 Effects Setup -

X32 Effects Setup - #AscensionTechTuesday - EP025
Not sure how to get started using FX with your church worship band? This week, Chad shows how we set up our digital console for easy access to reverb and delay!
We're using a Behringer X32 but this demonstration but the concepts will apply to most digital mixers with assignable buttons or encoders.
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[@paulbae2082]

How did you do the reverb on your mic? Having trouble doing that..

[@AWTechTuesday]

Hey Paul! I go through the steps in the video. Are you not getting any reverb at all? This video is based on a fresh scene. A common problem I'm seeing with people adding this to existing scenes is that they often have their busses turned down. If you're following the steps in this video, also make sure that busses 13-16 are turned up to unity level. I hope that helps. Let me know if you have any more questions. Thanks for watching and commenting! -Chad

[@paulbae2082]

@@AWTechTuesday thank you for responding! Is there a way to set up the bus? Or can I just raise the volume like how you did in the beginning of the video

[@AWTechTuesday]

@@paulbae2082 Are you talking about when I say "setting up effects!" and the pitch goes down? Is that what you're asking about?

[@paulbae2082]

@@AWTechTuesday no at 1:50 when you raise channel 1 and there is reverb on your mic

[@AWTechTuesday]

@@paulbae2082 Make sure to watch the entire video but here's a super basic synopsis of how the signal flow works. Channel -> Bus 13 (for example), Bus 13 goes to FX 1 (reverb), the reverb signal shows up on the mixer FX1L Return and FX1R Return (found on the 3rd bank of faders). In order to hear reverb on your mic, the channel must be up and unmuted, you must be sending to Bus 13 (in this example), Bus 13 must be up and unmuted, and FX1 Left and Right need to be up and unmuted. If any one of those things is not happening, you will not get the desired effect. So, that's where I would start :) -Chad

[@franklinmcbryde198]

This has to be the best tutorial I've seen thus far on this board. Your tutorial was awesome, not complicated, well paced and very understandable. Great Job. Thank you.

[@AWTechTuesday]

Thanks Franklin! Really appreciate it! This video is a few years old now but it’s still basically the same for me even today whenever I set up a mix. Haha. Have a great night! -Chad

[@michaelmidyette7881]

Chad your videos are most helpful. I am setting up a new Behringer X32 console in our church and so far I haven't even opened the user manual. You videos have trained me step by step. keep up the good work

[@wolfganghaydn8000]

one of the best tutorial video about x32. great work!

[@freemandiaz5123]

Saving this one to a playlist!

[@BiggDaddie008]

Great Video can't wait to get back to Church to try this. Thank You

[@peterlock1531]

Thanks Chad. That's exactly what I was looking for.

[@AWTechTuesday]

Happy to help. Thanks for watching and commenting! -Chad

[@HopeWorshipNC]

Incredibly helpful!! Thank you!

[@johnnykourtev]

So helpful. Thank you man!!

[@georgebattle8032]

I love the way you explain the use of the x32 I’m purchasing one soon and I need to know how to get around this unit your a very good teacher thank you for your work

[@AWTechTuesday]

george battle Thanks George! -Chad

[@eddiecruz6617]

Thank you for this video! This helped me a lot!

[@AWTechTuesday]

Awesome! Thanks for watching and commenting! -Chad

[@juanchun9589]

Good morning Chad great information love it thank you God bless.

[@AWTechTuesday]

Thanks for watching! -Chad

[@carlosdiaz5486]

I’ve had an X32 because my parents bought one for evangelical purposes for about 3 years now. I kinda knew how to use it and i should’ve learned all of this soo much earlier. This helps a lot lol. My friend was telling me to watch YT vids on this but i thought it was lame. I definitely regret that lol

[@AWTechTuesday]

Haha. That’s one of my favorite things about the X32 is that there is so much good content available online :) Thanks for watching and commenting, Carlos! -Chad

[@mohitnangia7215]

fantastic.. best 1 till now. thanx a tonnnn.😊

[@AWTechTuesday]

Thanks for watching! -Chad

[@jburr2107]

This is by far one of my favorite videos for the X32. Even though it focuses on the FX, I get a lot of value on the assign and mute group section. We have an X32 Producer, so it's a bit harder, but this video really connected the dots in my brain.

[@AWTechTuesday]

Thanks Jeremy! Glad it helped!

[@InVisionsynthmindscape]

Nice video, much appreciated, thanks!

[@Johnnykirkpatty]

Great video!! Thanks for the help. Tried find an explanation of the daunting effects setup of the x32 and this was perfect!

[@AWTechTuesday]

John Kirkpatrick Hey John, glad you found it helpful. Thanks for watching and commenting! -Chad (also last name of Kirkpatrick) Haha

[@Johnnykirkpatty]

No way!! Haha. I knew there was a reason I liked you lol 👊🏻🤓

[@pompo1255]

This is super helpful, thank you.

[@AWTechTuesday]

Thanks for watching and commenting! -Chad

[@reshephgani9798]

You are making difference in our audio mixing thanks!

[@AWTechTuesday]

Thanks!

[@moetazheno]

Thank you so much, so helpful

[@bsounds3485]

Great stuff man... ur really help

[@AWTechTuesday]

Happy to help :) Thanks for watching and commenting! -Chad

[@codom1960]

Chad-you are the best-very grateful for this tutorial. Will the effects in this setup also record into my DAW? (protools). Thanks-

[@deanrinehart]

Just a suggestion...instead of shelving the effect return lows and highs, shelve the send. Works especially well with reverbs. It’s a little more natural, cuts the mid, removes distracting high frequency tails and tends to glue the tracks together better.

