X32 Firmware V4 | 102 - Rear Connections

Behringer has released Firmware V4 for the X32. This update brings some amazing features like 1 to 1 patching but also changes the look of the menu structure. I am putting out a full new series of training videos specifically on version 4 firmware! This is the second video in the series and is an overview of the rear connections of the Behringer X32 showing you all of the different input and output options on the board.
Keep an eye out for more videos coming shortly and make sure to check out my blog at www.dbbaudio.com for more free training and tutorials.
- Drew Brashler
Links to blog posts mentioned in this video:
- All about DI Boxes: dbbaudio.com/2...
- X32 Output Tap: dbbaudio.com/2...
- X32 Expansion Cards: dbbaudio.com/2...
- X32 Input Options: dbbaudio.com/2...

[@hopefulcraig]

Thank you for your efforts! I own the X32, but am a performer, so we have to hire one to run my board. The result is that I don't get much hands-on time with the desk and forget quite a bit. Your videos are helping me to refresh my memory and learn new things! God bless you for your giving spirit.

[@taturanabr]

the mic pres are self adjusting for impedance.. in many situations they preclude a di. it's a midas thing. i use mine mostly in the studio and i get better results plugging directly into the x32 than with cheap di's...i still prefer my good di's though..

[@laszlobodrogi1086]

Nice job, Drew! I've already learned a lot from your previous videos, but your new ones are way better! They're more understandable, and cleaner for newbies, like me! Keep up the good work! Thanks! 👍

[@rusinjeff5959]

I’m not sure what happened and I’ll be interested to watch your videos as you get into more in depth of the console , but your videos are so much better at this point than your old ones because when I was first learning it seemed that you discussed the board as if everybody knew how to run it already and it was actually confusing but these first two videos are spot on. Good job

[@DrewBrashler]

Thanks so much for this feedback. It is exactly what I was hoping for this new series of videos. My plan was to target a completely new volunteer and empower them to run the X32 efficiently. I'm glad you are enjoying the new videos!

[@R2X2Z]

Our church just ordered the M32R Live. Your videos are very helpful! Thank you! God bless!

[@tiagofatturi]

One cool feature that I found on version 4.11 is that on the card routing page, there is now a button to set rec/play. So you can configure the rec part to "grab" audio from inputs 1-32, and for the rec part you can configure to get the channels to connect to the card inputs. This makes it easy to record on a laptop and then just reconfigure the board to a virtual sound check by pressing just one button.

[@mikesiegel100]

I think that Rec/Play feature is available in 3.11 version on my X32 Rack.

[@machlibeausejour3203]

Drew - you are awesome. Thank you for what you are doing and wishing God's blessings on your life (family).

[@Cee_Kaye]

As always: Great job, Drew. Well done.

[@foreverelton3633]

Thanks for another great video explaining the X32 and I look forward to the new videos coming soon.

[@barbaraleystra5404]

Thanks' I really appreciate this video. Coming from using an analog board, I really struggle with the patch routing of the digital. This is really helping me get an understanding of it.

[@chrisw42980]

Thanks Drew! Great video as usual. Looking forward to your video on the user routing. The user input routing is pretty straightforward but user outputs not so much! Thanks again.

[@kilaa007]

This is the best X32 walk down 👍🏽

[@itsafireball]

He's back!

[@DrewBrashler]

I am! Thanks for watching!

[@mdcoker]

Thank you Drew Drew for this tutorial.

[@ronnieparfait]

If you are to count the physical aux ins 1-6 plus the 2 rca jacks for a total of 40 inputs.🤔

[@gdeeable]

Awesome job! You give me hope I can eventually get our board up and running. Thanks.

[@ricknelsonduke]

Wonderful new tutorial Drew, love all of your wisdom. I have a question re 1:1 patching, specifically for the X-Live card, which as we all know, also only records in blocks of 8. So, my question is, as you demonstrate allowing us to have 31 inputs from the S32 and 1 local input, can we do similar routing to RECORD this same layout to the X-Live, and if so, how?

[@iglesiabautistamisionerade2013]

i'm not drew but yes, you can do that.. i have it done!

[@urjeff123]

Glad you back for us at the X32 man! God bless!

[@DrewBrashler]

Thanks so much! There are more to come!

[@jjguitars3624]

Wonderful and thank you for all of your videos. They have been so helpful in learning the finer details of my M32 and V4. Looking forward to your future work. Thanks 👍

[@DrewBrashler]

Glad you like them!

