X32 / M32 Overview | The Basics of This Sound Console

Summary

In this video, Dave from Alum House Sound provides an in-depth introduction to the X32 console. He explains the layout and basic functionality, including inputs, outputs, DCA groups, buses, and effects. Dave also covers how to save scenes and set up custom mixes for monitors or live streams. This tutorial is designed for new users looking to understand the essentials of the X32 console and enhance their audio mixing skills.

Takeaways

• 🎚️ The X32 console has 32 channels and 16 outputs, divided into left (inputs) and right (outputs) sides.
• 🔄 Channels 1-16 and 17-32 can be accessed using layer buttons, and there are additional auxiliary and USB inputs.
• 🔧 Controls at the top of the console include preamp gain, 48V phantom power, phase, low cut, gate, compressor, and EQ.
• 📧 Each control is like a component of an email, where settings apply to selected channels individually.
• 🎛️ DCAs (Digitally Controlled Amplifiers) allow for grouped control of multiple channels with one fader.
• 🔊 Buses are used to send groups of instruments or signals to specific destinations like monitors or live streams.
• 🚍 The bus analogy: like a school bus, it carries multiple people (signals) to one destination.
• 💾 Scenes can be saved and recalled, allowing for different settings for various performances or services.
• 🔇 To prevent a click track from being heard in the main mix, deselect the stereo bus and send it only to monitors.
• 🔄 Effects like reverb can be sent from channels to buses and then returned to the console for inclusion in mixes.

Q & A

What is the main focus of this video tutorial?

The main focus of this video tutorial is to provide an introduction to the X32 console, explaining its layout and basic functionality.

How is the X32 console divided in terms of inputs and outputs?

The X32 console is divided into a left side for inputs and a right side for outputs. The left side includes channels 1-32, auxiliary inputs, USB input, and effects returns, while the right side includes DCAs and mix buses.

What is the purpose of the DCA (Digitally Controlled Amplifier) section on the X32 console?

The DCA section allows the user to control multiple channels simultaneously with a single fader. This is useful for managing the volume of grouped channels, like all drum mics or a computer input, with one control.

What does the 'sends on fader' button do?

The 'sends on fader' button allows the user to build a mix for a selected bus or monitor using the console’s faders. It temporarily reassigns the faders to control the levels being sent to that specific bus or monitor.

How can you save a scene on the X32 console?

To save a scene, you press the 'view' button in the scenes area, select a slot, hit 'save', name the scene, and then confirm by pressing the right arrow key to save the changes.

How do you set up a click track to be sent only to a monitor and not to the main mix?

To set up a click track to be sent only to a monitor, you select the input channel for the click track, bring the fader to unity, deselect the stereo bus button, and then use 'sends on fader' to send the click track to the desired monitor mix.

What is the function of the 'view' buttons located next to various controls on the X32 console?

The 'view' buttons allow the user to quickly bring up detailed settings for the selected control (like EQ, compressor, or gate) on the main screen for easier adjustments.

How can you apply reverb to certain inputs using the X32 console?

To apply reverb, you select the desired input channel, hit 'sends on fader', and raise the faders to send the input to the reverb effect bus (typically bus 13). The reverb returns are then managed on the effects return channels.

What is the benefit of linking two mix buses together?

Linking two mix buses together allows for creating a stereo send, which is useful for applications like live streaming, where a stereo mix provides a wider sound field.

How can you customize channel names and colors on the X32 console?

To customize channel names and colors, press the 'setup' button, navigate to the 'name' tab, and use the encoders to select a color and enter a name for the channel.

Outlines

00:00

🎛️ X32 Console Overview and Layout

Dave from Alum House Sound provides an introductory overview of the X32 console, aimed at new users. He explains the console's layout, distinguishing between the input channels on the left and output channels on the right. The console features 32 input channels, 16 outputs, and additional auxiliary inputs. Dave also introduces the concept of DCAs (Digitally Controlled Amplifiers) for grouped channel control and discusses the console's layer system, which includes inputs, mix buses, and effects returns. He emphasizes the console's functionality for live sound mixing, including preamp gain, phase inversion, low cut, gating, compression, and equalization.

05:03

🔊 Understanding DCAs and Bus Sends

The second paragraph delves into the practical use of DCAs for controlling multiple channels simultaneously, which is particularly useful for managing groups like drum mics. Dave illustrates how to select and adjust DCAs for consistent volume levels. He also touches on bus sends, which are less frequently used but available for individual channel control. The main bus options, including mono and stereo bus buttons, are explained, highlighting their role in affecting selected instruments. The paragraph concludes with a discussion on the right side of the console, focusing on DCAs and their application in live sound reinforcement.