[@AWTechTuesday]

Thanks for the suggestion. I go back and forth on that technique depending on the effect I'm working with. Haha. -Chad

[@RJHN9108]

Good info man awesome job

[@AWTechTuesday]

Thanks, Rick! -Chad

[@levi_okoye]

Thanks, I really learnt alot :)

[@AWTechTuesday]

Glad to hear it! Thanks so much for watching and commenting. -Chad

[@ericjack8654]

Thank you Chad!!! At North Ridge Baptist Church in Somerset, Pa we have this board and no one knows how to operate it!! This video was extremely helpful!!!!! Wish to know if these FX can be saved to a specific mic so they are on upon start up!

[@AWTechTuesday]

You can set the mic to send to the desired FX like shown in the video and save that as a scene or leave it untouched from week to week so that it's already set like you like for the next time the system gets turned on. I hope that makes sense :) Thanks for watching and commenting! -Chad

[@markhanson1452]

I like your set up.

[@AWTechTuesday]

Thanks! I like it too :) -Chad

[@TotalEvo7]

That intro, though: Setting up FX------------>. I use this layout for an X32 from Victory Outreach Van Nuys, as well as the DCA layouts, took a couple of your advice, and it worked, now the sound guys work a lot more efficiently.

[@AWTechTuesday]

Awesome! Thanks for the info! -Chad

[@bkmdanochin]

Aloha Chad ... We recently purchased a X32 Console and X32 Rack for our church main and extension campuses here on Maui. I've been on information overload for three months now pouring through the Behringer, Sweetwater, and Drew Braschler videos. I'm technically inclined but sound tech challenged and migrating from a PreSonus StudioLive 16.4.2 to these new mixers has been stressful ... especially when I recommended the X32 and then tasked with the conversion responsibility. Anyways I wanted to say thank for your step by step approach on this topic and I'm hoping I can interact with you directly after viewing your videos if I have additional questions. Mahalo ... Danny

[@AWTechTuesday]

Hey Danny! You can always fly me out to Maui if you need more help :) Just kidding! Time permitting, I think I'm usually pretty good at responding to comments and emails. But seriously, I do on-site training if your church ever needs more help than you can get through KZbin :) Thanks for watching and commenting! -Chad

[@bkmdanochin]

I took copious notes as I watched your video. Powered up the X32 Console and stepped through the process and everything worked as presented. Your no nonsense approach is the best :-)

[@AWTechTuesday]

Holla!

[@tommy6433]

Thank you for some great tutorials! I'm learning the board Can you do a live band setup for going mobile with a 5 piece rock band in the future? Thanks

[@AWTechTuesday]

Happy to hear they're helping :) Not sure if this is what you're asking for but check out this video we did on soundcheck procedures - kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXaraoiqbM6ZqJY Hope this helps. Thanks for watching and commenting! -Chad

[@dr3662]

Man this is the best one I've seen for step for step training. You didn't go to slow nor to fast. And didn't go techncial with the board cause some don't know what certainly mean yet on this board. Thank you for giving basic instruction. I can learn the other techncial words later. Just want to learn how to work my board. But j do have one question. So send to fader only allows you to send your FX to specific channel correct? My next question I want to know more on EQ my vocal. I have a good grasp on how to adjust and etc but I'm confused on whats best to have the vocals at and then the mic for speaking? Do you have a video for that?

[@AWTechTuesday]

Hey Demetrius! Thanks for the kind words. When it comes to conceptualizing effects, it's helpful to think of how it works in the analog world. If you wanted reverb for instruments, you would create a Band Reverb mix in which you may send level from you snare, toms, acoustic, etc. That Band Reverb mix gets SENT to an outboard FX unit that makes all those channels sound 100% wet (full-on reverb). That wet signal now leaves the FX unit and RETURNS to the mixer where you can blend in however much of that reverb you want to hear. The terminology is important here for full grasping what goes where. So, to answer you first question, Send-On-Fader allows you to control how much level is being SENT from individual channels (snare, toms, acoustic, etc.) to the FX Rack. You can then control how much you hear of that effect by turning up the corresponding RETURN channels (on layer 3). Regarding vocal EQ, you may want to check out this video here - kzbin.info?o=U&video_id=a7Gzqu3iPeg&ar=1567816087092 I hope that helps :) -Chad

[@andym7333]

with what can i get a more transparent compresion so it doesent hurt my tone when i sing but stil compress alot with the RNC fmr comp or the midas and beriger plug ins like stereo lesiure comp that come with the xr 12 and mr 12.........compreser hard and cleannnn cause i have to listen to foh always BIG HUGSSSS

[@DavidDarst]

off subject...but how did you route your mic into your video feed? We are broadcasting our services and I have not been able to find the best way to do that. I thought I would be able to route VIA the USB card; however I have been unable to get a signal from the board.

[@paulmorrey733]

Thanks

[@AdamSpenceVC]

We just got the Midas M32 for our church. This video was incredibly helpful. Thank you! One thing we're struggling with is sending our full house mix to a separate single monitor in a "baby room". We're using Bus 9, but can only route our main left or main right to that Bus, but not both. So we're losing one side of our stereo mix. Is there a simple way around this? Or are we missing something obvious?

