We are buying this for our church in a few weeks. These videos are amazing! Thank you for posting such incredible content and for being a clear communicator.
Absolutely use a dedicated wifi router or hard-wire for events. I used this for an event with 6 presenters and about 300 attendees. Everything worked perfectly until the doors opened, then once everyone came in I was completely unable to connect to the mixer. One mic chanel was open, so I ended up having to swap cables for each presenter. Thankfully the client never knew what happened, and I was able to manipulate the levels with the controls on my Shire UHF-R receivers. The event went off without a hitch due to careful setup before everyone came in, but I was unable to control the mixer until everyone left the room again. Now I will not use it professionally again without having it hard wired and the internal wifi switched off.
Having very little live show experience myself I cannot imagine the panic I would feel in that situation. You’re a real expert in my book if your equipment fails and no one knows except you.
@@AlcaHolicGamer Had 15 channels set ready for church service for Christmas Eve and 10 minutes before the start of the service the ipad and the mixer quit communicating. had to scramble to connect Y and Tri cables to the microphones and shove everything through the 4 inputs to the old (but not disconnected) house amp that is 24 years old. No sound check. Just flying by the seat of the pants and adjusting as the service moved along. Wireless never again. Laptop over Ethernet cable only from now on. After the service and everyone left, the ipad and the mixer would connect again.
Good job Andin. Deal with the problem so nobody else notices it. That is the spirit. As a sound engineer of live events for 20 years, I had my share of these. The motto always remains: do not do it wireless if you can do it with a wire. If you have to do it wireless, be sure to have plenty of backup possibilities. Today sound setups are almost always with the "mixer" on stage and the "remote control" in your front of house arrea. I ALWAYS run an Ethernet cable. Never count on WiFi in crowded places. You learned the hard way as I did also :)
Thanks, Drew. I scoured Midas (because I'm researching the M18) and other CZcams videos; this is the BEST overview I've seen. Your knowledge of Behringer and Midas gear is second to none!
Excellent source of information for folks just unboxing this baby. I was starting to think I ordered the wrong piece of equipment when I didn't see any outs but after watching I now know I need to use the USB now. Thanks Drew, I found this really helpful.
Always liked your Behringer X32 and other x device videos. Great job on the thorough detail of this device. Already have the x32 and looking to add this on.
Thanks so much for such a thorough explanation. I agree with all of the fellow viewers. Your fast pace explanation and knowing when to choose not to go into detail was salient. Great Video indeed. I'll be back again and again :-).
Looking forward to better understood XR18 tutorials, you're very good at covering it from basic. Setting gain structure with the XR18 would be a great topic too. 👍
Am considering this mixer, and really appreciate the concise and articulate overview, very thorough.This was an excellent presentation, glad to subscribe.
The biggest reason to use a stand-alone router is that the XR18 does not automatically change channels. So if someone is on the Behringer channel you set up (as the wifi network host) it is a pain to change. Reason being, once you set it up you can forget how to change the dedicated channel since you (preferably) do it as a set-and-forget, not to mention you need to use the unit without interruption. The external router changes channels when it detects interference.
Drew thank you for the awesome introduction. I got my X air about a year ago and still have questions about this rig. I appreciate all the great content you provide and looking forward to the full breakdown videos using a DAW.
Thanks for pointing out the issues with the built in WiFi access point. I (and others) confirm that issue. Just using an external access point does wonders for range and reliability.
Good run through of the XAir, Drew. I've been using this unit for nearly two years and always speak very highly of it. I have installed the XAir into several churches and they all simply love it as well. Even when am on the road doing events guest engineers find it very easy to navigate and produce flawless shows. I look forward to your upcoming videos on the XAir. PS ... True I have always ran mine with an external router and have never had a problem even in very high demand areas like at concerts with hundreds of cell phones looking for a connection.
Mr Keebler, I hope you can still check the comments. I'm looking at purchasing this mixer for our youth group space. I was hoping you can share a tip or two of must haves when I set up the space. It's a brand new space that's currently in the building process, so I'm starting with a clean slate as far as set up goes. Thanks for any assistance you can provide, if you ever see this :D
Loved all your videos on the X/M32 console platforms! Thanks for making a great video on this smaller console. I have a few of these in my inventory and use them often on small gigs... Or send them out as camp systems for worship bands. Keep it up Drew!
I wish we could get this guy to go explain some things to the president because he is as clear as can be. Clear and detailed. (The instructor, not the pres.)
