XR18: Our Live Rig And How Its Wired

In this video we discuss how we use the XR18 to run our ears, and how we set the rig up so that Front of House has Full Independant Control from our In Ear Mix.
Any questions please feel free to comment below.
Gear List
IEM / Mixer Rack Setup
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Seismic Audio 10 Space Rack Case:
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Pyle 19 Outlet Power Supply
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Behringer XR18 Mixer
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Seismic Audio 16 Channel Splitter Snake
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Audio 2000 Wireless IEM System
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Elite Core Wired IEM Body Pack
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Depusheng DA400 Headphone Amplifiers:
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Ultimate Ears UE6 In Ear Monitors
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2 Space Rack Drawer
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2 Space Rack Shelf
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Seismic Audio XLR Cables:
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XLR to TRS Cables
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XLR to TRS Splitter Cable
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5gHz Dual Band Router:
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Pedal Board Setup
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TC Electronic Flashback Mini
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Mooer Babybomb Power Amp:
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[@kennypatterson9110]

That setup is soo practical. Been using one for years. Just beware of the Seismic Splitter, It is not a isolated split so make sure your mixer and FOH doesn't both have 48 volt phantom power on.

[@RustyDodd]

this is true. if you use condensers, use individual phantom power supply in between the mics and the split snake box.

[@NoLivingWitness]

Phantom power, meaning only FOH or Xair can have it on? Not both?

[@TimOost]

Thanks, i did not realize I could mount the xr18 backwards, that will improve our cable mess so much ! Having the snake already plugged in saves a lot of time. Will get a bigger case for it and we'll be set for the next gig

[@bbussey1967]

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[@FirebrandVOCALS]

GREAT SET UP!

[@johnguilbert1349]

Bad ass. The XR18 is a really nice piece of equipment for what they cost.

[@robbyandrews223]

This is pretty cool. If you ever feel like upgrading, the X32 Air Rackmount you can use a digital Stage box (s16, s32) and connect the stage box to the X32 with one cable, and still connect the FOH using a traditional snake.

[@DavidMacVicar]

This is great. My band just got an XR 18 and we have it in a gator case. We have the router, etc. the next step is getting the snake. I do worry though with the gigs we play that places may not be equipped to deal with the snake and we will need to figure things out quickly on the fly (sound guy wants to use amp on stage; other band sharing the bill is using their gear as the mains, etc)

[@train4905]

Very informative and clear and precise.I really enjoyed this video.keep up the great work sir.

[@JohnHughes-Ottawa]

Almost the exact same set up ... Love the Xair18!!

[@chrysalid1493]

Thanks man!

[@ytvibe7525]

I do not see how it is setup for independent In Ear control. I was searching for that. Great setup

[@gigfreakph]

hey thanks! still informative and useful today

[@JasonCGuitarOfficial]

Glad to hear it!

[@train4905]

Well presented.

[@dawnnokom2330]

Thankz for the info 👍 I have a XR18 to but l will by a router 4 antena Tp link and a cut 7e cable For my loptop is a i3 Acer 1080HD

[@bbussey1967]

If you ever thinking about doing any videos on your channels about recording vocals I would love to be involved

[@bbussey1967]

Yes that would... And be super fun...

[@styrofoamghost5099]

Thats so clean bro! not at all a a jumbled mess. lol.

[@zimmajiux849]

Awesome I hope that i have setup like that

[@p_lawls]

@jason constantine informative and really helpful. i like the idea of everyone creating their mix on a phone on stage and just stashing them in the rack. did you just buy cheap used phones without a play and install the app on each one and connect via the XR18 network? any way to ensure they don't accidentally f-up the mix for another band member?

[@larvametalmx]

Great video man! I was actually curious, how good is that seismic audio splitter? my band was just about to buy one and then we read some terrible reviews about it.

How did you mounted the mixer backwards?!? Great great great video, man. Thank you very much!!

@@JasonCGuitarOfficial great!!! Thanks!!

[@sbrave]

How close does this rack sit to the stage? Seems like you would need pretty long xlr's out of your DI's to get to the rack. You might want to consider something besides painters tape for all the labels, just a suggestion. This is awesome tho, and the XR18 is a sweet unit! I have one, and want to put something like this together at some point for my band. How cooperative are the sound people, as far as you having them connect into your system etc?

[@DeadSoulRevival]

About 5 minutes in you are explaining how you hook up your snake for FOH. If their stage box has nothing plugged in then you plug into that. Makes sense. I don’t understand what you are doing when they already have mics plugged into their stage box. Are you pulling out all their xlr’s and putting yours in place? Also, do you have another snake connected to their mic cables (that I assume you pulled out of their stage box) that are routed to the input of your Seismic splitter? I notice you have all the drum mics for example going into your splitter and I would imagine you wouldn’t want to be running your own xlr’s to all their individual mics. If there is an easier way I’d love to hear it. Hopefully that all made sense. Thanks

[@DeadSoulRevival]

@@JasonCGuitarOfficial sorry, I don’t understand. What xlrs are you referring to? The cables going from their mics into their stage box?

[@DeadSoulRevival]

@@JasonCGuitarOfficial ok let me see if I’ve got this straight. You have your splitter input snake and you connect those to their mics? And then your splitter output snake to FOH you plug into those mic cables you disconnected?

[@DeadSoulRevival]

@@JasonCGuitarOfficial ok, got it. Makes sense now. Thanks for the clarification. On the way to the inputs of your splitter are you just using individual xlr’s? It doesn’t seem like the tails on a snake would reach every mic on a stage.