[@AWTechTuesday]

Not sure what you have routed to bus 9 but it likely is not the Main L or R. On the M32, mixes can only receive individual channels BUT what you want is to use a Matrix. You CAN send mixes to a Matrix. Here's an old video where I talk about this - kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqKZk32Eh7arkLs Hope this helps :) - Chad

[@Laikahz]

Awesome Video. I'm trying to figure out a way of sending the same FX to both a monitor mix and FOH but have separate control over the each output. i.e, vocalist want's loads of reverb in his monitors (IEMs), but I want a dryer sound out front. Any ideas?

[@AWTechTuesday]

Just like any other signal, you can send a pre-fade level to a monitor feed and adjust accordingly (this video may help - kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJLLh3WdrN9_bck ). Where it gets tricky is if the vocalist only wants to hear reverb on their own voice. In that instance, you would need to make a separate reverb that's designed just for the monitors. Hope this helps -Chad

[@dwaynearthur1476]

We found that the X32 can be easier to use with a tablet or Ipad for Fx control ,less traffic back and forth at the mixing desk .

[@AWTechTuesday]

dwayne arthur Nice! Also, check out the Mixing Station app. With the pro version, you can customize it and have VERY quick access to your Tap and FX mutes :)

[@bennydrumming...2339]

Awsm and we following ur videos n it helping a lot My request wil send me sm link to how to equ particular instrument We r useing electric drums bass keys electric n accoustic Actul we n getting how to put all instrument in spectrums (foh ) plz relply as new are new to this Our mix is tp complcated durning worship

[@yoelklein7066]

Great Video! Is it possible to send an entire Choir into a Sub Group, and send the group to a reverb effect? instead of having to send each indevidual mic to the reverb

[@AWTechTuesday]

I'm not quite sure what the positive difference would be but if you really wanted to, you could send your choir to say Busses 1 and 2 (linked for stereo), then take two open channels, set their input sources to Bus 1 and Bus 2 and then send those to a reverb bus. As you can see, this is quite wasteful as you would use an additional 2 busses and an additional 2 channels. -Chad

[@djmaniack8583]

thank you for being a professional and explaining the functions simply and staying on point. thank you for not showing off all the alternatives you may know and getting strait to the point. such a waist of time listening to people talk about how much gear they have and not staying to the point....

[@CloD44]

How about sending reverb to the pa and also to the P16 and a bus for streaming ?

[@danielalexis9409]

Hi Chad, first of all thank you so very much for this video. @15:21 you were cutting frequencies. I have 2 delay FX set up for FOH and stream. Would you cut out frequencies on both? I am having problem hearing the bass and drum on my stream. If fader level is not enough, can I make adjustment to my stream bus eq settings and/or the bass and drum eq channels to be able to hear the bass and drum on a phone device please. I would appreciate some detailed explanation on how to achieve that please.

[@AWTechTuesday]

I feel like you’re asking 2 very different questions. Haha. As far as the delay FX, yes, I would probably EQ both as needed. On a side note, I’m a little confused as to the purpose of having 2 separate delays. In my experience, generally, 1 should be effective unless there are special circumstances involved. In regards to your bass and drums on the stream, are you having a hard time hearing them all together or just the low end frequencies? In the room, are the drums isolated with a shield and roof or open? Does the bass player have an amp on stage? There are a lot of factors that may be involved in this situation. EQing the drums and bass will also affect FOH. EQing the stream bus will also affect all the other instruments on the stream. If you haven’t already, be sure to watch this one - m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5XWfI2Ah82MZ6s Hope that helps :) -Chad

[@ervinperez2982]

hey man tnx for the videos big help and i have a question when i apply the delay there is a feedback in my house any idea to avoid that or how to correct that if posible help is greatly appreciate iblerssings

[@AWTechTuesday]

Make sure you are not sending FX returns back to other FX sends. -Chad

[@romankramar6641]

Excellent tutorial. Can you tell me why do you mute FX returns (using buttons in mute section) and not the busses which are the source for effects? Thanks

[@AWTechTuesday]

Good question. If you mute the bus, the last bit of audio going through the bus will complete it’s cycle and then fade out. There may be situations where you’d want this but muting the returns will cause an absolute immediate mute on the effect. For example, if someone accidentally turned the reverb time up to 20 seconds on the vocal reverb. If you were to mute the bus, it would take 20 seconds for the verb to finally fade out. Rather, if you were to mute the return, it would be turned off immediately. There are times where you may need one or the other but I use the mute group function as an “oh crap!” Immediate kill switch :) I hope that helps. Thanks for watching and commenting! -Chad

[@bbender76]

I want to make sure I have our routing correct for sending to IEMs... Vocals -> Bus 13 -> DCA Control -> FX Return channels -> Bus 2 (IEM Mix). Does this seem right or is there a more direct way of doing it? Also, at times we are hearing that the Reverb and Delay in the IEMs using this sort of routing are washing out all the sound in the performer's ears. This happens when we increase the level of the DCA. Any way to combat this? Thanks for these great tutorials!

[@AWTechTuesday]

Dewayne Pinion Yes, this is correct. However, if the musicians don’t like volume changes, you have 2 options. - You could use a separate reverb just for the IEMs that is not routed to the house mix. - Or, you could have the DCA affect the FX return rather than the FX send. If you’re sending the FX pre-fade to the ears, with this routing, adjusting the DCA will only affect the house and not the ears. The only downside being that you cannot do the same swell fx but that may not be a deal breaker for you. Hope that helps. Thanks for watching and commenting! -Chad

[@benakuamoah1922]

What are your settings for the delays plz?

[@KelleyTuck]

Great video, Chad. Thank you. What do you do with your B set of Assigned Buttons, the ones you turned red?