Thanks Drew - I've owned the XR18 for a couple of years now and it has a bit of a learning curve; I very much look forward to your other tutorials on the subject. By the way, I purchased your XR18 presets and they work very well. Currently I am running somewhat of a complex setup (at least to me), with both Ableton Live and the XAir Control app running on my MacBook Air. I use Ableton for backing tracks, which I bring into the XR18 through six USB channels, together with several microphones and live instruments that run directly into the XR18. The XR18 is incredibly versatile in this respect. Anyway, things are working pretty well, although sometimes accounting for USB inputs on the one hand and the instrument and mic inputs on the other is tricky for me. Thanks again for posting; it is very helpful. David
David Judson - Trying to determine if the X-Air effects library works with a Mac. Based on the comment above regarding a MacBook Air I assume the answer is yes. Is this correct? I don't want to drop $67 only to learn there is a compatibility problem with my mid-2014 MacBook Pro Retina 15". Thanks in advance!
Yes, the Effects library has worked well in my setup. I've used the Female Vocalist, Acoustic Guitar, and perhaps one or two others. There was a noticeable improvement to the FOH sound with Drew's EQ settings. There have been no compatibility issues at all. XR18 is very stable in my setup, although I note I use the hardwired Ethernet connection instead of the WiFi.
year its 17 inputs those TRS sockets channels 17/18 can't be split from a single stereo channel. The X-edit software sees the 17/18 on the XR18 the same way as the tape deck return on the X18. You also can't split the gain and channel strip processing (EQ, Gate & Compressor) on 17/18.
Thank you for answering clearly the question of not being able to use it as a stage box! PTL! That’s exactly what I needed to know! However for anyone looking to use it as I am, I have found a solution. I think. We’ll see. I wanted to use this for a mediator between the inputs and somehow build an in ear rig in a roadcase rack on stage that lets musicians mix their in ears on the ios app (saving money not having to get P16’s) and instead using the XLR outs and the behringer P1 personal headphone amps (saving money not having to buy thousands of dollars worth of wireless IEM’s) ALL of that while still giving FOH a direct line somehow from the instruments and vocals to mix at FOH unaffected by and changes made in the XAir. Something like the X32 rack WOULD be great (since this does not work as a stage box) but the X32 is just too much for what I need as far as what it offers and a little pricey. SO.... I found a perfect solution... I think, ha. I plan to run all 12 of the instrument/mic inputs into two small rack units I found called “ART S8’s” which take the inputs and split the signal of each into two clean outputs(female XLR ports) and it does this without losing any gain or quality. I then plan to run the first of 2 outputs (coming from the S8 splitter) out of the S8 and directly to FOH using either an XLR snake or digital snake whichever the venue has. Now... The 2nd output from the S8 for each channel will then go directly into the XR18 racked directly below it. If all works as I hope, I would then (in theory) use the behringer P1’s connected to the Aux outs on the XR18 via XLR cables to give each band member a dedicated 1/8th inch in ear plug in with a volume knob/belt clip. And again “in theory” they couldd then each go into their dedicated aux out mix on the XAir app, and mix their own personal monitor mix how they would like, being able to EQ how they would like, make changes on the fly using their phones or iPads etc. I would be able to multitrack into logic from the USB (added bonus), and do so all while not tampering with or interfering with the direct, pure, straight signal going to FOH from each input on stage using a snake. Please tell me if this idea is total trash and my creative mind has completely screwed this up 😂
The approach you described would work, though depending on your budget, what the venue has/who is mixing your sound, it may be better to go for a different solution. An X32 rack -->AES50 cat5e--> X32(or midas) FOH desk would allow you to all of this, except having the option to seperate the gains of your monitor and FOH inputs, but with less cables. If you have the same sound engineer, who perhaps has their own x32 then it may be easier & slightly cheaper to go this route instead.
This is a fantastic mixer and I own one my self and love it. Be careful if you are trying to use it in a club situation and use the cat5 hook-up . The internal router is just not up to par and will drop out a lot ....be aware ....
At the start of the video, it's like....'woah, that is crisp audio!' - 'oh yeah, it's an audio channel, d'oh!' Sounds lovely. The Hi-Z offer no value to us, and we're an acoustic band. Funny it is stated time and again that it's for acoustic instruments. I feel that I haven't yet met the people who would dream of going into the mixer directly as an acoustic guitar while simultaneously playing in a band that needs 16 inputs. What do you do, have all your wonderful toys back at the mixer's effect loop, fiddling pre/post into the chain for every single pedal? I mean, sure, it COULD be done. Play without anything, no comp, no sparkly, no delay? Can't go without reverb, so again: Feed it into the loop? Use the mixer's effects? All of these sound like insanity. At the same time, any pedal board and any multiFX worth its salt ever, in fact any player worth its salt ever outputs the end product as balanced XLR. Why go through all the hassle then to solve a problem that doesn't exist? Somehow it seems a solution to a problem that has been solved individually by the guitar player years before he'll ever use an 18 input mixer to play live. Ah well, must be for the studio folk and their plugins or something. Shrug.