10:05

🔄 Signal Routing with Mix Buses and Outputs

In this section, Dave explains the concept of mix buses, comparing them to school buses transporting multiple signals to a single destination. He discusses how mix buses can be used for monitors, live streams, or other specific listening areas. The default setup of the console's buses is described, with an explanation of how to use them for various output purposes. The paragraph also addresses the use of matrix sends and the center channel for additional output routing options, providing a comprehensive guide to signal distribution on the X32 console.

15:08

🎚️ Channel Controls and Scene Management

Dave introduces the individual channel controls for gain, EQ, compression, and other parameters, emphasizing the ability to customize settings for each channel. He also explains the 'View' button function, which allows users to quickly access and adjust settings for different console sections. The paragraph further covers scene management, demonstrating how to save and recall different console configurations for various services or performances, offering flexibility and efficiency in live sound operation.

20:11

🔄 Setting Up Click Tracks and Monitor Sends

This paragraph focuses on the setup of click tracks, showing how to route them to specific monitors without affecting the main room mix. Dave details the process of adjusting input levels, using the stereo bus button to exclude the click track from the main mix, and then using the 'Sends on Fader' feature to route the click track to desired monitors. He also explains how to label channels for clarity during mixing and the importance of the stereo bus button in controlling signal flow to different outputs.

25:14

🎛️ Effects Setup and Management

Dave concludes the video script with a brief overview of the console's effects capabilities. He outlines the eight available effects racks and explains how to send signals from various inputs to specific effects, such as reverb. The process of routing effects returns to the console and incorporating them into monitor mixes is also discussed. This section provides a quick guide to integrating effects into a live sound mix, enhancing the overall sound experience.

Keywords

💡X32 Console

The X32 Console is a digital mixing console that is central to the video's theme. It is a 32-channel console with 16 outputs, designed for managing audio inputs and outputs in various settings such as live performances or streaming. The script provides an overview of the console's layout and functionality, emphasizing its role in mixing audio for different channels and outputs.

💡Layers

In the context of the X32 Console, 'layers' refer to the different levels of access to the console's channels. The script mentions the first layer for inputs and the second layer for additional channels, which can be accessed using the layer knobs. This feature allows users to manage a large number of channels efficiently, as demonstrated when switching between channels 1-16 and 17-32.

💡DCAs (Digitally Controlled Amplifiers)

DCAs are a feature of the X32 Console that allows for the simultaneous control of multiple channels. The script explains how DCAs can be used to manage groups of channels, such as a drum kit with multiple mics, by adjusting their levels uniformly. This is particularly useful for maintaining balance in a mix without having to adjust individual faders.

💡Gain

Gain, in audio engineering, is the amplification of an input signal. The script describes the gain knob as a control for setting the input level of a channel, such as a microphone or an instrument, which is crucial for achieving a proper balance in the mix.

💡Phase Button

The phase button is used to invert the phase of an audio signal. In the script, it is mentioned as a tool that can be used on drums or guitars to correct phase issues that may cause a loss of perceived volume or a muddy sound in the mix.

💡Low Cut

Low Cut is a filter that removes low-frequency sounds from an audio signal. The script explains its use in conjunction with the equalizer to address problems with the signal, such as eliminating unwanted low-end rumble or noise.

💡Gate

A noise gate, as described in the script, is a dynamics processor that can be used to remove unwanted noise by allowing audio to pass only when it exceeds a certain level. It is particularly useful for controlling bleed in a drum mix, as mentioned in the script.

💡Compressor

A compressor is a dynamics processor that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal. The script refers to it as a tool for controlling the volume levels of a channel, such as a vocal mic, to prevent peaks from distorting the sound and to maintain a consistent level.

💡Bus Sends

Bus sends are controls that determine how much of an audio signal is sent to a particular bus or output. The script briefly mentions these as part of the channel's controls, which can be used to route audio to different destinations, such as monitors or auxiliary outputs.

💡Stereo Bus

A stereo bus is an audio routing path that carries a mix to two channels, typically left and right, creating a stereo image. The script explains how the stereo bus button can be used to select an instrument and adjust settings for that instrument's output in the stereo field.

💡Effects

Effects in the context of the X32 Console refer to audio processing like reverb, which can be applied to signals. The script discusses how to route signals to effects, such as sending a vocal mic to a reverb, and then returning the processed signal back into the mix via dedicated effect returns.

