Behringer X Air XR16 Digital Mixer: A Beginners Guide to How to Set up a Simple PA From Scratch
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- čas přidán 26. 12. 2020
- This video is a complete beginner's guide to setting up a X Air XR16 digital mixer using a pc/laptop. Specifically, I'll show you around the hardware (black box) part of the mixer, the software part of the mixer (the hard part), and then how to connect the two together. Then, we will set up a simple PA system. Specifically, I show you how to set up a channel and then put effects on that channel, as well as the monitors. Finally, if you have the XR12 or XR18, the setup is almost identical, so this video will be perfect for you as well.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
1:20 - Meet the Hardware Mixer (the Black Box)
9:40 - Downloading and Installing the Software Mixer
13:18 - Connecting Your Laptop to the Hardware Mixer
15:48 - Connecting the Software Mixer to the Hardware Mixer
17:34 - Meet the Set up Button
20:15 - Meet the Complicated Software Mixer (which is on your laptop/mac/pc)
33:01 - Setting up a Channel (how to set up gain, gate, compressor, *EQ, + adding reverb + delay)
48:44 - Setting up the Monitor (Give the monitor channel 1 mic + add reverb + delay)
Many people tried to explain this to me for years, but all failed. You held my attention and explained everything to me within 60 minutes. Great video, Thank you so much!
Just one little tip. While a scene saves your mixer settings to your computer, a snapshot saves the setting to the mixer itself so that you can load it even if you´re using another computer, a tablet, or a phone.
where is snapshot in software?
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I feel like Saul Goodman just taught me how to use a mixer
Thank you…now I can’t unhear it haha 😅
Merci pour l'interpretation
Thank you for taking the time to do this. Mine is arriving in three days and I really feel confident I can hit the ground running with it upon arrival. Your style is very slow-paced and easy for a beginner like myself to follow along, yet despite the beginner level content, it was thorough and explored some of the more complex features that might otherwise go untouched for fear of messing something up. I'm sure it's not 100% and that's OK -- I'm now familiar enough with it that I can be dangerous.
6:30 I wanted to insert a note here. The XR12 and XR16 have a USB Music player, while the XR18 has a Stereo and Multi-track PC USB connection to record multi-track to your DAW. It does not have the music player.
Also there is the X18 which is the XR18 without rack mounts and with a surface to put a tablet.
Excellent video, even as a current user I'm enjoying it so far, especially how thorough it is and well-presented too.
"The XR12 and XR16 have a USB Music player, while the XR18 has a Stereo and Multi-track PC USB connection to record multi-track to your DAW." -- which is why purchasing the 12 or 16 makes no sense for recording tracks. Having bought the 12, I wound up with a "digital" mixer that processes analog inputs and takes their digital stereo mix to an analog output that feeds another audio interface required to get a digital signal into the DAW via USB. That process is as convoluted as the sentence describing it. I suppose the 12 and 16 models are meant for a small-venue performing combo with a laptop engineer.
Im trying one X16 today for the first time, and this video had all what i want!! thank u!! cheers from Lisbon.
Great video so far , about half way through. I just ordered the XR18 and wanted to get a head start. Learning a lot , thanks for putting this out.
You made it very very easy for us newbies, sir! It only took me an hour to watch this video and get myself up to speed not only on this specific mixer, but on the overall concept of digital mixing. I appreciate your efforts and attention to detail in this video very much.
I love the way you explained this without assuming the user is already knowledgeable. Thanks for taking the time to do this. It really cleared a lot of things up for me.
This is the greatest tutorial in the history of tutorials! My Xr-18 along with the rest of the PA arrives today and I'm super excited. Now, I'll be able to get the basics up and running very quickly and enjoy the rest of the learning curve journey. Thanks SO much!
Mine comes in three days. Doing my homework!!
Just watched this video after opening my Xr16 air, I am good to go! Every detail covered and am excited to get recording. 👍🏼. Thanks for the kickstart!
I'm a noob and this video was very helpful. Thank you so much for taking the time to do this and sharing!
hands down the best video for noob. hope you are able to still answer questions if they come up.
Now I understand digital mixers. They seemed so complicated. I think I will love my mixer now.
I just bought one and love the detail of this video. Thank you for taking the time to explain this. It does seem to be user friendly and laid out well, but your video will save everyone so much time in trying to figure out the where, the what and the how’s. AWESOME video.
Maybe you can help me figure out mine!
Thank You! You have helped me tackle the FX in monitors. Your explanation on FX got me through a conundrum! Awesome!!!!!