Lucky me. I found out that in a busy casino, hardwired to the mixer, I still had RF interference. Switched to STP cable next time in, and had no problems. The Cat 5e UTP cable I was using was only 25 feet long. I purchased a 25 foot STP Cat 5e to replace it.
Great job on this video, clearly explaining the unit, at the end of the video, you mention that you were going to publish additional videos on this mixer! Have those been posted/released yet, I just bought this unit and I’m a little/lot lost! Thanks
where can I find all the XR18 videos that you promised would be coming over the next few weeks, it's been almost 2 years. The intro was great and just bought the mixer and was looking forward to seeing more
I have a question. When on the bus/FX send fader page on the android app for each channel I have my bus routing set for pre EQ and FX set post fader. When scrolling through the channels using the left right arrows at the top of the page you eventually get to the last channel then it shows the same page with faders for all six busses and 4 FX sends but in the upper left corner it says return 1 then you can advance through the next three pages and they respectively say return 2, 3 & 4. My question is should I set the routing point for those to the same as I set my channels. PreEQ on 1-6 and Post fader on FX 1-4. This is really the only thing I've encountered in setup that I'm having trouble wrapping my head around. Thanks.
How do you SIMPLY send the XR18's FX and EQ to a DAW along WITH the dry signal for each track? Our XR18's mix sounds perfect LIVE, and that's exactly what I want the computer to record! I DON'T want to add FX and EX to the tracks in the DAW later!
Hey Drew, thanks for those videos. quite enlighting! I'm thinking bout getting the midas mr18 which obviously is pretty much the same thing. Do you by any chance know if it's possible to connect a fader wing to your via ethernet connected laptop to have some sort of faders for the mr18? Thanks for your help! Till
Can the Mixer X32 be connected to the Digital X AIR 16 Mixer? I mean, can all the X32 audio channels go to the Digital Mixer Air then in the Air Digital mixer will need to connect to the laptop to set the Reverb etc., then channel it to Live Streaming So I don't want this Digital Air 16 Mixer to only accept MAin Output from X32
What a fuck are you talking about! My router dont have 2 antennas, it dont have one antenna, it have no antenna at all!! You talk like you live in every home. Great material. It was well detailed from the start to the finish. I loved it.
Hello, can I connect the Behringer p16D and the p16M to a Yamaha TF3 digital mixer with a DANTE card in the back and a Yamaha Tio1608D stage box, can I do this in the following order: Yamaha TF3, Dante Card, Cat5e, Yamaha Tio1608D stage box, BEHRINGER P16D and P16M. Can I do this?. Thanks
In order to use a DAW on my laptop with the XR 18, do I connect both the cat 5 cable and the USB? Im using Tracktion, and it recognizes the 18 with cat 5, but can't figure out how to connect it with USB
When open the application,it exits.The same problem is shown when connecting to the mixer and when using demo.There is no problem if the application is open and using fader,the problem is only when we go to EQ section or the DYNAMICS and BUS sending section and edit it.Can some one help ME....please
the comment about the wifi not getting out of the metal box sounded strange to me as the antenna of the wifi card is on the outside of the box. That said, the wifi from behringer is not that reliable so use an external multiband wifi anyway. Or better, in case of real live and crowd coming in, keep it ethernet wired. You never know what will happen when 200 people with mobile phones stand between you and your mixer :)
Drew, I bought a XR18 and a X-Touch Compact, and I can't get them to work together correctly. It seems like nothing is mapped correctly. The first fader moves track 2, and the subsequent faders move subsequent tracks. Changing banks doesn't control the next set of tracks, and the mains fader moves the next track, not the mains in the mixer. Nothing else works. Can you tell me if these units are not compatible or if I'm doing something wrong? Thanks!
@Drew Brashler, I purchased the preset bundle from your website but I'm unable to load the presets into xair edit. please advise (I have the XR18) thank you.
where on earth do our hardware processors go? there are no insert points so how do we get them into the USB transfer for recording and also process stuff from the pc via external hardware?
Hi Drew, Thank for taking time to help Us with the videos, my question is: if I use the USB port as an input for Waves, this means I lose the option to record the Multitracks ? if so, Berhinger would have left us at least one way to record the Stereo with a USB drive port.