💡Scenes

Scenes are saved states of the console's settings, which can be recalled as needed. The script explains how scenes can be used to store configurations for different performances or services, allowing for quick changes between setups by simply selecting and loading a scene.

💡Click Track

A click track is an audio signal, often a metronome, used by musicians to keep time. The script provides an example of how to set up a click track to be sent only to monitors and not heard in the main mix, which is a common requirement for live performances.

Highlights

Introduction to the Behringer X32 console layout, focusing on inputs and outputs, and how they are split between the left and right sides.

Explanation of the DCA (Digitally Controlled Amplifiers) functionality for controlling multiple channels simultaneously.

Overview of how to navigate through channels using layers for channels 1-16, 17-32, auxiliary inputs, USB input, and effects returns.

Detailed description of the input section, including preamp, 48V button, phase button, low cut, gate, compressor, and EQ settings.

Explanation of bus sends and how they are used for routing audio to different destinations, such as monitors, live stream, or other outputs.

Instructions on how to use the DCA groups for efficient volume control of multiple channels, using a single fader.

Practical example of using DCA groups to control computer audio input and how it simplifies the workflow.

Description of the main output fader and the importance of buses for routing audio to various outputs.

How to build monitor mixes using the sends on fader feature, allowing custom mixes for different outputs.

Step-by-step guide on how to save and recall scenes for different services or events, ensuring consistent settings.

Demonstration of setting up a click track to be sent only to in-ear monitors without being heard in the main room.

Instructions on how to label channels for better organization and easy identification during mixing.

Explanation of the stereo bus button and its use for sending audio to the main mix or center channel.

Overview of the effects section, including how to send audio to internal reverb and other effects, and how to return them to the mix.

Practical example of sending vocal mics to reverb and returning the reverb to the mix, demonstrating the flexibility of the effects routing.

Transcripts

[Music]

hey welcome back everybody this is dave

with alum house

sound and today we're going to be going

over

the intro to the x32

a lot of my videos have covered how

you're you're kind of

trying to get your stream set up you're

trying to refine your mix

but today i want to take a couple

minutes step back some slow down

and just look at how the console is laid

out uh this is

pretty much the five minute overview

that i give anybody that i teach

this console and so hopefully it'll be

helpful to you so let's dive

right in here we go all right let's take

a couple minutes and give you an

overview of this

x32 console this is the basics of how

i start explaining the functionality on

this console

to a new user so after we've gone

through

and and touch the console and maybe help

them to build a mix

the next step is to learn more about the

functionality so

let's take a look at that this console

is a 32-channel console

it does have 16 outputs and the way it's

split up is kind of a left side

and a right side and so the left side is

all of our inputs

and the right side is mostly our outputs

they throw us for a loop on the first

layer here which are called dcas but

we'll explain that in just a minute

let's look at the left side here so

channels 1

through 16 you can see visible here on

these faders

we also have little layer knobs here so

our buttons if we push the second layer

now we'll see

channels 17 to 32

we also have additional inputs here

which

are auxiliary inputs one through six

these correlate to inputs additional

inputs on the back of the console

some of them are quarter inch some are

quarter inch or rca

we also have the usb input which we can

use

the usb slot up here at the top of the

console

and we could push a wav file or

or recording back through

this so that becomes an input of that

source

and then we have some effects returns

here which we'll explain more in a

minute

and then the last uh the last layer down

here

is our mix buses and and that becomes

important

if you get into some later routing using

matrices

we're not going to talk about matrix or

matrices in this

video so we're just going to deal with

the top three layers so let's go back to

layer one

so inputs the inputs here could be

um let's say this is your kick drum okay

you could bring this

up and you could uh you could use some

of these controls for that

maybe these are you know just different

vocal mics or or guitars or you can set

these however you need to

according to what's plugged into the

console

if we go to layer two you'll see that

these faders move

so now we can have separate settings for

all of these additional channels that we

have down here

and whatever we need for our mix we go

back and now we have channels 1 through

17

and then 17 to 32.

