Behringer X32 - Bus Setup Explanation - NRCC

A few of you have been asking about the Bus Mixes on the X32. Here is a video on how I have mine setup at North Ridge Community Church. There are 16 busses which you can configure as subgroups, pre/post EQ (pre fader) and post fader. These buses can be considered as an AUX send on a normal analog board, Behringer just decided to call them a Bus.

[drummercali]

Drew,

I have been running an analog system for 20 years and recently got into the x32. Your videos have been SO helpful. Thank you so much for posting them.

[DrewBrashler]

The main reason is that we have our recording feed setup off of the main mix of the board. So I want everything sounding the same on all sends that leave the board. If I was running an aux fed sub, I would never have the correct low end in the recordings that I would have in the room. So I let my EAW system processor handle the crossover and run it normally. Also on my subs, if I want more low end, I just use a LF shelf on the low end of the main feed and boost below 100Hz. Works great!

[DrewBrashler]

The 6 aux in's and out's are additional outs that can be used for various things. They can be set up as a hardware insert point on any channel or mix bus (it will add 0.7ms delay time into the audio path). Or you can use the aux in for adding an iPod or CD player into the X32 without taking up any of the 32 XLR ins. I have my CD player and iPod on the Aux in's. Then I have a CD recorder using the Aux 5 and 6 out for recording our sermons to a CD. Think of the AUX in/out as line level stuff.

[DrewBrashler]

A DCA is a "digitally controlled amplifier" which is basically a remote control to the faders of which are selected on that DCA. It is NOT an audio path or summation point. You would need to bring the drums into a mix bus to be able to add them into the P16 as a group as the mix bus is a summing point for the audio. Let me know if you have any questions on how to set this up!

[DrewBrashler]

Reliability is hard to gauge so close to the release of the product. Unforturnatly only time will tell for that. The X32 comes with a three year warrenty so I do not have any worries about it.

Quality wise is amazing. I really think this is a Midas console with a Behringer logo on it. The audio is VERY clear and VERY quiet. Much quieter and better sounding than the 48-Channel Allen & Heath ML4000 which the X32 replaced at my church. The preamps are Midas designed. Simply put, I love it!

[zoromon]

Thank you for the reply! I am glad to know that, I used the bus setup for a Rolng M480 and it was working like a charm. Yeah but now I do get the point of yours, nice workaround. And, cleaner too.

[tharondrake]

Thanks for taking the time to do this, you just saved me like a yrs worth of reading a manual and stuff. Showed me exactly what i needed to do.

[ThomasVonBOZZ]

Thanks for making AND sharing all of these very good made videos about the X32.
I kind of "fell in love" with this mixer (since I use the old DDX3213 for my band and small events up to 6 Bands). So until I can afford the X32 I learn and dream with your videos.

At 3:20 in this video you mentioned a "auto-mix" method by vary the the threshold of one and the same compressor. I'm very interested in this and can't wait for this tutorial.

Thanks again for your great work!
Kindly regards from Germany

[monmixer]

Ahh, so you have 16 aux mixes. you can 16 monitors mixes. or 8 monitor mixes pre fade. then 4 sub groups say for 1 drums, 1 guitars 1 keys and 1 vox and then 4 FX. then you are done. Edit, i know this is old tech but this console is still very popu;lar. i have a presonus 16.4.2 and now want to move to this for more channels and more monitor mix capability. I really appreciate people like you who share their time and you are a very good teacher.

[CretvMG]

Thanks Drew. I'm setting up a church in Tacoma and this will help them a lot!

[DrewBrashler]

You can also decide what to let through your subs with the Low Cut filter on the X32 channels. My subwoofers's crossover point is 100Hz, so I can set that a bit above 100Hz and that does the same function. I have run aux fed subs in the past and I have found that on an analog console it is great, but with the X32 it was very clunky to run it this way. Now that there are the crossover filters in the matrix section it would aid to this type of setup as you have a bit more control that way.

[DrewBrashler]

The main outs are programmable, however in the stock setup from Behringer, L is on output 15 and R is on output 16.

[BigHeartedMan]

DREW I Figured it out . It is just like setting up the monitor mix .. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP

[DrewBrashler]

Yes, because my main PA system is mono, I have all my channels in a mono spacing. I route the mono channels into mono subgroups. The subgroups then get fed to the LR buss and into matrix 3 & 4 (setup as a stereo link) to be able to output to my CD recorder, video recording system and a live feed to another room. This is at the stereo device still mono (aka in the center with no panning). Matrix 1 is the output to my main PA system. Also my in ear monitors are mono.

[rowenabraaksma]

Ignore that last comment, should have listened to your vid for 3 seconds longer, you clear3d up the bus/aux send. Cheers, great vids 😁

[DrewBrashler]

Yup, the delay is on the output page defining the 16 omni outputs of the board. You will find this in the setup pages of the board. I believe it is 1ms to 500ms, but then again, I am not in front of the board to check! Let me know if you have issues finding it.

[DrewBrashler]

I feed the music channels into the LR bus via subgroups, CD/AV also feeds the LR directly. Speech feeds the Mono bus. I feed the LR and M bus into Matrix 1 for feeding the PA off of Output 16. I also feed the Mono and LR bus into Matrix 3&4 for sending to recording devices such as our video system and 70v system for the bathrooms. I mix the mono bus +4dB into Matrix 3&4 and LR -8dB into Matrix 3&4. This way speech sounds the same volume in the recording, even though it is quieter in the room.

[DrewBrashler]

I'm sorry it took so long to reply, it showed up as spam apparently. The 16 outputs on the back of the board are separate from the ultranet. Inside the routing of the X32 you can select what is being sent into the P16 monitors. So yes, you would be able to free up those.

[saltersmusic]

Hi Drew. I am using my X32 in a live band. I could only get to use output channels 1 to 4 because others didn't work. What can I do please? Thanks.

[daveaird]

I wish you could have actually shown us implementing the effects, so staring from scratch. Pressing the buttons and making the appropriate changes to add effects.