Your tutorial was incredibly detailed and so easy to follow. You made a daunting task so much easier. This is amazing thanks so much
😳 wow ! Dude this helped me so much. Thank you ! We had one of these and after watching your video realized we were using it all wrong. We had such trouble getting it to work right we almost got rid of it. But now next weekend I can go to practice and show everyone how to use it the right way. I really appreciate it brother
I hope your staying safe out there
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this was extremely helpful. I have a gig tonight and had to brush up on the software and this was amazing. thank you
I bought the xr18 and never know how to use it, until now. This is so far the best tutorial. Thanks alot. I have not even use this xr18 unit for several years cuz I didn't know how to use it (It was collecting dust).
Av really struggled for quite a while, about two monthsgo since I bought this device without much improvement but this video addressed almost all my confusions. Am most grateful bro.
Good overview. The only thing to edit is that the "Snapshot" isn't a screenshot tool. It saves your setting to the actual mixer itself so you can load the settings from any computer, tablet, phone, etc. You can save up to 64 (I believe) snapshots to the physical mixer so if you play different venues you can save the different settings and load them up when needed. If you use the non-snapshot "save" future it's only saving your settings to the current device you're using (your computer) and you can save an unlimited amount of them.
thank for the clarification. that will help with situations where you may not be using a computer, but using your cell phone to mix
Thank you for this very simply explained video, now I have a lot less thought about how to start with it. I am waiting to receive my package.
Incredibly informative and helpful. Sure beats the 'chest beating' videos that Behringer puked out. Thank you for taking the time to make this video.
Thanks a lot for this video. You did a great job . That’s how the teaching of beginners should sound . You did with patience.
Thank you so much! I bought the xr18 to use for my band and this helped tremendously!!!
Really awesome explanation for the beginner out of the gate...thanks so much for taking the time!
Damn that was good. SO helpful!! I've been staring at this mixer for two weeks and finally found your channel. Thanks for posting!
Best tutorial I've seen so far, even better than Behringers. Great job
Great level of information for someone starting out!
This is one of the best tutorials I’ve seen! You put yourself in the learner’s seat to know what we’re thinking and how we can get confused! You take care of the potential confusion us newbies can get with this complicated process!
The turorial i need as a newbie. Finally i found the right tutorial. Thank you!
Best tutorial I’ve seen on this mixer for beginners.
THank you for this, I had no idea how to get my mixer up and running, you've made it pretty easy to follow and I get it now. So Many of the other tutorials on CZcams assume that one knows what they are referring to, so a brand newbir like me was lost.
Thank you!
Thanks for this video! It's perfect for a newbie like me. I can understand my XR18 clearly now. Cheers!
I want to buy the Xr18 how strong is it (durability)
Awesome, Awesome Awesome - You explained the FX much better than Behringer does. Thank you
EXCELLENT VIDEO! You've got a real talent for teaching
Perhaps someone else mentioned this, but at 31:40 when you talk about inserting effects to individual channels, and then you say "it gets confusing, so don't use this..." I think you are mistaken what this is for, or leading others away from a useful feature: this is the only way to dedicate the FX as a *serial* effect (or "insert" effects as they are called). It's probably not very useful for a reverb, but there are a ton of classic emulations of serial processors, like compressors and exciters, in the included FX - LA2A, Fairchild, 1176, et al. These only make sense as insert effects (or buss effects), and using this *insert* function is the only way to use them that way.
Note that with each FX being stereo, with the insert FX, they give you both a stereo and a dual mono version - so you can get *2 halves* of the effects which can then be inserted to different mono channels and adjusted independently (or use the stereo version on a buss). That's why there are 2 insert destinations per FX. So added up, 4 stereo FX give you potentially 8 insert effects, allowing you to ignore the channel compressors (or EQs, etc). You might like the channel compressors just fine (I know I do), but having emulations of famous classic compressors is a sweet alternative to have.
Finally, note among other things there is also a guitar amp simulator in the FX. The only way to use that in a normal way is inserted into a channel, presumably with a guitar player coming in via DI.
Thank you so much for such a straightforward and well thought out video on the this product. After watching this tutorial, I feel confident with making the purchase and investment into the mixer
Well done. Thanks for the great illustration and simplicity to explain the main functionalities. I spent more than one year and not able to route the FX to my Aux and now I see it is so easy to do. Again thanks a lot.
Thanks a lot for the video ! This will help me to setup this !