so i'm going to push these down just

bring these all back down to zero here

so that we can keep our discussions

moving and

what i want to do next is talk about all

the controls that we have up at the top

here

the way i explain this to all of my new

people is

it's kind of like if you're going to

write an email

you can start to type your email and you

could maybe

make some words bold and then you pause

on that email

and you go to type a different email and

maybe this one you change the font or

you highlight something

so all of the controls are in the same

location

but you're you're addressing each email

individually well that's the same for

all of these controls

up here at the top we start out we have

a preamp

um or our gain knob we've also got a 48

volt

button which is used if you have certain

microphones plugged in

we have a phase button which might be

used on

on drums mostly maybe some guitars but

mostly on drums

we have a low cut which is going to kind

of work

in combination with our equalizer here

but the low cut knob

we have a gate here which is a great

tool to use on some things we've got a

compressor it says dynamics

but this is a compressor or expander and

then our whole

eq section here is how we can

use to address problems within our our

signal

we also have some bus sends i really

rarely use this whole batch of

of knobs here but they are here and

available we'll explain those in a

minute

and then finally we have our main bus

option we have a mono bus button and

panning left and right and more

importantly here

we have our stereo bus button now

when i want to use these features i

would select an instrument

okay and then these are

functional for this one selected

instrument

if i make changes i'm just going to push

these buttons here

and they'll light up orange if i go to

another instrument that was channel 10.

