Hello and welcome back to the channel.
For this episode i thought we would take
a look at the behringer x32 and midas
m32,
and talk about sends on faders... what that
term means...
how to use them... and why you'd use them
There are a couple different ways you
use sends on faders, and a feature that
you might not be aware of that i want to
get to as we go along here.
If you're normally using these bus
controls to set up your monitor mixes,
and stream or recording mixes, then this
video is probably for you.
So let's press the sends on faders
button and explain how it all works.
As you might have gathered, it's a
different way to adjust your bus mixes.
When we're in sends on faders mode we
can choose the bus,
(and) in this example our monitor mixes are
one through four, and it's going to show
us our mixes
on the selected bus, on the faders. (When) in
sends on faders mode,
the faders aren't showing us the front
of a house mix right now.
They are showing us the monitor mix for
the selected bus.
And just like with your front of house
mix, it's much easier to look at a mix on
the faders and see exactly what is going
on with the mixes,
and the relative balance. Anything odd
should quickly jump out at you.
and it's not just for monitor mixes. if
you have a recording mix or a stream mix
bus,
you can use sends on faders mode to see
that mix, and set up that mix, on the
faders as well.
Your channels are still the same as far
as inputs, it's just that the faders are
now controlling the bus
and not the main house mix. Another way
to use sends on faders,
when in sends on faders mode, you can
choose a channel instead of the monitor
bus.
When you do that the bus masters will
now show you which buses
or mixes that channel is in, and at what
level.
This is particularly handy if someone
tells you they don't have an instrument
or vocal in their mix,
or too much of one. You click sends on
faders,
select the channel they have an issue
with, and you can look at the bus master
to see which monitor mixes that channel
is in,
and how much of that channel is in their
mix. You can see
exactly where that channel is, and is not,
and the balance with the other mixes.
The more mixes that you're managing, the
better sins on faders is.
And you can also use sends on faders for
your front of house effects.
Click the sends on faders button, select
the effects unit bus that you want to
adjust the level on...
effects bus one has my drum verb, so you
can see the reverb on my drum channels.
Effects bus 2 is my main vocal reverb,
you can see the channels with my vocal
reverb.
Effects bus 3 is the hall and you can
see the channels with my hall reverb...
And effects best 4 is my delay. You can
see I only have delay on the lead vocal
here.
And I can adjust these effects on the
channels, if need be, directly on the
channels in sends on faders mode.
Let's do an example of setting up a mix
using sends on faders.
We'll select sends on faders and bus one.
Now we can communicate with the musician
who is on mix one
and start giving them the things they
want in their mix, and to the level they
want.
Bring each channel up until they're good.
Of course if your input list is longer
than 16 channels
then you'll still have to use the second
layer to get to channel 17 through 32.
so, kick... snare...
bass... guitars... acoustic...
keys... and your vocals... Now we can move on
to bus 2,
mix 2, and set up that mix in the exact
same way.
And do that for each monitor mix. When
you're in sends on faders mode
the channel lcds will tell you which bus
is active.
For this example, when i select monitor
mix 4,
bus 4, like this, you can now see that the
channel scribble strip
lcds will have an arrow pointing to the
phrase bus 4.
That tells you that the faders are
now controlling the mix in bus
4. That is just one more reference point
that the board is giving us.
Besides monitor mixes we can set up our
stream mix in the exact
same way. Sends on faders. Select the
stream bus.
And now start creating your stream mix.
Sends on faders mode is really this
simple to use and has so many workflow
benefits.
For one thing, just being better able to
visualize your mix and spot issues,
and just an overall faster way to work.
It might seem awkward at first,
coming from an analog console to this
feature, but it quickly can become part
of your natural workflow and you end up
wondering how you ever got by without it!
Earlier i mentioned a feature that you
might not be aware of,
and it's one that ties directly into
sends on faders, adding an extra layer of
usefulness.
And that is especially true if you've
inserted graphic eqs into your mix buses.
If you press the effects button beside
the screen here, then each time you
select a new monitor mix,
(select) your monitor bus, then the inserted
effects will automatically change
to go to the effect that you have
inserted in that bus.
Like this, mix one...
mix two... mix 3...
mix 4... It's a great shortcut for
soundcheck
to have your eqs immediately follow your
selected monitor bus
without any extra button presses. The
more monitor mixes you have,
plus a recording mix, a stream mix, and so
on,
the handier sends on faders become. And
the more you use sends on faders,
they quickly become second nature. Once
you understand the process,
they really are more efficient. If you
have any questions please leave them
below,
or tell me about your monitor setup and
how you use sends on faders.
I'll leave a link above to a video on
setting up monitor sends.
It has information about pre and post
fader buses pre and post
eq settings and other things that are
directly relevant to setting up monitor
sends on any of the behringer digital
mixers,
whether you're using an x32 an m32 or
the xr18.
And here is another video that you might
find interesting.
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