[@jjguitars3624]

Drew Brashler Your work is the best information and offers assistance for any owner of the X32 / M32 - I came from using analog desks over the years and you have made my journey to the digital world effortless. Thank you 🙏🏻👍

[@airr100]

Thank you. Very informative, I'm looking forward to you video on user routing.

[@starwer236]

That's so good!

[@edufaria77]

Tks again for your (as ALWAYS) great videos!!

[@thomasg5879-x5j]

Drew man, thanks so much for your vids, you've taught me so much! One question: Are you planning to make a series targeted at people who have been using the X32 and just want to learn about the new features? Or to ask another way, as much as I appreciate the explanation of what a direct box is, maybe this isn't the place for that? Thanks for sharing all of your knowledge - I can just hit FF if need be, but i'd love to see a series that assumes your audience has watch your previous vids! Either way you are appreciated!!

[@victormbale4520]

Hey drew, can you make a clear video on the physical connections from the Behringer to a digital stage box because in this video we just saw that you connected to a stage box but we don't know how you actually linked it to the x32 for it to be in sync

[@wishusknight3009]

So I did a multi track recording last new years of the band, which was a 10 piece big band. I had a python that I used for most of the instraments which I ran to my local inputs, and 17-24 I had though my s16 for the drums, and when I reviewed the recording after, realized the drums didn't record. Took me until now to figure out why.. sonofabreep. I thought the card out would follow the assignments I was giving it. I guess not. Ohh, and to make a correction, it has always been possible to do individual channel assignments from EDIT 32 even in earlier firmware, it wasn't limited to 8 channel blocks. But it was a bit more of a pain to do. Now it is just simply centralized on one control screen.

[@TechnicallyAdrianGamingTech]

I never comment, but please, keep these videos coming. I even watched through the ads lol

[@notea1]

How I can put direct speakers out & routing it to direct out to main speakers

[@RJHN9108]

Good info.

[@sktech76]

Great job! Will the DI box also be ok for electric guitar? Im trying to learn more and more about live audio for our church worship team and this has been really helpful!

[@manubrown5284]

Do you have a video on setting up the x32 to a Daw system via computer 💻 for recording?

[@paulmorrey733]

Great presentation I have been looking forward to this series. Any chance of a comparison of the s16 type boxes to the sd16 boxes and possibly the midas versions ? Great to have you back with this x32 series

[@chasemixon6327]

Nicely Done!

[@freemandiaz5123]

I can't believe how much you've grown as a public speaker! You sound good bro! How's that coffee grinder holding up?

[@danielfmyers]

Thanks for the playlist 🙌

[@DrewBrashler]

Any time!

[@ozzieo5899]

Your tutorials are soo clean.. love it.. thanx.. BTW, Will you be doing a tutorial series for the Behringer wing please?

[@DrewBrashler]

Thanks so much! Yes, I will be doing Behringer Wing videos soon!

[@ozzieo5899]

@@DrewBrashler oh man.. I can't wait.. tnx sir.. God bless you..

[@OfficialRayGonzalez]

Thank you.

[@RFVB]

Hi! Can I use a modeler (Fractal/Kemper...) on the Aux In? What about Keys? Thanks

[@JettyDeke]

Can the aux outputs be used for additional wireless IEM monitors?

[@StevenTappert]

40 sounds about right, because you've also got the 2 talkback mics

[@murraywebster1228]

Steven Tappert 39-40 are usb Playback

[@DrewBrashler]

Totally did the math wrong in my head. Behringer technically advertises it as a 40 channel console. Which would be correct on the channel count, but inputs there would be 38. Oh well!

[@wildecorrea6477]

Great iniciative! Congratulations! Will you give a complete view from X32? 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🥳 Hi from Brazil!!! God bless you!!! 🙌🙏🙌🙏🙌🙏

[@knowmar147]

Sana all may pambili

[@nixonisdas852]

How to connect to computer for live ? USB?

[@kd-oj7vu]

How do you hook up main speakers and floor monitors

[@omar.a.cumberbatch9437]

How to get x32 Board

[@sergeyleps8492]

Thank you ... I watched your New video, but in it I could not see the answer to the question - how do I put the "MONO" button on ASSINGS A / B / C (on any button in them).? .. Also you showed and routing ... Perhaps you know How to send a signal from "Ultranet" back to the remote control to the desired channels (by doing this in the inside of Routing) and record 1-16 "Ultranet" channels on the X Live card (like on your console) ?. And is it possible to record Direct Out Channel on an X Live card? Thanks again for your advice.

