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Viewing is a mixer or the purchase of a thought, but in any case, you need to know exactly what they are and how to use it. Only a few bits of kit to carry more mystical band that the console - it comes with its own language and is similar to the cockpit of a large passenger plane. Do not be put through the jargon and complexity that an animal is actually very simple assumption, once you've played with him a little '- and trial and error is how most of us come to our mixer. Attemptand the error can also lead to costly mistakes and lose precious time. I recently tried to record my band live, but he could not play and is on the desk, and only later discovered that the engineer had not sent a signal to the DAW ... The whole complex structure and control has been corrected, but two hours of live concert at all, because a simple matter of pressing a small button has been overlooked caught - but ... it is so easy to miss.
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What is a mixer?
A mixer, mixer, mixer, or a desk is a device that is the balance, the position, strength and balance various audio channels to enable a sound - a mix. You can add selected channels to FX for holding instruments (pan) position in the stereo field, pathChannel for external FX units and the shape of the sound of each channel with an equalizer in part along with the ', high and low average speeds.
The first piece of kit "Band" we bought, as well as individual pieces of the kit as opposed to a Behringer mixer. Many places have their own, as part of the PA system, but many do not, or - if they do, often are less than perfect - that do not work with channels, faders, sticky, dodgy connections. The first gig we played, wefound in building that house the mixer at all, that is the job - not a PA. We just added our faithful animal and left to our own sound engineer to order. Among other gigs, a desk is better than the inhabitants of a proven or is our stage sound mix for us. Affordable digital consoles, like ours, have mic preamps, phantom power and the ability to record from the desktop. It can be used to obtain the tracks on your home PC for recording projects DIY and a series of loops, samples and FXthat life can be turned on. Get one. Now. What follows is a lot 'of common sense when you look at a blender - and hopefully a lot more sense than the manual.
Why do we need a mixer?
Acoustic sounds - voices or musical instruments - microphones and pickups - are often detected by the sensors. These generate weak electrical signals, the line level should be strengthened. Amplification by a preamplifier ("precursor") are made. A line level signals can beeasily manipulated by devices such as mixers and tape recorders. Line level of manipulation is what the console itself - it takes a series of mixed signals (vocals, guitars, bass, drums, etc.) and allows you to balance and blend in a mix of audio, an output signal from all inputs. Output signals are then sent to a power amplifier, where on a level that can drive the speakers, which then convert the signals back into sounds that can be heard by those who are increasinglyAir. If one considers the variety of sounds (voice, percussion, electronics, etc.) and the volume that produced a band, the need for a mixer to get them all together is placed as a coherent, balanced sound easy to see.
Mixer Terminology
So, look at the desk, a bewildering array of knobs with strange, foreign name. Engineers excel at creating new names for familiar objects and concepts in general - our sound engineer, once stared blankly andno to a question I posed above door 'Out ", and after a few minutes, he said abruptly -" means "feed" you should have said. ". There were other words, mostly rather short parts of the body designated and activities. These are engineers. So looking at the desk, and ask ...
... What is a channel?
A channel is an audio input that goes with a fader. A typical input channel of the mixer is a choice selectorfor mic (microphone) or lineSignals (such as a guitar output), a structure knobfor adjust the input level (volume) and a dedicated EQ (equalization) controls the bands of low, medium and high signal to change (see above). A channel is usually sent as part of a signal (effects) FX Units (or another target). Finally a channel, a switch of the bus, the output channel is a bus.
... What is a fader?
A slider is a volume control slider, which can varyVolume of each channel. The name comes from "fading in" and "hide" tracks. Take a look at your mixer - There's a little 'the symbol of "infinity" at the bottom? Infinity is to speak-in "zero" mixer. I must warn terminology sound engineers' ... See the thick line NexTTo the solo button? This is the marker for 0dBvu, sometimes referred to as level "nominal" or normal. It means that at this point the signal that the fader is the signal that exitsthe sameAs enteredthe faders. If lowertheFader from this point cushion by you (ie reduce) the signal. If we are born faders gainto Now add (or increase) the signal.
... And what a bus?
A bus is a dedicated fader with its output. You could also say that a bus is an important path in all connected to a channelsto a fader output. You can send us anything about this faderout mixer to another device - you can even bring the signal back into the mixer channels to sell. Why do you wantIn order to do this? External FX processing, for example - that the signal for the effects of an external device, then the processed signal so that it can be a pa, or other address are sent to apply. The mixer bus, there are routing buttonson each channel, you must have the entire signal a bus. The most important Buzi often called the "L / R bus." Other coaches are often grouped in pairs, as the bus buses 1-2 and 3-4. It can also switch to another bus line that will allowfadersto the "Master Fader." Typical applications of the buses should be sent to a song (or group of tracks) to a digital multi-track, or a sound card or audio interface. But it can also be very creative with them and sends them on samplers, groove boxes with analog surround encoder, separate compressors, etc. Some coaches may have channel inserts.
... Channel Inserts?
An insert is a way out and then back to a single fader, so return the external signal to the mixerwithout the use of multiple channels. Use an exterior coating on a piece of equipment that affects only a patch channel. Typical applications of the inserts are patching compressors, outboard EQ, exciter, pedals, multi-track recorder's input / output and FX boxes. Many inserts path channel, a patch-bay, where they can easily connect multiple devices. Have a well-equipped mixer inserts on every channel, busesand the master fader.
What is a Pan-Pot?
