Behringer XR12 X Air

Phil from Behringer presents the XR12 X Air digital mixer at Sweetwater's GearFest '15. Plug in your mic and line level sources and mix from anywhere in the venue or studio via the free remote control app. The XR12 is a 12-input, rackmountable stage box unit with four programmable Midas-designed microphone preamps, Behringer's renowned X32 effects rack, a 100-band Real Time Analyzer on all channel and bus EQs, a stereo USB interface, and integrated Wi-Fi, all in a convenient rackmount chassis.

[Fezzler]

Phil - You are awesome gear video presenter.

[Ancaja]

I'd like to use this live ON STAGE to have all of my synths and drum machines to go into, as well as effect sends and returns... What I would like to know, is if I could easily save mix "scenes" for each of the songs im going to play live, and have these mix "scenes" (or whatever you would call it) recalled via Midi Program change from my master sequencer. That would fully automate my live set and I could really fine tune my live sound.

[ssalenow]

Unfortunately (and I understand why) Behringer decided to leave out 2 key features on their XR12 and XR16

1) Multi-Channel recording

2) the Ultranet connectors for individual monitoring system

[Hawmps]

If there was a firmware update or something that allows the same usb capability as the XR18, I would buy one for a microrig, but that's a deal breaker for me. Love my XR18 tho. Must have the usb inputs like the XR18.

[josephfelice]

mine sounds fine particularly for my small acoustic group. I don't like the effects that well, but I don't need them. Just a little verb. If you are expecting high quality processing to make a bigger band sound awesome, forget it. Protools this is not. What do you expect for this price? It is nice to control your own monitor mix without trying to explain it to a sound man and the main mix as well from the front. At our level, we don't make the $ for a sound man.

[AdamFBuchanan]

dimensions and weight would of been nice. especially given not even the sweetwater website or behinger websites seem to give them!

[Lukstudio]

il primo che metterà un software da dj all'interno del softwre dell'xair e compatibilità completa con mp3 vari aiuterà molto molto, x il prossimo pensaci Behringer

[mielewos]

Hi, Is it possible to send the audio to the hardware external effects (for example guitar effects, vocal processors) and then return signal back to the mixer ?

[TonyTrombo]

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!

[bneme]

Hey Phil, You said the USB will let me record a mix at 44.1KHz. The manual says "Supported audio file format:
WAV, 16-bit, 44.1or 48.0kHz - depending on mixer sample rate", using max 2 GB files on a FAT32 formatted drive. Any idea if a future release will support a) 24- or 32-bit? Bigger files? Different file systems? higher sampling rate? If so, which platform of XAir would I need?

[jerrodtune]

@Behringer
Will the X32 and X18 talk to each other? In other words, will the X32, connected via network cable send all of the channels to the X12 so that it can be used as a dedicated Monitor mixer, to do all the things this video lays out?

I'm not a sound guy, but I'm trying to figure out a budget for next year, to find the best way to set up in-ear monitoring for our church worship band. My thinking was to use a dedicated wifi mixer like this, and set each band member up with a tablet where they can manipulate their IEM, rather than having a device such as the PowerPlay for each band member. This would save us some serious $$ if our sound guys can help us rig up a good IEM system using only an X12 and tablets for each band member, which we already have or can purchase cheaply.

[passionformusic]

I have the X12 I use the XAir app on iPad but I don't see any numbers on the channel meter or the main L/R fader. So how do I set up gainstaging?

[bluename]

also happy with this mixer. how can i control it with the "mackie mcu pro" (mcu/mackie control protocol)?

[travishanson]

I will do some digging, but can the xr 12 do sidechain compression/gates? I want to install a house system in a bowling alley, but i want to use side chains for announcements and to kill the house music if someone plays the jukebox. It know the 16 and 18 can do it, but i only need the 4 outputs of the 12 and 6 or 8 in total and i dont want to side chain with analog gates.

[kartis]

How to connect this mixer to audio interface with 1/4 jack line input?

[wjhb]

I wish it supposed mp3 playback from the USB. Requiring wave is just annoying.

[destinofinal]

Good morning, I have problem with mine.need help

[jpcantrell]

Can you use the USB port to plug into MacBook Pro to record on Garageband? I tried it but my MacBook Pro doesn't seem to see the XR12 as a sound input device. HELP PLEASE

[patrickvisser]

2 questions. Can the app run on a windows pc. And can you run it with ethernet instead of wifi

[hisbassness]

What about wifi dropout onstage? I know that an external router is suggested but, why isn’t the onboard strong enough to not have dropoff in the middle of a gig? Do you know how embarrassing it is to have something suddenly feedback and your iPad is froze up because you’ve been kicked off the onboard wifi?