[@FireArEx_Gameplays]

Hi, first things first, nice video. I have a question that I'm unable to find an answer on the internet. Maybe you or someone in the comments could help me with this. I am the one in charge of an X32 compact on a really small church in Spain (I'm the closest "thing" to a sound engineer haha) and we use the aux outputs for monitors. What we did was connecting that output to an Asdomo HA400 headphone amplifier so the musicians can use their own mix and volume. The problem here comes when we connect everything but it really doesn't amplify anything. Well, it's surely amplifying something but it's really quiet. So what do we do to hear anything on our headphones? Yeah, we did it, we boosted the gain. So now we have a high gain on every channel, really low faders on every channel and a decent volume for the musicians. I'm pretty sure we're doing something wrong here but it's the only way I could think of for fixing this problem. I'd search the internet and your blog and couldn't find a solution (not meaning there's not, just that I didn't find it). So now I come here to ask if anyone, with this little info I gave, could help me in some way. Oh, and the outputs we use are all mono, we use one output for each Asdomo HA400. I'll be glad to share more info if that helps. Thank you for all your videos that really help newbies like me!! PS: Just wanted to add that the headphones only sound on one ear when plugged to the Asdomo HA400 but if they are phone headphones (or just any whit 3 black bands on the jack) they actually work on both, just in case someone knew if I can use normal ones and how 😁 PS: And I can't just go to a music store and ask because in my city we only have one and, for reasons, we cannot trust them. And they won't like to help us so 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@jouebien]

The one ear working is a dead give away that you've plugged in a balanced mono source into a stereo unbalanced device. The aux outs aren't stereo even though they use the same quarter inch jack connector. You need to collapse the inverted signal on the balanced connection into the ground so that you get a mono unbalanced signal (or go through a passive transformer) - you can get cables to do so.

[@DrewBrashler]

You hit this one dead on the nail @Joue Bien Tech! I also think that all of the symptoms that @FireArEx is mentioning leads to this conclusion. The Asdomo HA400 looks to be very similar to the Behringer HA400 which would be a stereo input, and the 1/4 inch outputs of the X32 are going to be a balanced mono signal. You will need to get a cable that will take two 1/4 inch TS outputs and bring them to a single 1/4 inch TRS cable. Then you will have stereo working. Additionally, you could connect these using 1/4 TS cables into the Behringer X32 which would sum the ring to the sleeve and then take that into the HA400. Thanks for the question!

[@FireArEx_Gameplays]

@@DrewBrashler I think I got it... (As I said, I'm really a newbie and not a sound professional). Let me see, the solution would be not connecting, for example, the aux 1 to one only musician but using aux 1 and 2 so they end in a single one, right? With this shorturl.at/cgotD (it's a google image, too long to not be shortened). I thought about that but wanted to let it be the last resort as I'm using the 5 aux outputs for different musicians. If I use them in pairs I will lose quantity and wanted to avoid that at, hehe. But if that's the way, I'm on board. Just, doing this, as I send the sound through two outputs will this help with my low volume "amplified" sound? As a newbie that I am, I may say that I didn't fully understand these segment "Additionally, you could connect these using 1/4 TS cables into the Behringer X32 which would sum the ring to the sleeve and then take that into the HA400." So I made two "graphs" simple yet useful for this problem, I uploaded them to my drive; drive.google.com/open?id=18ZTw0Px4Uh_YwG--KD65kZPsQ9yJsuU8. The one shown in solution_1 will be the first thing you commented to me and the one shown in solution_2 is what I think you are saying in that "Additionally, [...]" segment. Hope it helps. Also need to mention that I said the amplifier name incorrectly, It's actually the Behringer HA400 and not the Asdomo. We are in quarantine and I haven't gone (physically) to church in 50+days... Sorry!! Thanks for your help and I hope not to be a pain for you. I really need to study sound engineering... 😭

[@FireArEx_Gameplays]

@@jouebien I get the first half of your comment. I got lost on the second 😅 Coul you please link me the type of cables you are talking about so I can see them for myself? Maybe by that, I'm able to know what do you mean exactly by "collapse the inverted signal [...]". As I said, I'm a newbie 👉🏻👈🏻 Thanks a lot!!