I have thaught of bying this for a long time! Great video!! But i have found that the x18 is rather cheeper than this one. What is the difference betwen these two? Besides the shape and the aux out.. Is there some difference in the software or is it a problem with the wifi because the x18 doesn’t have an antenna??
Hey Drew i dig how fluent u are in ur explanation ... i have the xr18 and i am trying to get it to work with pro tools via usb ... but it loads drivers and still gives me the yellow triangle with exclamation mark in control panel... could u email me a detailed explananation about installing this beast on windows 7 ultimate 64 bit... do i need hot fixes and a specific configuration ... Hope to hear from u soon ....Kind Regards from Capetown South Africa
When you say Stage Box is a stage box something that is on stage with all mice plugged that provides a separate mix for monitora/in ears and then can send a fixable signal to FOH?
For Drew or anyone who may know, he mentions using Waves Multirack to use external VST effects. Do you have to use one of those "live specific" programs that cost an extra $150+ or would the DAW I already have installed work the same way with the VST plug ins. Would I run into latency issues or anything like that?
Hey man! I believe there is a way to do this in Logic Pro X. However it can produce some latency because of your computers DSP power. Feel free to send us an email at support@zavasound.com so we can figure this out together! Or by going to our website at, zavasound.com, and clicking, "Support." We hope to hear from you soon!
Waves Rack is its own, stand-alone shell program that runs Waves pugins in "live," low-latency mode. Trying to run Waves plugins for a live setting in a VST host like Reaper, etc, will introduce latency issues that could become a huge problem for your sound. The audio from the live mixer will reach the speakers well before the audio from the DAW, and, depending on the effects you're trying to use, this can cause problems like phase-cancellation, comb filtering, or, if the latency is really bad, echoing.
have a question, which is better? the Xair or the behringer x32 digital console ? im undecided which to get ..i really like the size of the XAir and portability
Great video! Just bought the x18 and love it! I want to put the bass guitar and electronic drum kit through the x18 for live performances. Do I need to use DI boxes?
Always good to keep DI boxes around. When in doubt just put one in between to prevent your mixer damagaes by faulty equipment of others. Especially electric quitar musicians have sometimes a lot of extra equipment all wallpower feeded and sometimes strangly stacked.
Unfortunately mine no longer sends external sound and NO ONE works on Behringer because they say Behringer doesn’t provide parts. So I do NOT recommend these mixers
drew I am having a challenge sending out from my system back to the x32. how to I solve this?? note the multitrack input is working well but how do I route the multitrack back to x32??
This is hands down the best explanation of this mixer I have ever heard.
I agree!
We are buying this for our church in a few weeks. These videos are amazing! Thank you for posting such incredible content and for being a clear communicator.
Absolutely use a dedicated wifi router or hard-wire for events. I used this for an event with 6 presenters and about 300 attendees. Everything worked perfectly until the doors opened, then once everyone came in I was completely unable to connect to the mixer. One mic chanel was open, so I ended up having to swap cables for each presenter. Thankfully the client never knew what happened, and I was able to manipulate the levels with the controls on my Shire UHF-R receivers. The event went off without a hitch due to careful setup before everyone came in, but I was unable to control the mixer until everyone left the room again. Now I will not use it professionally again without having it hard wired and the internal wifi switched off.
Having very little live show experience myself I cannot imagine the panic I would feel in that situation. You’re a real expert in my book if your equipment fails and no one knows except you.
Andin Briwel can you use a cheap $5 wifi router from eBay as long as it has 2.4 or 5 ghz?
I'd rather have to use a really long ethernet cable and connect that to my laptop rather than rely on dodgy internal wifi
@@AlcaHolicGamer Had 15 channels set ready for church service for Christmas Eve and 10 minutes before the start of the service the ipad and the mixer quit communicating. had to scramble to connect Y and Tri cables to the microphones and shove everything through the 4 inputs to the old (but not disconnected) house amp that is 24 years old. No sound check. Just flying by the seat of the pants and adjusting as the service moved along. Wireless never again. Laptop over Ethernet cable only from now on. After the service and everyone left, the ipad and the mixer would connect again.
Good job Andin. Deal with the problem so nobody else notices it. That is the spirit. As a sound engineer of live events for 20 years, I had my share of these. The motto always remains: do not do it wireless if you can do it with a wire. If you have to do it wireless, be sure to have plenty of backup possibilities. Today sound setups are almost always with the "mixer" on stage and the "remote control" in your front of house arrea. I ALWAYS run an Ethernet cable. Never count on WiFi in crowded places. You learned the hard way as I did also :)
Thanks, Drew. I scoured Midas (because I'm researching the M18) and other CZcams videos; this is the BEST overview I've seen. Your knowledge of Behringer and Midas gear is second to none!