[@AWTechTuesday]

Usually, the red set of knobs are controlling fader levels for my Aux channels. The buttons are the mute buttons for those channels :)

[@KelleyTuck]

@@AWTechTuesday Super smart! Thank you!

[@AWTechTuesday]

@@KelleyTuck even a broken clock works twice each day :)

[@KelleyTuck]

@@AWTechTuesday 😂

[@arnaldogarcia8627]

Again great tutorial the only question i have is how do you route the fx to the output (speakers or recording device). Example from fx return straight to stereo or to a subgroup then LR.

[@AWTechTuesday]

Arnaldo Garcia Hey Arnoldo, as a default, the FX returns are routed to the stereo bus. If for some reason this has been altered you can select the FX return channel, go to Home -> Main and select the LR routing.

[@arnaldogarcia8627]

@@AWTechTuesday thank you so much. I have them route to the stereo bus. I was asking cause i saw somebody else videos who was teaching to route the fx to a subgroup.

[@AWTechTuesday]

Arnaldo Garcia You could do that. Another option would be to have them be controlled by a DCA like I demonstrate in the video. Similar to a subgroup but without the additional processing options.

[@arnaldogarcia8627]

Actually i started using the fx through dca last night thank you so much for the great help

[@bennydrumming...2339]

We are using Mackie dl 1608

[@indi2174]

How did you get the volume of this video to be this high output ? Am. Watching back this video on my phone and I have my volume at just 1 bar 📶 and it is clear and loud enough as to listen . Please may I know what you did to accomplish this volume for this video . Thank so much

[@AWTechTuesday]

Hey Indi! There are a few tricks when it comes to EQ, Compression, and Limiting. Check out this video. I think it’ll help :) m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqHOipdmbrx5jsU -Chad

[@mauriciogonzalez3429]

Hello and once again thank you for your effort to teach us how to achieve a quality live sound. I would like yo ask for your help regarding our fx mix sent to IEMs. I have the vintage reverb assigned to fx1 (Bus 13) on the x32 for my leading vocals, the fx return was thence sent to mix buses 1 to 8 for IEM. That leaves me with a problem: the vocals can no longer control their IEM . if they turn their volume down the reverb remains sending the mic signal despite the mic fader hsd been lowered down completely. Any advice will be appreciated. God Bless you.

[@AWTechTuesday]

Mauricio Gonzalez Do you mean that they cannot turn down the effect or that they can’t control how much of each vocal is going to the effect?

[@mauriciogonzalez3429]

@@AWTechTuesday Hello, thanks for answering. I'll give an example: let's say I'm vox1 and I'm using my x32 Q to set my IEM. I want to eliminate vox2 from my IEM mix so I lower it down completely. But I still hear vox 2 on my IEM mix thru the reverb effect because I have sent both channels (vox 1 and vox 2) to such reverb effect and its corresponding effects return 1was sent to the IEM mix bus in order to hear on the IEM. When I take fx return out of the IEM mix bus, vox2 finally is out. ¿Is there any way to still be able to take out vox2 from the IEM without having to take out signal of the effects? GBY.

[@AWTechTuesday]

Mauricio Gonzalez You would have to have a separate reverb for each vocalist for that level of control.

[@mauriciogonzalez3429]

@@AWTechTuesday Ok, thanks for the answer.

[@thefergolfer]

I understand moving the effects to the assign section, but then I'm not clear on assigning the different effects to the different tracks since you were only using one mic track. Did you just press the assigned send on fader button, then press the track select you want that effect on ?

[@AWTechTuesday]

Bryan Ferguson Hey Bryan! I selected the button to do sends-on-fader for my chosen effect and then pushed up the faders for the channels I wanted to send to that effect. I hope that clears things up. Let me know if you have any further questions :) -Chad

[@indiefilmcomposer]

Thank you is it possible to set up an external fx loop using aux in and outs with a guitar pedal for example and send and return that loop to a computer using the 32x32 usb card? I am trying but can’t get this to work

[@AWTechTuesday]

Should be doable. You’d probably need to play with User Outputs to make that work.

[@indiefilmcomposer]

@@AWTechTuesday I was able to hear the external fx it worked for playback w X32-Mix but couldn’t get it to loop back from daw and print .....so almost got it......

[@hermandormehl8827]

How did you get that sliding effect on your voice, in the beginning of the video? That shurely did not come out of the x32?

[@AWTechTuesday]

In the theme music, that was done with a recording program BUT yes, the time you mention was done with the X32 :) I took the dual pitch shifter and adjusted the shift in realtime. Fun stuff :) Thanks for watching and commenting! -Chad

[@erosdavide83]

hi by chance has facebook i need info on the x 32 of the beringher thank you very much

[@danielalexis9409]

Hi Chad, I pray all is well. How do you set up a channel fader assigned to a particular effect send. For example, let's say that the effect bus send is at unity and selected and "send on fader" button is activated, do you set the channel fader at unity and use the effect but L/R return to control the effect's volume?

[@AWTechTuesday]

I’m having a hard time understanding your question but it sounds like you’re asking about signal path. Let’s use vocals as an example. We’ll be sending a mix of vocals to the vocal verb bus. Generally, I’m trying to create a blended sound for the vocals so, in this instance I’m sending all the vocal channels at a post-fade level of 0.0. To do this: - I make sure the Vox Verb bus is set to 0.0 - Select the Vox Verb bus and hit the Sends-On-Fader button - Turn up all your vocal channels to around 0.0 (unity). - Disengage the Sends-On-Fader button so that it is no longer flashing. - Turn up the Vox Verb Return channels (found on bank 3) to hear the desired amount of reverb in the house mix. I hope that clears things up a bit :) -Chad

[@danielalexis9409]

@@AWTechTuesday Hi Chad, thank you so very much. That was perfect. That cleared up the confusion. That's what I thought but I had some doubt. I appreciate the quick reply very much as always. God bless!

