Five Typical Mistakes Made By Behringer XR18 Users ... And How To Avoid Them - X Air Tutorial

Avoid these 5 mistakes for better mixes on the XR18 or MR18. X-Air. XR18 / MR18 Tutorial. Explanations, examples, and tips and tricks for audio mixing / sound reinforcement.
These are particularly notable for those audio techs and musicians coming over to a digital console for the first time. Especially, coming from a typical small 16 channel analog console without nearly the options found in the XR18.

In-depth discussion on each of these points with visual examples. Live sound reinforcement how to video with tips and tricks. Behringer X32 and Midas M32 digital console tutorial. At the end, an example of a rather serious problem that arises and is often blamed on everything except operator error. A misunderstanding that is actually the root of the problem. That point illustrates and ties into all of the other steps.
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I listed them more in the 'order of operations' as they would happen at a typical soundcheck, more than in the order of importance or worst mistakes.
I'd lean heavily on gain structure being a top issue to be sorted out. First in getting the gain structure correct, and right there with that, not mixing on the gain knobs. That creates a lot of downstream problems that many don't even realize they are doing. Prime among them being that changing the gain is changing the stage monitor levels if mixing monitors from FOH (which undoubtedly many XR18 users would be doing).

The information here is the same for the Midas MR18 as well.

In fact, this information also translates to the X32 and M32, but the interface will look slightly different than what you see in this video.
For a video that specifically shows the X32 and M32 and these same 5 Typical Mistakes, but is a longer video so it has more background information, click here:

If you're having trouble with your wifi connections with the XR18, one bit of advice is to buy an external router. Preferably one with 2.4G and 5G bands. The internal wifi in the XR18 is notoriously finicky and not able to hold solid connections in busy wifi environments. Probably not a problem for your rehearsal space, but can definitely be a problem for packed venues.

I'm using the PC version of the X-Air-Edit software

This information is for stage or studio. Houses of worship (church), or clubs. For practice sessions or in front of crowds.

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Video Summary:
This is a Behringer XR18 Tutorial (MR18 Tutorial) / Live sound tutorial /church sound tutorial. Music mixing tips and tricks for live audio and recorded audio. Equalizer tips. Compression tips. Gain structure. Useful info for bands, clubs, churches, and hall, ballroom, and other venues and users of live sound reinforcement and A/V.
Behringer XR18 setup (X-Air setup and Midas MR18 setup) are featured topic.

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[AlanHamiltonAudio]

For an overview of the XR18's features, tips and tricks, advice... check out this new video:

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[mlowder]

I came back to this video after watching it a few months ago, and after now having more experience with my XR18, and these tips are just so great; definitely helped me. Thanks for all the great content!

[graemebalsdon]

Hi Alan, re my previous question about no recording icon, thinking about it more i think if i had a daw hooked up it would probably appear on the screen, as i said i am new to this field and am learning as i go. I must say your tutorials are very user friendly and straight to the point, great work.

[fairandhonestvideoreviews]

I have the XR18.... DANG!!!! i didn't know about the -18 dBFS.... This tip alone was well worth the stop here! I Subscribed and I really appreciate the short and to the point info. :) Grateful!!!

[dinayalb]

Thanks for taking time to do this video mate 👍

[RexyFan]

Wow. This was awesome.
I’ve had mine for a few months now and didn’t know most of these.
I will definitely reset mine and start again.
Number 1 & 5 was very helpful.
Thank you for posting.
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[JAMPROSOUND]

Add a sixth...NEVER use the internal WIFI adapter.

[paulilsleymusic]

This is an excellent starting point. Well articulated...

[renebanagudos]

Newly subscribed. Short and precise advice. The way I like it. Hope you have tutorials here on your channel about when and how or when not to use compression and gate on instruments and vocals.

[ChrisM-znuk]

Thank you for your videos, you have been a tremendous help!

[Scott__C]

Good stuff. When I see EQs boosted or cut like you showed, I wonder if the mic is faulty.

[AlanHamiltonAudio]

For anyone that might be interested, I did one of these specific to the Behringer X32 (and Midas M32). The concepts remain the same, but it's a longer video that goes into more depth.
I listed these in a sort of '"Order of Operations" for a soundcheck' kind of way rather than from a basic mistake to the worst mistake ( or vice versa) ranking list. So, that said, if pressed on what would be the most important mistake to get under control, I'd list gain staging mistakes. At least as the first things to learn and get right. Get those wrong, and it's a cascading list of problems that follow. A solid understanding of proper gain staging, and signal flow, is really the technical basis for about everything else that follows (when it comes to mixing).

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[tablatom]

HPF (high pass filter) is one of the most important tools. When i am setting up channels on a band i have default goto settings that i change later if needed. MALE VOCALS HPF 100HZ, FEMALE VOCALS 200HZ, Guitars 100-150HZ. This is a very fast and easy way to make your mixes transparent. Also on reverbs HPF 200-250HZ and LPF around 4k. This makes the reverb not boomy or shrill. Space is everything in a mix. 
With EQ go for cuts rather than boosts.

[mowomedia]

I repeat... Don''t....mix...on the...gain...knob! Keep up the good work on XR tuts!

[mnster]

Hi thanks for these important tips, very very helpful. Content suggestion would be an explanation of the x edit compression advanced. When to use it and what to aim for. Many thanks.

[dougmcpherson]

Not gonna lie, I *fully* expected that "Don't use the built-in wifi" would be #1 with a bullet.

[RefRoom]

Hey Alan, Really love your videos! How about doing one for DJs...With a couple of mics, a couple of main speakers and a sub woofer on the dance floor, a monitor, for the DJ, a couple of satellite speakers for fill and an aux for the video person(s)

[jamiemiller]

Not just XR18 users have been guilty of making these types of mistakes... This is good general advice for beginner users of just about any mixers.

[graemebalsdon]

Hi Alan, nice overview of what not to do. My problem as a new starter is the icon for recording my band is not visible. Other tutorials show the record icon just under the Snapshot icon, can you help me with this, regards Graeme from Australia

[acousticguitar]

Just found this channel.... man it's awesome!!