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I am new student with very little audio enginring knowledget an audio academy in Singapore. Your lessons helped me to be steps ahead in my learning process. Thank you. Btw i am a rock/metal guitar player
There are a lot of people who really know what they are doing, there are few who can teach it well. You can teach. Thank you for your clear and detailed explanations.
Sadly as a dj in learning in my early years I've ran into some pretty bad theachers as a teen but now that I'm in my later thirties I've decided to try a professional tech guy 😅 but in all seriousness atleast I knew enough but want to improve better
This video is a great example of how a professional tutorial is done... Clear, concise, easy to follow and with no distracting background music! Really good. Thank you.
4 years ago, when I started I was in a full panic mode and couldn't find anything useful to help me understand the sound better, having these videos would be awesome, but now it's also pretty cool to watch them to make sure I'm not being dumb somewhere, thanks!
Kyle, your explanation of the audio recording engineering process is most systematic and elucidating. The last video with the shotgun mic was also so helpful. As a hobbyist in music and photography, I find myself getting fascinating information to help me to explore the subject. So thank you very much!
Being an old fellow, I listened to all genres of music and love songwriters and recording artists from the 30s to 80s. My favourite would be the wrecking crew, George Martin and the Beach Boys etc. So I appreciate all the recording engineering requires to give us such memorable soundtracks of our lives. Your teaching of the subject is the one I always wonder about but am afraid to ask, for I wouldn't know where to even begin. So thanks again.
Exactly the kind of tutorial for beginner yet determined level people like myself. I'd love to see a video like this explaining how everything works plugged into that at a live show with different scenarios. I'm bootstrapping now though I'd pay a lot for that later for helping me learn what I need to for IATSE work I'll eventually be doing mixing sound live! And of course recording my future band tracks for albums. This is the very first video and time finding your channel, can't wait to learn more! Thank you.
Very clear and most useful. I've used small mixers in the past, but they've generally lacked the facilities of a large mixer, so having everything explained in detail is really handy.
Very clear and concise video. On the Allen & Heath mixers (larger GL2400, GL2800, etc) you have to open the chassis to get to the direct out jumpers otherwise the faders will not change volume on the board in a recording situation per channel. I think that is a huge issue with their mixers and not something I had using say a Soundcraft LX7. I realize that they were designed primarily for live applications and live recording, but adding a button per channel would sure have helped. :)
I see that I'm the first to comment after the last comment issued 1 year ago. These courses have been so invaluable. I've commented before on your other videos, and still I find your videos to be one of the best. Thank you!
Outstanding! I wish I had found this channel BEFORE our performance. I rented a mixer because I've only got a 2-channel input on my DAI. I didn't quite know enough to make things sound good.
Very helpful video. I’m new to running sound and was having problems with feedback. This video gave me a complete breakdown on how to use a mixer proper. The unity levels on the slides helped me out a lot. Something I didn’t know.
You are very clear and concise with the information that you provided. I am laughing because to some people the mixing board can look rather intimidating..lol but you were able to break it down in a way that it’s simple to understand. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 great work from
Great job, Kyle ! Keep it up ! I'm learning on you.... God bless you and more power to your RUclips Channel. I'm SAM, watching you here in the Philippines, Mabuhay !
Thanks Kyle I was going to invest over $400 for a pre-amp/mixer etc. I need to first begin by using the correct balanced cables to reduce noise...a simple fix! Thanks very much.
You’ve done a good job of explaining this mixer. It was a little quick, and you might have rushed though the terminology, but that’s just my opinion. The only technical comment I have is on your description of logarithmic scale on the faders. The reason for logarithmic vs linear is that our ears work in a logarithmic manner, meaning that from a dB standpoint, each dB of change sounds the same to us. The apparent change from -10 to -9 is the same as 1 to 2.
That is true but irrelevant in this context. He is spot-on about working faders as close to "normal stop" (unity gain) as possible. Whenever I see a 1/3-open fader at a gig, I know the mixer hasn't got full control of the mix. It's very common and also indicates either ignorance or poor training. There is an idea called the "straight-line balance", meaning that when the balance is right to the ear, all the faders line up across the mixer, at normal-stop. Obviously you never "set and forget" but adjust all the time, but I worked with many superb mixers (people!) down the years, and the very best aimed for this. The other thing is that many desks (and mic inputs to other stuff) have gain in steps, not continuously variable ("thinking of you, Neve!), so you cannot mix on the gain presets, and they can also be a pain when setting up stereo pairs.
Great video. I've learned more in this one video than what I was able to pick up in 40 yrs. Seriously, I remember seeing Michael Jackson sitting at a mixer in the early 80's. Great work.