[@jouebien]

@@FireArEx_Gameplays a balanced connection has two signals one is what your hearing and the other is an inverted copy. The inverted copy is used to get rid of any noise or interference that might have been picked up along the length of the cable run. To correctly get rid of the inverted copy it's connected to ground at the unbalanced connector. This is an example of a mono balanced to mono unbalanced cable www.ebay.com/itm/Mogami-2534-Quad-Unbalanced-Balanced-Kabel-Neutrik-Gold-6-3mm-TS-6-3mm-TRS/142763880282?hash=item213d63ef5a:m:mEYrRZDCAhvpB_0HwcSvSRg

[@veqtive]

Hey Drew, nice that you are back. Thanks to your old tutorials I've been able to learn a lot about the x32. But I have two short questions. The first is about the expansion card. I really want to record the 32 inputs separately but I just don't find the right software; most of them just don't work. The second question is about the USB Port next to the screen. Because I was unable to record to my laptop, I've tried using a 32GB, 3.0 USB Drive. The only problem there was that sometimes it recorded nothing and I got an empty file on the stick or the board kept on recording (at least it showed it on the screen) but the recording was not complete. I've had, let's say, 1 hour to record but only about 20 minutes were on my USB. (This happened on version 4). Do you maybe know why this is happening and how I can fix it?

[@davidwellington4186]

As the manual says USB sticks vary a lot in quality and ability, try some from different Name brands, and always format them on a PC/MAC before recording to them.

[@courtneywilliams3050]

TRY 8 OR 16 GB AND CHECH THE SETTINGS IN YOUR "SETUP/ GLOBAL

[@echo8287]

Drew, my church has a x 32 mixer. I just started learning about this mixer in order to assist the guy that usually does the sound so when he's out someone can run the board. I have been in bands in the past, and am familiar with some analog mixers. I have a x18(the portable one, purchased recently). They have a relatively simple setup, but if you could answer a couple of questions for me, I would appreciate it. 1.They have a miked piano, the feed comes thru the board. The person playing the piano is rather heavy handed. It does not need to be miked for the congregation, but they run a feed to a you tube video and a facebook page. The piano sound is needed for that feed. Can you tell me how to route the signal so the sound goes to the yt feed but not thru the speakers in the sanctuary? 2. Will they benefit from this update? 3. What sort of eq curve is best for the minister, while preaching, so that he will be the most intelligible? 4. We have a 4 man singing group with a baritone singer, at what point would you have a low cut filter on a baritone's voice, like 80hz nd below? Thanks for any assistance,I've been watching all your videos on the mixer, you are doing a fantastic job!

[@cdubb9781]

Echo, im not Drew but am very versed in this console and have been a professional engineer for over 20 years. Your first question can only be answered but knowing more information about how you are you sending your feed to live stream. EQ curve will be completely based on your room, speakers, size, equipment, etc. Trust your ears, they are they best tool you will ever have. high pass filter can always go over 80hz on a vocal. there is no way he is hitting that low unless its Oak Ridge Boys singing Elvira lol and even then its cut. respond back and I will answer any questions you have after the fact

[@echo8287]

@@cdubb9781 Thank you for your reply. I understand about the baritone voice, the guy 's voice is pretty low, but I will check him out the next time they sing. As far as the routing, I know the piano signal comes in on the input side of the board thru the fader and I think the output may go thru usb into a mac laptop computer or the camera. I will have to check on this, as I have only helped one time so far. I will ask the present sound man next time I go. Thanks so much,Echo

[@claymottley]

Drew, how do I route mix busses 11-12 to the s16? I’ve got stereo mixes to the x32 rack outputs 1-8, but need 2 more going to the s16. However I can’t get a good signal to those outputs.

[@henry2068]

Can I put a camera 🎥 in the x32

[@jeremymoore2835]

Hey Drew did your Dante card work with the 4.0 firmware update or did you have to update the dante firmware as well?

[@harrypatterson8802]

Will there be a firmware update which allow for mackie mcu + extender(s) like the Wing update?

[@northkissimmeebaptistchurc5635]

is it possible to use a x32 compact for front of house and then use an x32 rack as a stagebox? if so how would I route the front of house speakers to come out from the x32 rack. would it be the same as setting up the aes50 output like you did in the video for the dl32?

[@asilva_media]

the last 2 are USB l and r i think making it 40

[@Gladingson1]

I just can't miss any o+f your tut+

[@eliazarsanchezmena8169]

Las traducciones y los subtítulos para Latinoamérica cuando?

[@gabejimenez319]

Hey Drew! Can I use an SD8 on the Aux inputs to add more preamp channels to the board?

[@davidwellington4186]

Yes you can, but if you are already bringing in 32 channels on AES50 A, you will need to run a second CAT5 to AES50 B. Be aware that the AUX channels have limited processing features compared to the main channels.

[@gabejimenez319]

@@davidwellington4186 thanks

[@sr80bassguy]

“you can cause someone to die because of it”. That’s dark bro lol

[@e.apollis2877]

no talks about adat?

[@notea1]

No answer all info waisted time nothing showing on back connection with speakers