[@TheVitorgoncalves]

I would like to know if the configuration you made can be used in the Behringer X32 Compact.. thanks

[@AWTechTuesday]

Great question. If you get to try it, please let me know. The buttons should work but since there are no encoders, they won't work on the console but maybe would work with a wireless device since it's the same firmware as the full X32. Thanks for watching and commenting! -Chad

[@antoniou5]

so i got a question. Is it possible to use the same effect lets say bus13 fx1 for both monitor world and foh but controlling it separately. My issue is that the monitor fx depends on how much bus send i send ( bus send13) . What if i only want to send fx to the monitor which is the bus 1 lets say. how do i do that?

[@AWTechTuesday]

andreas You can send the return of FX1 to Bus 1. Not quite certain if that’s what you’re asking. -Chad

[@markwilkinson3325]

In a worship team setting, do you see any value to placing all the effects on 1 mute group. if a worship leader prays or speaks, you will always mute all 3. Thoughts?

[@AWTechTuesday]

Good question. Maybe for vocal effects specifically but I wouldn’t want to mute the instrument effects in a moment like that. It would change the sound in a bad way and wouldn’t really have any effect on the intelligibility of the person speaking. I don’t really use mute groups for anything else (I use DCAs instead) so I have plenty to go around and it doesn’t hurt me to have one for each effect :)

[@kvarnbymusik5608]

Can you show a way that you have for example reverb and delay on Bus 1 - 8 (in ear) separat from master out?

[@AWTechTuesday]

You can send the return channels to your in-ear mixes. -Chad

[@indi2174]

Next question is am trying to have the x32 read the graphics eq so that my monitor for live events does not feedback .

[@AWTechTuesday]

This is an old video so my approach has changed a bit over the years but the concept is still the same. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4itpGt-fLeFY7M -Chad

[@walterhernandez3719]

Can you do a video on how to record effects on logic? I'm using the interface from the x32. Plugged to my laptop on to logic. I'm recording multitracks but the effects dont record...

[@AWTechTuesday]

There's not really an easy or efficient way to do that. Generally, I suggest not recording your processing as you can't undo that. -Chad

[@monkeyfunk354]

Any idea on how to set up an FX Foot Switch? need to mute the vocal reverb on an X32 while on stage.

[@AWTechTuesday]

I've never done it but you can probably do it with a MIDI footswitch. You will probably need a midi-over-cat5 kind of device to make the distance to the mixer. Do you not have a audio tech to mute it for you?

[@terrytarpening8816]

I agree with Paul Bae and Jessid Sanchez, and have the most recent firmware installed. I followed your steps, step by step. I can get reverb, delay in Main (church has only 1 line array) when “fader flipping” like in the beginning of your video. After I follow your steps I get no effects 8:45 mark, and I programmed in A bank. At 6:50 mark, Button 9, on my firmware, I have another box popping up, top is blank, then L1, L2, L3, L4. I think you have that box too in your video but only see a portion of it and it appears you left it on the blank area. Don’t understand what I’m doing wrong. Nothing is muted, Busses up, DCA’s are up. Fx sends and returns up. Not sure how to check if Fx returns are routed to the main. I figured they are since I can hear the effects on the main when fader flipping. Thanks for your videos man!!!

[@AWTechTuesday]

Hey Terry! Here are some things to check. In this example, I want to have vox 1 have reverb and delay. We’ll assume that the vox verb is on bus 14 (fx2) and the delay is on bus 15 (fx3). - verify that vox 1’s fader is up and unmuted in the main mix - from the sends view, verify that vox 1 is sending level and is unmuted going to bus 14 and bus 15 (I suggest you set it to unity to start with for these mixes). - from the busses layer, verify that busses 13-16 are turned up to unity and are not muted. - also, verify that they are NOT being sent to the main mix. For example, select bus 13 and make sure the Stereo Bus light is not engaged (to the left of the screen). - without sends-on-fader blinking, go to the FX returns on the 3rd layer and verify that they are unmuted and have level (-10db is usually a good starting point for subtle but noticeable fx). - verify that the FX returns ARE in the main mix. For example, select FX 2L Return and make sure the Stereo Bus light IS engaged to the left of the screen. - finally, in case someone has been really messing around on the scene you’re working from, go to the Effects menu and verify that FX 1 source is set to Bus 13, FX2 is set to bus 14 etc. Let me know if that sorts you out :) -Chad

[@terrytarpening8816]

Thanks Chad for your quick response and the info. I’m not at the console today but will try all your tips ASAP.

[@terrytarpening8816]

I got it working finally and didn’t have to check your suggestions. I had to watch and rewind the video several times and made sure everything was setup exactly like you had it. You’re hands move much faster than I can watch LOL. And at 8:48 you’re showing the Group/DCA button instead of the Fx busses. That threw me and realized Fx had to be up but I figured it out! Thanks for this video and the rest. I subscribed!!!

[@cmarsh1]

We are running short on busses for IEMs. Our previous sound guy created 4 busses for FX. Is there any other way to create a similar setup of grouping FX without taking up busses to do so?