You have a great gift for explaining things in a very relatable way Drew! Would LOOOOOOOVE more of these tutorials for the Xr18.
Excellent source of information for folks just unboxing this baby. I was starting to think I ordered the wrong piece of equipment when I didn't see any outs but after watching I now know I need to use the USB now. Thanks Drew, I found this really helpful.
Always liked your Behringer X32 and other x device videos. Great job on the thorough detail of this device. Already have the x32 and looking to add this on.
Thanks so much for such a thorough explanation. I agree with all of the fellow viewers. Your fast pace explanation and knowing when to choose not to go into detail was salient. Great Video indeed. I'll be back again and again :-).
Looking forward to better understood XR18 tutorials, you're very good at covering it from basic. Setting gain structure with the XR18 would be a great topic too. 👍
Am considering this mixer, and really appreciate the concise and articulate overview, very thorough.This was an excellent presentation, glad to subscribe.
The biggest reason to use a stand-alone router is that the XR18 does not automatically change channels. So if someone is on the Behringer channel you set up (as the wifi network host) it is a pain to change. Reason being, once you set it up you can forget how to change the dedicated channel since you (preferably) do it as a set-and-forget, not to mention you need to use the unit without interruption. The external router changes channels when it detects interference.
Drew thank you for the awesome introduction. I got my X air about a year ago and still have questions about this rig. I appreciate all the great content you provide and looking forward to the full breakdown videos using a DAW.
Thanks so much!
Thanks for pointing out the issues with the built in WiFi access point. I (and others) confirm that issue. Just using an external access point does wonders for range and reliability.
Nice run through! Thanks alot. Two guys from the North of snowy Sweden says thanks.
Good run through of the XAir, Drew.
I've been using this unit for nearly two years and always speak very highly of it. I have installed the XAir into several churches and they all simply love it as well.
Even when am on the road doing events guest engineers find it very easy to navigate and produce flawless shows.
I look forward to your upcoming videos on the XAir.
PS ... True I have always ran mine with an external router and have never had a problem even in very high demand areas like at concerts with hundreds of cell phones looking for a connection.
Mr Keebler, I hope you can still check the comments. I'm looking at purchasing this mixer for our youth group space. I was hoping you can share a tip or two of must haves when I set up the space. It's a brand new space that's currently in the building process, so I'm starting with a clean slate as far as set up goes. Thanks for any assistance you can provide, if you ever see this :D
Loved all your videos on the X/M32 console platforms! Thanks for making a great video on this smaller console. I have a few of these in my inventory and use them often on small gigs... Or send them out as camp systems for worship bands. Keep it up Drew!
I wish we could get this guy to go explain some things to the president because he is as clear as can be. Clear and detailed. (The instructor, not the pres.)
Thanks Drew - I've owned the XR18 for a couple of years now and it has a bit of a learning curve; I very much look forward to your other tutorials on the subject. By the way, I purchased your XR18 presets and they work very well. Currently I am running somewhat of a complex setup (at least to me), with both Ableton Live and the XAir Control app running on my MacBook Air. I use Ableton for backing tracks, which I bring into the XR18 through six USB channels, together with several microphones and live instruments that run directly into the XR18. The XR18 is incredibly versatile in this respect. Anyway, things are working pretty well, although sometimes accounting for USB inputs on the one hand and the instrument and mic inputs on the other is tricky for me. Thanks again for posting; it is very helpful. David
David Judson - Trying to determine if the X-Air effects library works with a Mac. Based on the comment above regarding a MacBook Air I assume the answer is yes. Is this correct? I don't want to drop $67 only to learn there is a compatibility problem with my mid-2014 MacBook Pro Retina 15".
Thanks in advance!
Yes, the Effects library has worked well in my setup. I've used the Female Vocalist, Acoustic Guitar, and perhaps one or two others. There was a noticeable improvement to the FOH sound with Drew's EQ settings. There have been no compatibility issues at all. XR18 is very stable in my setup, although I note I use the hardwired Ethernet connection instead of the WiFi.
Thank you very much!
year its 17 inputs those TRS sockets channels 17/18 can't be split from a single stereo channel. The X-edit software sees the 17/18 on the XR18 the same way as the tape deck return on the X18. You also can't split the gain and channel strip processing (EQ, Gate & Compressor) on 17/18.