Thanks a lot for a very useful video. Really helped me to figure out with that machine
Very well done, and a great help! Thank you sir.
Thank you for making this video. It helped me a great deal to quickly set up a nicely operating system.
Very nice that what I needed laws confused with all that junk now I understand it better TY
This video is so great and helpful. Thank you!
Thank you for this detailed tutorial...
Great video. I'm about to buy the X18 for my rig. 🎉🎉🎉
I reccomend this is the best tutorial for me as a beginners.
You can use the insert channels to put ( for example ) a de-esser on the vocalist channel and then you'll set up another compressor for the rest of the band (instruments) on a separate bus send.
A de-esser is basically a compressor with a fast attack and fast release. Inserts give you a little more granular control over what effects are put where. Compressors and gates are useful when trying to achieve a steady signal level and to get problematic feedbacks to settle down.
This video is incredibly helpful!!
I just recently picked up two Yamaha S215v mains, two Yamaha SW118v subs, and a couple of power amps to run them. I had two Fender floor monitors with a power amp for those as well. I decided to go with the Behringer XAir18 since a buddy had one. It's all just been unboxed aaaaand, talk about a bit overwhelming to someone new at this, especially getting into the stage lighting stuff at the same time! It's a massive undertaking all at once. I'll certainly be referring to this tutorial a few times! Thanks again!!
Good tutorial. Thanks. Many topics are now clear to me.
Awesome tutorial! Thanks for taking the time out and going slow and steady.
After watching this video the X Air XRxxxx is not hard to set up any more. Thanks a bunch
Phenomenally good beginner’s video on the X AIR. You have a really good teaching style too. Behringer would do well to recommend your video to its newbie customers. Thanks
I'm glad you like the video :-)
Thanks mate. SUPER helpful to this first time user
Excellent beginner vid. Thx much
Excellent video !very clear and instructive !
Lovely stuff! Got one coming in the next few days, this has given me a lot of notion and understanding of the software. 👍🏼🔥
Great video. you are a good teacher easy to learn and understand well.
Your video helped me immensely. Thank you
This is Bob Ross talking about mixers. I am a long time user of x32 but I am picking up an xAir 16 this weekend for smaller gigs and I must say that this video answered all of my questions on what is different from the large format console and the x air format. Thank you!
Excellent. I have a XR12. Very helpful.
Nice video. Thanks for doing this. Helped me tremendously!
Fantastic overview!
Good Job dude. Too many tutorials miss steps making it confusing. You touched all bases.
Such a great tutorial!
Fantastic job on this video
Well Done ... Thanks so much!
Very helpful for me, as a newbie. Thanks!
Thank you man... you saved my time :)
The best tutorial, period.
Thanks for the awesome explanation!
Thank you, I got it working because of your tutorial
Very helpful. Thank you.
Thank you for this tutorial!
¡Mil gracias! So grateful for this tutorial!
Best tutorial for rookies, like me! Thank you!
I bought an XR16 last week and was having so much trouble trying to get my aux sends to work correctly. I had to go down a rabbit hole about why I wasn't getting any signal to my bus channels, but then I found something about making sure the routing settings were all set to pre-fader instead of post-fader and that solved everything. I wish it wasn't so hard to find a solution to something so simple because it's set to post-fader by default when you initialize.
This the best video ever for these!
Thanks for the detailed instructions.
Thank you very much ... a very good video for a newby
Thank you very much for the information, thank you
Thanks for the amazing video
The Snapshot-Button ist NOT for taking a screenshot! As you can save/load a scene as an external file, snapshots stores the whole settings inside the mixer. So you can have multiple setups saved inside the mixer itself and you can switch between them with an ipad without the need of having access to an external file.
It´s realy great! Thanks!
Great job! Thank you!
Omg thank you for this!!
Best training ever so simple so easy to understand Thanks a million
Amazing stuff my friend! Had my xr18 for a few years and I've been put off using it until now! Thanks!
Great Video! Thank you so much! 🙏🏻
Good teacher !
Best X Air how to video... I realley appreciate your effort..I do kindly ask you to do a advance settings video as well..
Thanks for the video.
Thanks for a very easy-to-use video.just one page I really wanted to see how to use. And that is the in/out located top right between setup and utility. Not getting the aux out and the colors dots.thanks for yor input .
awesome video!!!! thank you.
Thank you . Helped!
Using logic 10 in my studio helps. But the berringer software had a few surprises. I really like the rta
Great video! straight to the point! (Y)
Thank you! Awesome!