[@AWTechTuesday]

Hey Craig. If you can narrow down to 3 FX, you can move one of them to the M/C mix. That will leave you with 14 mixes for IEMs. -Chad

[@cmarsh1]

@@AWTechTuesday Which fx would be best to move to M/C?

[@AWTechTuesday]

@@cmarsh1 I usually move Band Verb to the M/C and use 15 for vocal verb and 16 for delay.

[@ManikMekanik]

Great video, thanks but the inset is very blurry to read

[@aroberts9488]

How can i do that and have it work in the foldbacks as well?

[@AWTechTuesday]

Select the monitor mix you want the FX in, hit Sends-On-Fader, go to the 3rd layer to find the FX Returns, turn up the return for the Effect you want in the monitor. When you’re done, turn off Sends-On-Fader. :)

[@anthonysia839]

do you find that you get an increase in volume when you increase the level of effect? Is that to be expected?

[@AWTechTuesday]

In many of the FX there is a Mix control. Make sure this is set to 100%. Otherwise, you will likely get a volume increase. -Chad

[@anthonysia839]

Thank you so much!! Do you have a video on applying compression to your subgroups? I've looked and can't find... would love to view anything you have on the matter....

[@AWTechTuesday]

I don't think I've discussed that on here yet. Great suggestion. I don't often have a lot of remaining busses for that kind of thing but when I do (or in the studio) I generally setup a compressed bus for vocals to maintain consistent volume when going from a single vocalist to an entire group. If I'm feeling up to it and if I have a system that is tuned well, I'll often throw my drums (minus overheads) into a couple of groups and highly compress one group to blend in with the other less compressed group. I'll definitely do a video on these soon. Until then, look up parallel compression. There are many great videos on KZbin worth watching on the subject. -Chad

[@anthonysia839]

Chad, I cannot begin to tell you how much I appreciate your help. Your videos are excellent. I appreciate your help so much, and will look up parallel compression. Thank you!

[@arthurroberts49]

I did this setup then my worship leader asked for FX in his monitor after doing so the FX from all the mikes fed into his monitor how do i fix that?

[@AWTechTuesday]

If your worship leader only wants his/her fx in their monitor, you’ll need to dedicate a reverb to only have their voice.

[@arielduran7613]

Hi sir,how to adjust EQ microphone so it doesn't sound muffled?

[@AWTechTuesday]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2iqq6SraM6Dm8k

[@arielduran7613]

Thank you so much Sir.cheers

[@soundfreak8892]

Is there a way to reset the effects section? Including all the buttons on the bottom right corner

[@AWTechTuesday]

SoundFreak88 Hmmmm. I guess that maybe you could load an initialized scene, set recall safes for all the things you want to reset and then reload your scene. Sorry that I don’t know of a faster way to do it. If you do the recall safe way, don’t forget to turn off all those recall safe options after you’ve saved a scene you’re happy with. Recall safe can be a dangerous thing if you aren’t aware that it’s on. Haha. -Chad

[@soundfreak8892]

@@AWTechTuesday thanks man it's because next to my time there is another one that says decay I never had it before and I don't want to it used to sound like a delay now it sounds weird I just want the time not control over decay

[@AWTechTuesday]

SoundFreak88 You can also go to the effect that is messed up, hit Utility, and load a preset.

[@Sathish-gm5hl]

hi sir how to use waves plugin in x32 plz tel them next video thank u

[@AWTechTuesday]

Audio Grand This isn’t an exhaustive explanation but will show you one way that I have done it in the past. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZmrp2mia9iriac

[@Holtenstein]

Is there a way to midi control the Effects on/off?

[@AWTechTuesday]

Steve Holt Great question. Unfortunately, I haven’t tried it yet. If you try it yourself, please respond on this thread for others to see and let us know your results :)

[@clintyoung9902]

@@AWTechTuesday Yes. It's generally easiest if you use something like a Dante card in your board. Once you set up a network, you can add a MAC/PC with a program like Ableton to send MIDI commands at different points in your set for bypass, tap tempos, etc. Unless you're using a main MAC/PC for your master clock to other machines, it's easiest to use the same machine running your tracks/click.

[@heathercollins4432]

On the Behringer X32 Producer, there are only 8 buttons available..nothing after that. How do I assign mixbus #15? .+

[@AWTechTuesday]

I believe you can still use the Mixing Station app on a tablet to act as assignable controls on that version of the mixer. -Chad

[@heathercollins4432]

@@AWTechTuesday - Wow!! Quick answer..Thanks!!! (Your videos are super -helpful for someone coming from the analog age...)

[@heathercollins4432]

@@AWTechTuesday - I figured out a different way to configure the buttons, because the Assign section of the Producer has the buttons set up vertically (4 and 4) rather than horizontally...also, there are no knobs on the board near the Assign section -- rather, they are right under the screen - you have to go to the "Home" page to do any adjustments... I can navigate the differences between the two boards fairly well now but sometimes there are some big chasms when bridging the gap between the two!!! (It would be fantastic if you could do a few videos on the Producer - I think it's pretty commonly used by churches due to price and size...) it's the first digital board I've used since emerging from the world of analog, so the learning curve has been fairly steep - I have had to "pull the girl card" and went home crying a number of times while learning!!!

[@dogseatchocolate6294]

Why dont you assign the send to the mute group to avoid it cutting off quickly?