Fast yet fluent and very helpful! Thanks man
Thank you for answering clearly the question of not being able to use it as a stage box! PTL! That’s exactly what I needed to know! However for anyone looking to use it as I am, I have found a solution. I think. We’ll see. I wanted to use this for a mediator between the inputs and somehow build an in ear rig in a roadcase rack on stage that lets musicians mix their in ears on the ios app (saving money not having to get P16’s) and instead using the XLR outs and the behringer P1 personal headphone amps (saving money not having to buy thousands of dollars worth of wireless IEM’s) ALL of that while still giving FOH a direct line somehow from the instruments and vocals to mix at FOH unaffected by and changes made in the XAir. Something like the X32 rack WOULD be great (since this does not work as a stage box) but the X32 is just too much for what I need as far as what it offers and a little pricey. SO.... I found a perfect solution... I think, ha. I plan to run all 12 of the instrument/mic inputs into two small rack units I found called “ART S8’s” which take the inputs and split the signal of each into two clean outputs(female XLR ports) and it does this without losing any gain or quality. I then plan to run the first of 2 outputs (coming from the S8 splitter) out of the S8 and directly to FOH using either an XLR snake or digital snake whichever the venue has. Now... The 2nd output from the S8 for each channel will then go directly into the XR18 racked directly below it. If all works as I hope, I would then (in theory) use the behringer P1’s connected to the Aux outs on the XR18 via XLR cables to give each band member a dedicated 1/8th inch in ear plug in with a volume knob/belt clip. And again “in theory” they couldd then each go into their dedicated aux out mix on the XAir app, and mix their own personal monitor mix how they would like, being able to EQ how they would like, make changes on the fly using their phones or iPads etc. I would be able to multitrack into logic from the USB (added bonus), and do so all while not tampering with or interfering with the direct, pure, straight signal going to FOH from each input on stage using a snake.
Please tell me if this idea is total trash and my creative mind has completely screwed this up 😂
The approach you described would work, though depending on your budget, what the venue has/who is mixing your sound, it may be better to go for a different solution.
An X32 rack -->AES50 cat5e--> X32(or midas) FOH desk would allow you to all of this, except having the option to seperate the gains of your monitor and FOH inputs, but with less cables. If you have the same sound engineer, who perhaps has their own x32 then it may be easier & slightly cheaper to go this route instead.
I owe you like a cup of coffee or something. This has been super helpful
This is a fantastic mixer and I own one my self and love it. Be careful if you are trying to use it in a club situation and use the cat5 hook-up . The internal router is just not up to par and will drop out a lot ....be aware ....
Still waiting for the rest of the XAir Video series :D .
Thanks for posting! I subscribed and haven’t heard anyone explain this item as well as you do.
A fabulous bit of kit
Thanks a lot for your tutorials. It'clear and easy to understand
Behringer Products are truly awesome, great video and product 💯
At the start of the video, it's like....'woah, that is crisp audio!' - 'oh yeah, it's an audio channel, d'oh!'
Sounds lovely.
The Hi-Z offer no value to us, and we're an acoustic band. Funny it is stated time and again that it's for acoustic instruments. I feel that I haven't yet met the people who would dream of going into the mixer directly as an acoustic guitar while simultaneously playing in a band that needs 16 inputs.
What do you do, have all your wonderful toys back at the mixer's effect loop, fiddling pre/post into the chain for every single pedal? I mean, sure, it COULD be done. Play without anything, no comp, no sparkly, no delay? Can't go without reverb, so again: Feed it into the loop? Use the mixer's effects? All of these sound like insanity.
At the same time, any pedal board and any multiFX worth its salt ever, in fact any player worth its salt ever outputs the end product as balanced XLR. Why go through all the hassle then to solve a problem that doesn't exist?
Somehow it seems a solution to a problem that has been solved individually by the guitar player years before he'll ever use an 18 input mixer to play live.
Ah well, must be for the studio folk and their plugins or something. Shrug.
Terrific video! Great info, clearly presented. I can't wait to view more!
Glad to hear it, Doug! Thanks so much
Very well done explanation of the features for this series! Thanks!
Bro. Great Job!! You broke that down incredibly well. Thank you.
Lucky me. I found out that in a busy casino, hardwired to the mixer, I still had RF interference. Switched to STP cable next time in, and had no problems. The Cat 5e UTP cable I was using was only 25 feet long. I purchased a 25 foot STP Cat 5e to replace it.
Very detailed explanation Drew!
Excellent video. I learned so much. Thank you, Drew!
Well done Son. This old man thanks you...