Easy! A Pan-Pot, is asmall button with the words "pan" ... OK, you want to know what they're there - there is a panoramic potentiometer allows signal is true (see "Channel") anywhere in the stereo field from left to far right post, and all stops in between. It helps to separate the sounds in the mix - very useful if you're playing with flute, sax and harmonica guests.
What are the Mute / Solo for?
The mute button silencesthe audio on one channel (or so it isother things in the mix, from other channels). A silence button only all exceptthe signal on one channel, so you can hear the channel in isolation. Our (un) sound technician is known that a channel is not currently in use (for fear that someone accidentally wreck its blend of live coughing into a microphone or a guitar corporal punishment in a mike stand mute. And 'reasonable but not when it went looking for more beer and the next song that takes up channel ... warned.
What are routingKeys?
Routing Switch converts the audio signal on the road for buses. Think of it as a selector output. If the '3 -4 'routing is buttonand pan (rotation), press up on the far left / anti-clockwise, the signal goes out from the bus 3 When you press the '1 -2' key routing and pan across the road to the right / clockwise, the signal is only the second bus disappears if you press 1-2, 3-4, and LR and pan in the center, the signal goes to all 6 outputs. I recommend you tryAll these options only to find out what are the results - we had our table for 6 months before, how useful this can be achieved.
What is an end - and back?
A can send an important signal that goes to the mixer. There is usually a button to send on each channel for all, in order to variable amounts of this channel on how to drive. These controls send a variable amount, little or much of a mono output for each channel. A submission may be as a separate function and monitor mixesForstag used monitored. In a recording situation, which is normally issued by an FX unit. The signal goes to mixerby returns, and can be added to the main signal. A send is actually a sub-mix. It is not necessary to re-send the order to their revenues. You can bring in an empty channel and continue with EQ or fader on a process bus. You can use the proceeds like any other line input, the application of patches in synths, mixers, computer sound cards, CD players, decks andeverything you can imagine.
You can use a live console / mixer for recording in your DAW (Digital Audio Workstation)?
Yes! Use the bus (now you know what they are) isolated a signal to your DAW, sound card or audio interface to get. They all work the same way. Or use the inserts for the DAW with unbalanced cables (see below and also explain this manual mixer) for the connection. Turn on the global EQ. Things to look for - not the mixer, all the ins and outs you need?Is there enough buses? You need direct outs? How many sends and returns, preamps, do you need? As with the phantom power is applied? All connections are balanced (see below)? What does not? This is a registration issue and is beyond the scope of this article, but any good guide home recording gives you the necessary information. 90% of digital mixing consoles now do the job well - the size of the mixer, in terms of number of inputs is likely to be the variable factor, but then- How many channels you have to absorb at one time?
What is the welcome we had to work for our living?
The number of inputs is the key issue, but note that you can only have 24 channels, 12 analog inputs, and those for the microphone and any discrimination (direct input). Remember that if mic'ing battery, 3 to 5 or more microphone inputs can be connected. Behringer usually give the specifications of the mixer in the name of the model - for example, the Xenyx 2222 has a USB portThe interface (which is the bit Xenyx), 22 channels, 2 buses and 2 master outputs. The 2442 has 24 channels, 4 buses and 2 master outputs. The first you get 10 analog inputs, the 12 seconds not all manufacturers use this model name, but be sure, the specification data for the first reading.
Balanced and unbalanced cable
The lead-XLR (microphone) is balanced, leading speakers as a leader, and guitar / instrument is out of balance. Three-wire system, balanced, and two-wire system,unbalanced. In the balanced outcome of positive and negative do not touch the ground, while the negative terminal of the unbalanced and the earth one and the same thing. The Earth - (earth) is just that. The green ground wire is a copper content in the soil, so any short circuit between the positive and earth to send power to the ground, but because the positive and negative is not the earth is floating "above ground". The screen acts as a protectiveinterference of any extraneous electrical interference, such as ringing in the ground. Unfortunately there are negative unbalanced circuit in the ground! This makes your choice stagebox (multi-core cable) as important as a good built-in "ground lift" that annoying buzzing, sound engineers can go into madness stopped working - and beer.
Unbalanced
The two signals from a balanced connection will be referred to as "signal" and "soil". The land is the zero referencewhile the signal has a voltage that is above or below zero. This voltage level determines whether the signal is a 1 or 0 (VGA, audio and video signals are analog, the analog signal to a voltage level anywhere between the levels of high and low voltage) is. Coaxial cabling reduces exposure to cross talk.
Balanced
Balanced signals are often called "loop current" signals that travel is called "pair" (UTP unshielded
Twisted Pair or STP Shielded Twisted Pair). The twoSignals in a pair of opposite charges are balanced as they did. What does it mean if a cable has 12 volts, the other wire will be -12 volts. Because the signal travels, the couple exudes a wire a magnetic field, but as a wire produces a field partner to cancel the two opposing camps. This demolition is as balanced signals to eliminate "cross talk". How twisted is generally cheaper than coaxial cable signals to balanced and more popular. Make sure you have the appropriateCable and always back-up. As with many things in your live set-up, who buys cheap, often proves the most expensive to start for a period of time, but soon out of place to kill the best shielded cables.
Your blender can make a big difference to sound like your band on stage and become familiar with it will teach you a lot about sound and how to get the most out of your appliance. It can also lead you to the fascinating world of the recording - and a huge help in writingand development of their songs. Along the way, you can discover the fun, with samples and other ways to improve your live sound was. Good luck!
Infinity Basslink 200-Watt, Dual 10" Powered Subwoofer System (Black)