[@AWTechTuesday]

Dogseatchocolate Good question. In this setup, I want to mute groups to be immediate (maybe someone grabbed the wrong mic or started talking unexpectedly). If I do want the effect to complete its cycle, I can do so by muting or fading out the DCA instead. Thanks for watching and commenting! -Chad

[@jonathansellers793]

I usually do my delay with milliseconds rather than using tap

[@jairedrob]

Do you know why when I edit my assigns and mute groups it doesn’t save on my scene. I save it to my scene and snippets, yet when I leave and come back it’s not how I set it

[@AWTechTuesday]

Do you have any scene-safes turned on?

[@jairedrob]

@@AWTechTuesday How would I check if scene safes are turned on? Everything else is saving, including mute groups. Only what I assign in the assign section doesn’t save. I appreciate your help very much!

[@jairedrob]

@@AWTechTuesday Do you mean the param safe and chan safe ? Because I don’t have those set

[@jairedrob]

@@AWTechTuesday Figured it out! We had a scene set on 00 so every time I switched back to that one specifically it would undo my assign because I’m guessing 00 is like a reset. So we will just have to move that one to another scene.

[@jhamesalmeda9961]

Hey brother can you show a tutorial setting up x32’s matrix?

[@AWTechTuesday]

Here are a couple: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqKZk32Eh7arkLs kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5XWfI2Ah82MZ6s -Chad

[@jeffisaia5907]

Hi bro I really need your help please how can i cancel the effects from the output if the main line speakers n monitors ples

[@AWTechTuesday]

Sorry, I don’t understand the question.

[@jeffisaia5907]

Ascension Worship - #TechTuesday so I was sent the effects to the main output 1,2) front speakers n3,4 for monitor and when I watch your demonstration you sent the effects into the 13,14,15 my way it’s different just I want how to remove out the effects from the main line speakers n monitor thanks

[@jeffisaia5907]

Thanks bro for your sharing this video many help for my worship team many thanks bro GB

[@wengzhou4994]

Which effect you using at the intro like robotic sound

[@AWTechTuesday]

I was using the Dual Pitch Shifter :) -Chad

[@wengzhou4994]

Thanks

[@loveaboveall2382]

Does that work with the compact as well?

[@AWTechTuesday]

Some of it does. The compact does not have the assignable encoders. I believe you can still program them into your scene and they’ll be available if you use the Mixing Station app on a tablet or if you move your scene to a full-size mixer.

[@loveaboveall2382]

@@AWTechTuesday Copy that, I appreciate your videos man. I never feel like you're talking down to us. But genuinely want to help us. God bless you bro.

[@AWTechTuesday]

@@loveaboveall2382 Thanks! I really appreciate that :)

[@l34music]

how to implement that with x32 compact?

[@AWTechTuesday]

Hey Daniel, As far as I can see, you can do all the same things except for having the rotary knobs to control the return volume for your FX. For this, you will need to select the button near the bottom on the left side labeled "Effects Returns". Otherwise, it should all be about the same setup. -Chad

[@l34music]

thanks!!!

[@justinjones6810]

So a dca is basically a master bus

[@AWTechTuesday]

A DCA allows you to control Volume, Mute, and Solo controls for multiple channels at one time. Here is a full video about DCAs - kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJ3RnZ6lf9JgeZY and here is a shorter one - kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4W5fnxjhJWlgJI -Chad

[@mdrashednizam9629]

how to send monitor effect

[@AWTechTuesday]

If you're asking how to send effects to the monitors, - Select the monitor you want to control - Click Sends on Faders - Select the 3rd layer (Aux In / FX Rtn). This is where you will find the FX returns. - Turn up the effect(s) you want to send to the monitor. - When you're done, turn off Sends-On-Fader. Have fun! -Chad

[@pompo1255]

How do I get in touch with you?

[@AWTechTuesday]

Hey Joe! You can reach me at [e-mail] -Chad

[@stratdoc]

Is this similar to the midas 32?

[@AWTechTuesday]

Richard Foulkes Exactly the same :)

[@stratdoc]

Ascension Worship - #TechTuesday this is a music performance space and would like to have effects control on 8 inputs. Can you bank these by your method?

[@AWTechTuesday]

Richard Foulkes Please clarify.

[@stratdoc]

Ascension Worship - #TechTuesday there are 8 vocal mikes in this band..two go to horns..st Paul and the broken v bones cover. I want to put effects control on some or all. Possible? You showed three here. Thanks. Iam getting the hang of it! thanks!

[@AWTechTuesday]

Richard Foulkes Usually you would not put individual effects for each channel. Instead, you have 4 effects slots that are designed for sending a mix to. In my example, I have a reverb designed for band elements, one for vocals, and a delay (generally for just vocals). Many other engineers will use different types of reverbs and delays as needed for their instruments - such as plate verb, hall verb, slap back verb, delay. These methods are more efficient in live environments than inserting a reverb straight into individual channels. Hope that helps :) -Chad

[@justinjones6810]

So basically your mapping out your effects into a section specifically for it.

[@AWTechTuesday]

Correct. I want to minimize fader flipping so I move my most common FX controls to the assignable section for quick, easy access. -Chad

[@EH-bm4do]

i wish i could see the whats going on your x32 screen :(

[@AWTechTuesday]

Check out this updated video here - m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2K1l4aHi8qhf7c

[@JoseMTamez]

Informative video but we don't need to see you while you demonstrate these techniques. Screen space is a valued commodity and we need to see everything you do, including making adjustments to the lo-cut and high-cut settings. That may not be important to some but when I'm learning something new, I prefer not to assume anything regardless of complexity. Thanks for the post.

[@nirwahna]

Not long ago church was burning witches now is embracing technology :))) what a thing.....