Great job on this video, clearly explaining the unit, at the end of the video, you mention that you were going to publish additional videos on this mixer! Have those been posted/released yet, I just bought this unit and I’m a little/lot lost! Thanks
That is just brilliant mediation.. Thank you so much..
Dude you are super knowledgeable
Great tutorial!!!! You’re video was super helpful! Thanks for sharing!
You are the man! Excellent video!
THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO! WHAT MIC ARE YOU USING?
where can I find all the XR18 videos that you promised would be coming over the next few weeks, it's been almost 2 years. The intro was great and just bought the mixer and was looking forward to seeing more
I have a question. When on the bus/FX send fader page on the android app for each channel I have my bus routing set for pre EQ and FX set post fader. When scrolling through the channels using the left right arrows at the top of the page you eventually get to the last channel then it shows the same page with faders for all six busses and 4 FX sends but in the upper left corner it says return 1 then you can advance through the next three pages and they respectively say return 2, 3 & 4. My question is should I set the routing point for those to the same as I set my channels. PreEQ on 1-6 and Post fader on FX 1-4. This is really the only thing I've encountered in setup that I'm having trouble wrapping my head around. Thanks.
How do you SIMPLY send the XR18's FX and EQ to a DAW along WITH the dry signal for each track?
Our XR18's mix sounds perfect LIVE, and that's exactly what I want the computer to record! I DON'T want to add FX and EX to the tracks in the DAW later!
Hey Drew, thanks for those videos. quite enlighting! I'm thinking bout getting the midas mr18 which obviously is pretty much the same thing. Do you by any chance know if it's possible to connect a fader wing to your via ethernet connected laptop to have some sort of faders for the mr18? Thanks for your help! Till
Thanks so much
Can only see this and the compression video on your channel. Was there any more ?? I'm a new XR18 user and just looking for tips
Can the Mixer X32 be connected to the Digital X AIR 16 Mixer?
I mean, can all the X32 audio channels go to the Digital Mixer Air then in the Air Digital mixer will need to connect to the laptop to set the Reverb etc., then channel it to Live Streaming
So I don't want this Digital Air 16 Mixer to only accept MAin Output from X32
How do you hook up a Tascam 900 series CD recorder to the XR18 to record live sound such as a choir? Please advise.
Good stuff, thank you
Very professional review.
VERY thorough overview and very helpful. Thanks. I subscribed and am thinking of going for one.
What a fuck are you talking about! My router dont have 2 antennas, it dont have one antenna, it have no antenna at all!! You talk like you live in every home. Great material. It was well detailed from the start to the finish. I loved it.
Where are the other videos you said you were going to do on the x air 18 ?
Hello, can I connect the Behringer p16D and the p16M to a Yamaha TF3 digital mixer with a DANTE card in the back and a Yamaha Tio1608D stage box, can I do this in the following order: Yamaha TF3, Dante Card, Cat5e, Yamaha Tio1608D stage box, BEHRINGER P16D and P16M. Can I do this?. Thanks
Great intro! Thanks!
Great Video. Great Expert!
There are not enough in depth tutorials on this unit. I hope to see more videos. Still trying to figure mine out :(
Hi, great video. Can I connect the line 6 helix for live performance
Cheers Drew. Do you know if you can hook up a midi controller keyboard to the XR18 to play software instruments in your DAW?
Great video! Do you know what will be the best way to connect 2 TurboSound IP2000 to X18? Im planning on buying this set up for our church.
In order to use a DAW on my laptop with the XR 18, do I connect both the cat 5 cable and the USB? Im using Tracktion, and it recognizes the 18 with cat 5, but can't figure out how to connect it with USB
How many clients can i connect to this mixer ? For example, can each musician has it own iPad to controls it own monitor in live ?
Hey drew...for virtual soundcheck what would be the best recording point? "analog" or "input"?
can I get your preset list loaded on my ipad? or does that only work with computer
Have you made a video on using the x18 with usb to record in your DAW? I’m just not getting anywhere with it. Thanks
Any chance of doing a follow up vid including the X-Touch midi controller?
Would be a good video!
When open the application,it exits.The same problem is shown when connecting to the mixer and when using demo.There is no problem if the application is open and using fader,the problem is only when we go to EQ section or the DYNAMICS and BUS sending section and edit it.Can some one help ME....please
the comment about the wifi not getting out of the metal box sounded strange to me as the antenna of the wifi card is on the outside of the box. That said, the wifi from behringer is not that reliable so use an external multiband wifi anyway. Or better, in case of real live and crowd coming in, keep it ethernet wired. You never know what will happen when 200 people with mobile phones stand between you and your mixer :)
So if it has 18 inputs why does the xair app only show 16 channels?