if i jump over here to channel 9

12 you'll see that these are not orange

and that's because that setting was for

channel 9

not channel 12. so we have the ability

to treat each

channel or input source individually

now again each input could be a

microphone it could be a guitar

amplifier

it could be a drum microphone

it could be a keyboard anything that

you're going to get to come

signal that you're going to come into

the board you've got these features here

to use

if they're on channels 1 through 32. so

the next thing we want to do

is look at the right side of the board

and on the right side of the board we

start out on our first layer with what

we call

dcas these are digitally controlled

amplifiers

and what it lets you do is let's say you

have

all of these um faders here

let's say that these are for your drums

and you have a bunch of mics on your

drums

and they look like this well if if

you're trying to mix and you need to

turn these all down

you have to try and get all of them to

come down evenly and that's

it's just not practical so what a dca

lets you do

is control any selected channels

at the same time so we can push and hold

this

and then we can select the channels that

we want to have

impacted when we let go

now this becomes one volume knob

for all of these faders

so i'm going gonna have to use move one

and it'll control

all of that volume the ratio will stay

the same

this mix would stay the same it's

literally just turning it down

or up so that's a quick easy way

we've got eight faders that we can use

and how do we use this practically well

in my service a lot of times

i have a computer hooked up

to come in way over here on this

input five and six and i have to be able

to quickly turn that

uh that volume up or down on the

computer

and i have to be able to address it

before or

after my band plays so what i can do

is select this one channel

i can turn these on

and then that way when i'm mixing up

here with

my band just before i need to

i have one fader that's going to work

now my

my computer volume and i don't have to

do this stuff and then flip over here

and then try and find it and then have

to try and flip back and do that stuff

i just have one fader to make the the

workflow a lot easier so again

earlier in the example this was for our

drum

you know all of these faders but we've

changed it now to be

over on these so i'm going to deselect

this will keep moving

because the rest of the right side of

the console

deals with outputs so right now our mix

goes over here to our main output

fader if we had audio going through

and we pushed this up we would start to

see some lights light up and we would

see things come up up here on the screen

and that's where our main mix is going

out to this main

fader which goes to our main in-house

speakers

the next layer down we have 16 buses

so we have here bus one through eight

and then here is bus nine through

sixteen

and this is kind of a default setup here

uh the way the console is laid out right

now

uh the best way i explain what a bus

does is a bus

it's just like a school bus it's going

to carry a large group of people

or instruments in this case to one

single destination

so we can do some things that i'll show

you in a second

and we can put people or instruments on

that bus

and then wherever we tell that bus to go

that's

that's where it'll be heard

um this is useful for monitors so i've

got a recent video

that talks about setting up monitors and

so we use some buses for that

sometimes we'll use buses for a live

stream

environment where we'll create a a mix

that doesn't go

out our mains to our house but it's a

different mix that will go out to

a live stream or maybe a cry room or a

nursery

maybe you send some music to your foyer

so people can hear

when they're coming in they can hear

what's going on in the room

and they have their own little mix but

these are outputs and they are

linked to by default to

the outputs on the back of the board so

we have 16 outputs on the back of the

board

this would be linked to one through

eight

and then nine through sixteen however

gets a little tricky when you get to

these purple ones

because these are set for effects

and what we would do is use this to

build a little mix of things that we

want to go into a specific effect

we'll come back to that in a minute but

these are here as outputs and then the

last thing we have down here which we

said we weren't going to talk about but

i'll push the button anyway

this is the opportunity of six matrix

sends and we also have a

a mid or center channel that we have the

ability to

to work with as well

so as we come back to our our little

example here

we are not using any dca's right now

i've turned those off

and we have a little miniature mix that

we're building

that's going out to our main

house speakers so this little mix is

going out to our main house speakers

well let's say we have a monitor and we

want to set up a monitor

we can select the monitor that we want

to work with

and then there's this fabulous button in

the middle right here it says sends on

fader when i push it

we now have all of these faders

to build a mix to go to this one monitor

so maybe they need some of these drum

mics and then maybe they need

some of these other mics over here and

maybe they even need

stuff from these other layers i'm not

going to do it right now for the example

but

maybe they do you have the ability to

even go over here

and add in the pc channel that you know

your your computer channel

you could add in some of these effects

returns

if you wanted to and they could go into

this mix for a monitor

all right so if this is our mix and

that's going to monitor

one we could then come over to monitor

two

and you'll see now how it's zeroed out

and we could do a

similar thing we could repeat the

process and build a mix for

this other bus so what we're doing is we

have built

we have put all of these people or

instruments

on this bus and then this one would be

sent

in this example to a monitor

if i deselect sends on fader which likes

to blink

red um to to warn you that you're on

sends on fader

uh when you go back here keep in mind

this is what's being sent

to our room right now our main mix

but the monitor is hearing something

completely different

so you really have a lot of flexibility

that you can custom

build some specific mixes that go to

specific places

using these mix buses now

i've also talked about setting up uh

this is a mono mix because it just has

one fader that's working for this right

now

we do have the ability if i hit sends on

fader

up in this screen up here we could go

to the config tab and we could hit the

link button

and it's going to link one and two now

they move

together and what that gives us the

ability to do is have a stereo send

so this is a great example of what we

might do on a live stream

where now we have the ability to pan

hard left and

and hard right coming into the stream to

really give us

a lot of width in this mix that we're

doing

but i'm going to go back to unlinking

that this is now disconnected and we

just have this mix

here going to that one monitor

all right we'll turn sends on fader off

at this point

all you need to do if you're learning

how to

run a mix in the house is

select a channel we can come in and use

these controls

right here to set our gain

set maybe our our eq and our compression

and that should be a great start right

there

now here's one thing to note each of

these button each of these

controls has a little view button on it

this becomes a great thing because we

can quickly hit the view button

and the screen changes to view our eq

or if i hit on the compressor and i hit

view

now we have our compressor window up

if i if i go to gate it's going to look

very similar but it's now the gate

but you can also see that we have some

it's really just flipping between tabs

up here in the screen

so we're on the gate tab right now the

compressor

or dynamics is the next one we can use

these arrow buttons

to go over there eq is the next one so i

can page over or mouse to the right

to the next tab so we can see those

things there

also if i look at sends which is the

next tab over

you'll see that one and two

because we had built a little mini mix

one and two

have some send in there so if i select

one

and i hit sends on fader

we can see that uh this was channel six

channel six has

has been put into this mix from mixbus

one

if i deselect it all right now we're

back on

channel six and we can see up here that

it's in there

also these little bus send encoders

which i said i rarely ever use

also show us that we can turn it up or

down they're just volume knobs

that you have the ability to to turn up

for bus one and you'll see that it it

correlates here on the screen if i turn

it down

okay and you've got little layers over

here

as well because remember we have 16

16 outputs or sends on the right

and so we have 1 through 4 5 through 8

all the way up to 16 and they're

displayed here

and you can just do them in groups of

four

but that's that's the basics of the

console here

the next thing i want to show you is how

to save your scene

over on the right side of the screen

here we have

a scene area and a view button

and when we hit the view button we come

up here to this window now

yours probably defaults to the tab that

says cues

and you can change it in your setup

window to have it

select uh the scenes instead

but here i can come down and this is my

this was my blank scene and so i could

select one of these and hit i could just

twist to go to different ones here

the various ones in here so i could hit

the save encoder then i can name it

whatever i want to name it then i would

hit

save on the right now i'm not going to

do it because i don't want these changes

to be saved

but then i can hit the save button and

then it would ask me if i really want to

save and i would hit the right arrow key

to actually save that change

let's go to a different a different

scene just to show you an example here

i'm just going to hit the back button

and then back over to scenes

so what i'm going to do is go down one

of my most

more recent ones i had a training scene

in here so i'm going to

select it i'm going to push go it says

do you really want to go and i'll hit

yes

and so now everything is changed to

what i had stored in that scene

and then i could go back to my blank one

by coming up here i can hit go

and now i'm back to my blank scene so

scenes become great because if you

have different services that use all of

your same gear

you can have all of the settings saved

for each

individual performance

you could also save things for a

you know worship night versus a sunday

morning versus a wednesday night service

all kinds of flexibility there all right

let me show you

one last feature that i get a lot of

questions about

let's say you uh have a click track all

right a lot of people are using click

tracks right now they just want them to

go to in-ear monitors

how would i set that up to be in a

monitor

but not be heard in my main room

so let's say that the click track is

coming in on

input 16. so i'm going to select input

16.