[@Wingover55]

Love your content... but it's nearly physically painful seeing your video! DO NOT shine your lights into the camera! Yikes!

[@AWTechTuesday]

Haha. Good word :) -Chad

[@craigchampagne969]

IM GONNA TELL MY CHURCH-GET RID OF IT AND BUY A YAMAHA ...WHERE YOU STORE A FINISHED EFFECT WITH THAT PERSONS NAME/MIC. This is way too complicated.

[@AWTechTuesday]

I encourage you to research that thoroughly before making any decisions. In my experience, Yamaha mixers are very similar in how their effects and custom user buttons work. Either mixer is great but be careful not to waste money unnecessarily :) Have a great day! -Chad

[@clintilsung8034]

Why does everyone who owns a X32 work in a church? WTF

[@AWTechTuesday]

Haha. It's simple - churches do a lot of production but need to be conservative with their funding so they can focus on social projects (like feeding the homeless, etc). The X32 is amazingly affordable for it's features and therefore has resonated with much of the church production world :) Thanks for watching and commenting. Have a great day! -Chad

[@clintilsung8034]

Thanks, Chad, that's a good point! But can it compete with other boards with the same range of inputs from other brands in terms of quality? would be cool to know:-)

[@AWTechTuesday]

That's a topic of much debate! Haha! I'll say this: I used to work for a major music retail chain and would NEVER willingly sell a Behringer analog console, however, while I was attending school overseas, the X32 became really popular in America. I said to myself, if they can last at least 3 years, then that will surpass my expectations. Sure enough, they're still going strong, they're very affordable, integrate well with there other systems, and are easy to program. In college, I mostly mixed on Yamaha and Avid consoles. With general knowledge of those, I still found the X32 (overall) easy to navigate and setup. There are DEFINITELY some features I wish they had that they don't, but overall, I am quite impressed with what they do for the money. Also, when we do installs, I usually price out an X32 with the Midas DL16 digital snakes. This gives you a better quality sound for not much more cost.

[@philipTOMPSETT]

Thank you for a very helpful and clear tutorial. Having just bought an X32 I have been struggling and watching every KZbin tutorial I could find on how to apply effects that I can simply access for each vocalist. It was just one button that I had missed pressing but all the other videos glossed over this leaving a newbie totally flummoxed. Great tutorials for the x32 so please keep them coming. Addressing feedback is my next search. Thanks

[@AWTechTuesday]

Philip Tompsett Awesome! Happy to help :) For feedback, try watching the Tech Tuesday episodes 24 and 26 for tips or ringing out problem frequencies. Hope this helps! Thanks for watching and commenting! -Chad

[@Heywoodj1969]

Congrats,everything you are teaching is exactly wrong... Dca should be used to control effect returns, not effect inputs, otherwise you are going to miss the "vocal line" thats going into the effect If you want a quicker way to input into an effect use the f'n knobs on 13-16. Select ch, turn knob...end of story. Do us a favour and stop posting nonsense videos...

[@AWTechTuesday]

Heywoodj1969 Hello sir, I know it’s hard to read emotion in text, so please understand that what I’m about to say is intended to be read with love and patience. This is basically a free service that I spend a ton of time and my own resources to produce as a teaching tool for others online. That said, despite the unnecessarily salty bits of your comment, for training purposes, I would like to address some very valid points that you raise: -1- You are correct that one common approach to FX DCAs is to have the DCA control the Return of the FX rather than the Send. Part of this is due to the fact that that has been a hardware limitation of many mixers over the years (the Yamaha M7 comes to mind) where the DCA was limited to input channels and did not have the ability to control bus masters. In the approach shown in this video, you have both options available: the FX returns are located on the Assignable Encoders while the FX sends are being controlled by a DCA or multiple DCAs. Spend some time watching and listening to any good guitarist who knows how to work a pedal board and you will see that there are certain FX that can only be achieved by having a volume pedal in front of your time-based effects (reverb and delay). I highly encourage you to try it before you knock it. You may be surprised by the results :) And yes, to catch a certain vocal phrase, you need to push up the fader just before or just during the phrase you wish to repeat (depending on how smooth you want the effect). As a FOH engineer, it’s vital for us to know where those phrases are and to be able to treat our mixer like a musical instrument and anticipate those moments. -2- You are absolutely correct that there are somewhat dedicated FX knobs in the sends encoder section of the console. There are a few reasons I don’t love that approach: Where those knobs are located is very cumbersome when actively mixing. With my approach, I find that reaching for assignable encoders or DCAs with my right hand allows me to keep my left hand free for regular mixing whereas reaching a hand up to the top center of the console is awkward, obstructs my view and causes me to have to switch hands depending on which faders I need to grab. Also, (and this is fairly specific to my audience but) I design these videos to help churches that often have volunteers as audio techs - every time you restart the X32, those 4 encoders will default to mixes 1-4 and you will need to select buses 13-16 to be on the default FX sends. It’s one more step for a volunteer to figure out and if they forget, then they are accidentally adjusting monitor mixes and I can’t risk that. Haha. Finally, again I say this without malice, in 2019 it’s easy to sit behind a keyboard and anonymously bash someone online. I encourage anyone reading this to change that mindset. Pretend that you’re talking face-to-face with someone using the same respect you would hope to receive yourself. I believe that is an approach our society desperately needs right now. Honestly, I appreciate you taking the time to watch the video and to comment. You raised valid points worth mentioning. I only ask that you do so with a better attitude in the future or not at all. Have a fantastic day. -Chad

[@sundaytoler5426]

Thanks