Brilliant review, thanks a lot!!!
Drew, I bought a XR18 and a X-Touch Compact, and I can't get them to work together correctly. It seems like nothing is mapped correctly. The first fader moves track 2, and the subsequent faders move subsequent tracks. Changing banks doesn't control the next set of tracks, and the mains fader moves the next track, not the mains in the mixer. Nothing else works. Can you tell me if these units are not compatible or if I'm doing something wrong? Thanks!
Thank you for the fantastic walk through. This was extremely helpful! I just liked and subbed.
Excellent video 10/10 👍
Thank you!
@Drew Brashler, I purchased the preset bundle from your website but I'm unable to load the presets into xair edit. please advise (I have the XR18) thank you.
Drew nice intro into this mixer, would you do a intro to the studiolive 32 series III?
Thanks for what you do i have learned alot from your vids
where on earth do our hardware processors go? there are no insert points so how do we get them into the USB transfer for recording and also process stuff from the pc via external hardware?
Hi Drew, Thank for taking time to help Us with the videos, my question is: if I use the USB port as an input for Waves, this means I lose the option to record the Multitracks ?
if so, Berhinger would have left us at least one way to record the Stereo with a USB drive port.
I have thaught of bying this for a long time! Great video!!
But i have found that the x18 is rather cheeper than this one. What is the difference betwen these two? Besides the shape and the aux out..
Is there some difference in the software or is it a problem with the wifi because the x18 doesn’t have an antenna??
Can I control the X18 desktop version from a MS Surface Pro 4 through WiFi?
Andin Briwel yes
Really good job!
Is this a powered mixer?
Amazing instruction.
Hey Drew i dig how fluent u are in ur explanation ... i have the xr18 and i am trying to get it to work with pro tools via usb ... but it loads drivers and still gives me the yellow triangle with exclamation mark in control panel... could u email me a detailed explananation about installing this beast on windows 7 ultimate 64 bit... do i need hot fixes and a specific configuration ... Hope to hear from u soon ....Kind Regards from Capetown South Africa
Great Video .. thanks for the info
Can you use a stage box with the X18?
How can I save custom layers on the iPad app V1.5
When I reopen the app the layer I made has gone !
Thanks Drew
When you say Stage Box is a stage box something that is on stage with all mice plugged that provides a separate mix for monitora/in ears and then can send a fixable signal to FOH?
Hi, what type of Ipad generation that would be compatible for downloading the X air app ??
Hi, Drew. Do you know if the xtouch compact can be mapped to the xair mixers, and how? Thanks!
Do you need internet access to run your own router with the ethernet cable? TIA
For Drew or anyone who may know, he mentions using Waves Multirack to use external VST effects. Do you have to use one of those "live specific" programs that cost an extra $150+ or would the DAW I already have installed work the same way with the VST plug ins. Would I run into latency issues or anything like that?
Hey man! I believe there is a way to do this in Logic Pro X. However it can produce some latency because of your computers DSP power. Feel free to send us an email at support@zavasound.com so we can figure this out together! Or by going to our website at, zavasound.com, and clicking, "Support." We hope to hear from you soon!
Waves Rack is its own, stand-alone shell program that runs Waves pugins in "live," low-latency mode. Trying to run Waves plugins for a live setting in a VST host like Reaper, etc, will introduce latency issues that could become a huge problem for your sound. The audio from the live mixer will reach the speakers well before the audio from the DAW, and, depending on the effects you're trying to use, this can cause problems like phase-cancellation, comb filtering, or, if the latency is really bad, echoing.
have a question, which is better? the Xair or the behringer x32 digital console ? im undecided which to get ..i really like the size of the XAir and portability
Great video! Just bought the x18 and love it! I want to put the bass guitar and electronic drum kit through the x18 for live performances. Do I need to use DI boxes?
Always good to keep DI boxes around. When in doubt just put one in between to prevent your mixer damagaes by faulty equipment of others. Especially electric quitar musicians have sometimes a lot of extra equipment all wallpower feeded and sometimes strangly stacked.
Unfortunately mine no longer sends external sound and NO ONE works on Behringer because they say Behringer doesn’t provide parts. So I do NOT recommend these mixers
Can you cascade this device? I mean connect two or more together for more inputs?
I need some to buy
drew I am having a challenge sending out from my system back to the x32. how to I solve this?? note the multitrack input is working well but how do I route the multitrack back to x32??
dprinceuknow you can’t. This is what he addresses when he says “you can’t use this as a stage box for the X32” they are different systems.
How do I extend the channels on my XAir 18?