[@sambenson4721]

Hey thanks great video! We recently got the XR18 - finding it great but got a couple questions how we can get more out of it if you can spare a minute. Is there any way for us to do a pre-mix through our mixer before all 16 channels then go to FOH? So that we can use our go-to preset effects going through to the FOH? I assume that because you have the splitter before the mixer, you cannot pre-mix/effect through your laptop through to the FOH? We would want to still allow the FOH sound technician to have control on all 16 channels on the venue in-house mixer as well. Also, cool about the phones - that didn't cross my mind to give the whole band control of their in-ear mix. Is it as straight forward as just all connecting via wifi? I wasn't aware you could get more than one device connected at a time!

[@kzdrum]

Hi Jason, Thanks for the info's. But I' see the ear powers but only the input is plug in. How or when do you use them????

[@wellsroadband]

Can you list all the gear used? What brand splitter? What brand cable snake?

[@wellsroadband]

Amazin'. Thanks

[@Harrycomer]

Great video man! I’m looking at putting a Xr18 in rack, do you know what rack size U it is?

[@Harrycomer]

@@JasonCGuitarOfficial thank you!

[@thomas911a]

Nice setup. Does the behringer xr18 have any amp-sims in the software? To plug a guitar straight in, like for rehersal.

[@thomas911a]

Jason Constantine Ok thanks for letting me know!

[@gobrad]

Hi this is a great find! Thank you!! I have the xr18 for a simple two piece live vocal setup and it took my two years to finally get a good vocal EQ... unfortunately a friend of mine deleted everything From the settings and I’m starting from scratch but as it’s takin me two years of gigs with trial and error I’ll never get those setting back! 🙈. is there any chance I could purchase a vocal preset with your effects settings ?

[@cdrchrrs]

@@JasonCGuitarOfficial Ah! I think I missed this during the walkthrough and was confused. Great setup, and thanks for sharing a great use of a splitter/snake! How good has the Seismic been for you?

[@paposcosparker5560]

Please will the behringer xr18 support a 20m usb extention cable???

[@paposcosparker5560]

@@JasonCGuitarOfficial okay.... i use this type www.amazon.com/dp/B07TD3Y2XH/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_awdb_btf_t1_ak.oFbG76ZMVY But it seems not to see the behringer as a sound card but it shows on the computer in device manager....

[@paposcosparker5560]

@@JasonCGuitarOfficial so I was thinking maybe the rj45 to usb extender isn't possible What about this www.amazon.com/dp/B006KSLF6E/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_awdb_btf_t1_6m.oFbM47XW42

[@John_Kealiinohomoku]

Could you not run 4 stereo mixes? Aux 1 & 2 Aux 3 & 4 Aux 5 & 6 Main L & R Just make you main LR mix your last IEM mix

[@JasonCGuitarOfficial]

There is no need for it.

[@vittoriaeterna]

Man, the rack drewer is a 2U rack space?

[@domieraci2370]

can you do this without buying the rack mounted snake? couldn't you just plug an xlr-y splitter to the inputs of the XR18, with the mic going to one side of the splitter and the xlr to the front of house snake coming out of the other side of the splitter, with the male end of the splitter plugged into the XR18. Wouldn't this share the signal from one mic or input to both the XR18 and the front of house board?

[@domieraci2370]

Jason Constantine

[@NoLivingWitness]

Rad, dude. Thanks for this. How do you run clicks/samples from your laptop to the xair?

[@NoLivingWitness]

@@JasonCGuitarOfficial oh duh. Haha. Thank you. The most helpful writeup yet. Any iPhone folks in your band that have issues with no iPhone support?

[@adrianeddy98]

I have a problem with aux outputs to my iem. I want to have stereo iem signal, but I can’t do this. I want to have one guitar on left headphone and the other one on the right. Is this aux output support stereo? I have a stereo cables and stereo iem wireless system but I hear only mono. Can you help me? Maybe it’s something to change with the settings? (Pan doesn’t work)

[@fabianbarbin4873]

so what app are you using on those PHONES for control of the MIX. Thanks

[@fabianbarbin6697]

@@JasonCGuitarOfficial is that an iPhone app or just android app ?

[@bevandittberner3147]

hey jason I've a system just like yours but whats the trick to getting the aux 1 and 2 to give me true stereo-ave tried linking them and stuff but must be missing something as I can't get the linked aux one and two to act as true stereo like the phone jack is.Ta ,Bev Dittberner.

[@garymorehouse9334]

I use the busses in stereo, but the iPad app doesn't work great for that. On my computer using the "X air edit" app, the busses link and work exactly like they should. You can pan the signal easily and the faders are linked. On the iPad app, none of that seems to work. The faders remain independent and it's difficult to pan the signal. So, in a long winded way, if you're using the iPad app and not having any luck linking the busses to run in stereo, try the "X air edit" app on a PC or mac. I've never used the app on a android pad, so I'm not sure about that.

[@ksstudio8335]

Is that compatible with m1 mac mini?

[@thek3743]

Is there still no Behringer iPhone app?

[@thek3743]

@@JasonCGuitarOfficial wtf, why? the android version is fine, and a similar iPhone version is much needed!

[@lilpluto9895]

Hey! Just chiming in to say that there are X air Q equivalents for Apple, just with diferent names. In my band we have android and apple, my guys using apple use MX-Q and it works like a charm. Hope it helps. Btw, Jason, great video!!!

[@jonasbarbery7193]

Just bought one. Lasted 1 practice and a channel is out. Bejringet curse continues

[@jonasbarbery7193]

@@JasonCGuitarOfficial said they could have a new one to me in 2 to 3 weeks. Band is slammed next 2 months, so amazon sending me a refund and will try another unit through Sweetwater

[@kikstand2011]

Hope you get it figured out. We've been using ours close to 5 years now, about 3 times a month average. Zero real issues (after you get an external router).