the click track i'm going to bring up to

zero

okay on my unity that is what we call it

in the middle here there's a zero mark

and so we bring it up to zero or unity

and then

the magic button is the stereo bus

right here we're going to deselect that

so now the the audio would come in the

click track would come in

it would be turned up but it will not go

to our stereo buss

so we won't hear that all the way over

here in our room mix

now we have the ability the option of

coming into any of these

buses or monitors in this case

we can hit sends on fader and then if

this

monitor needs click track we can just

bring that up

okay we can turn it up turn it down

now you would want to label if i go back

out here

if if you want to label channel 16

to be click track how would you do that

we would go over here to the setup

button

we can mouse over to the different tabs

and there's one that says name

and icon and this is where we can

change colors maybe we find a red

because we don't want them to touch it

because you wouldn't want to move this

fader

while you're mixing so we'll make it red

and then we can hit the edit button here

and then we have the ability to to use

this little

feature to type letters so c

and i'll just type in click here

all right so it says click and then at

the end

close is under the first encoder so i do

that

and now it says click

and it's bright red so that might help

you then when you're going through and

building a mix for this

mixbus number three you can see it

that's the red one we know we want to

bring that up

put click into their monitor and then we

move on

so that's important that stereo bus

button is important

if you wanted to put something in the in

the mid channel if you happen to be

running a

a left right and center channel and you

only want things specific

levels in the center channel that's what

this top area here

is for you would select monobus

on a channel that's selected so we can

use our click track as an example

we've deselected stereo but let's say we

want to put the click right in the

middle

of our center channel we would select

this button and then we've got a volume

knob that we can use to

turn up or down in that center channel

once you set a certain amount it does

follow your fader it would also

typically follow your

master or your main left and right fader

as well

it would turn that up and down within

the percentage that you have it turned

up with this encoder

all right so at this point we've talked

about the left side is inputs

the right side is is outputs

with effects let's talk about effects

real quick

in this board you've got if we go to

effects home

in this board you have eight different

effects racks that you can use

on the left side you've got your your

insert effects they could also be

effects returns but

the right side is insert only so

the effects returns if we look at this

first one it is set up

as a reverb by default

and that correlates you see it says bus

13 there

that correlates to our buses down here

remember we had one through eight and

now we get to bus 13 and it's purple

well they labeled these all because 13

14 15 16

correlate to these effects

so we have a reverb we can build

we have to now send an instrument or

microphone

into that reverb so what we're going to

do is just like a monitor we're going to

hit select

you'll see how it makes that window

bigger for us which is great we hit

sends on fader

and now we have all of these inputs to

be able to send

into this effect now this is nice

because

if we wanted some reverb on our click we

could push

the click up and it would go into that

reverb

we probably don't want that maybe we

want some vocal mics to go into that

reverb let's say we have

four vocal mics we can send those into

the reverb

and then it's going to go internally

out of the board and into this effect

and then it comes back

well where does it come back i'm going

to hit sends on fader

well those vocal mics that go through

the reverb

from bus 13 are going to return

over here on the far left on this third

layer and this is bus

13's return so it goes out mono

and the reverb is a stereo reverb

it returns with a stereo channel left

and right right here

so this says effects one then you've got

two

three and four

so if you if you've ever worked with old

analog gear

you had to plug a cable in and then you

would have two cables left and right

that would come return into the board

these are the returns right here

and so you're you're sending this mix

out to a reverb just like a monitor

but the reverb is sending it back into

the console here

and now you can add these in if we go

back up to this other

monitor mix that we were building mixbus

3

we hit sends on fader

if that monitor wants this reverb

in their monitor you have the ability to

add this

because it's considered an input into

that mix bus so we have

click track going in nothing on the

second layer

and then we have some reverb so they're

getting some form of reverb and a click

track

it doesn't sound like the greatest

sounding monitor but that's what we've

done in this

example all right so

what a powerful console we've got this

thing is amazing we covered a bunch of

ground

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