You are so Brilliant at Teaching ....I just can't believe myself....So easily an so comfortable you just made Me a Pro in one Lesson. Others Confuse Us. But U R Simple Straight An To The Point. No chance of Confusion. Just Need Attention An Go Along The Lesson's You R A Masters Of All.. So I Call U Sir U deserve Godbless Takecare All The Best
Im an old fart, so I know all of this - still, it was a damn good video for beginners. And nicely cut, worded and produced. Kudos! I will recommend this to any newcommer.
great video! I know most of this stuff, but needed to know how direct outputs and inserts behave, and found it right away :) ima recommend this to anyone who needs to know how to deal with a live board.
Great video, extremely helpful and informative. One thing that could be better is the picture and image quality of the mixer here and on your website. With most still images, you can't read the text on the mixer.
@@AudioUniversity I use my mixer as a summing board but I also use the aux sends to apply outboard FX I.e. reverbs and delays and also channel inserts to process outboard compressors, EQ and tube enhancers. Then I record that all back into the DAW as a stereo 2 track
Thanks for the lesson. I am surprised that I had no idea on how to set a Mixer; as long as I heard some sound, I believed all was well. Thanks once again.
Awesome video! I always wondered how inserts worked... One comment, at 6:55. For studio mixing, I've always taken the opposite approach, where I keep the monitors at a higher volume and send less signal. I've found this gives less distortion since the speakers have all the power they need. It does probably mean a lower signal/noise ratio though.
I always say to people who get scared of big consoles : you just need to learn how one channel works and all of the rest are exactly the same. It's really not that hard to learn how to use mixing consoles. You need to understand, mic input, line input / output, groups, master output, aux output, inserts, gain, eq and that's about it. I really miss the old days when we had a 32 channel mixer with 8 groups in our studio - it was an old Mackie, it wasn't a good console but it was so much fun to work with, with compressors on the insert channels and we had a Lexicon and Alesis reverbs on aux channels and it was just fun working that way :D
Please sir upload more video on your audio university youtube channel ...it is my favorite youtube channel ... Best audio engineer learn tutorial .. please sir upload mixing mastering video .. please sir please
6:40. Push back time. Gain stage shouldn’t be set based on how loud something needs to be in the mix. It’s quite important to set your gain stage correctly because the fader controls overall volume, and the gain knob controls the amount of electricity actually passing through the microphone, or DI. For example. The more you gain up a microphone the bigger you’re making the pickup pattern which can very easily induce feedback. If the gain is set correctly the mic is operating with a much smaller field of pickup thus making it easier to control the overall volume of the source in the mix, as well as eliminating needles background noise, and making feedback much easier to control.
Hi Sean! Good to hear from you! I think the way that you and I set up gain structure is much more similar than it might appear. With the input fader and master fader at unity, setting the preamp gain based on how loud the source needs to be is a way to minimize noise and feedback potential. Of course, the assumption here is that the amplifier is set to the appropriate level and the amplifier/speakers are properly equipped to supply the SPL needed. In this video on PA system setup, I show the process I use to set this up: ruclips.net/video/Avaa4_702eM/видео.html I do need to push back on some things in your comment... First, the pickup pattern of the microphone is independent of the preamp gain setting. No matter how the preamp gain is set, the microphone will output the same signal to the preamp. Adding more gain to the signal does appear to extend the reach of the microphone pickup pattern, but that's just because the signal as a whole is amplified. The pickup pattern stays the same. Second, the gain knob doesn't affect the electricity passing through the microphone or DI. The microphone diaphragm oscillates with the sound pressure waves, which creates a mic level voltage on the microphone-side of the input transformer. On the preamp-side of the input transformer, that mic level signal can be amplified, but the signal from the microphone is exactly the same regardless of the gain setting. I think we agree that amplifying the microphone signal only as much as necessary will help to avoid clipping, minimize noise, and minimize harmonic distortion, while leaving headroom before feedback occurs. This concept is more thoroughly explained in this video on gain staging: ruclips.net/video/TCBHysRV4vs/видео.html
@@AudioUniversity you're assuming all PA speakers are active/amplilfied. What if you are using passive speakers. You have a choice of running the master fader at unity and lowering the preamp gain OR setting your preamp gain as recommended in most manuals (using the PFL and meter to get a max signal near 0db) and adjusting your master fader to control room volume. Is one method preferred over the other?
@@AudioUniversity This does not work like that. First of all, this is more like audio grammar school or nursery level of stuff you are teaching. Albeit that - very well done, kudos to that. Your videos are good and you do present your subject really well. And I do believe your channel is really good for beginners in audio industry. But for preamp gain or gain staging - especially when you have analog MixWiz to show...Nope, not like that. In order to get healthy preamp signal you need to dial gain to clipping stage and then back some. To maximize sound to noize ratio. This is how analog mixers (like MixWiz) were designed for - even with low rail voltage. Then you can use your insert points and even D.O. to feed optimal signal to external recorders / processors. Same for pre-fade auxes... Does not make any sense to use preamp gain as a volume fader and then sacrifice all other processes downstream. Mixer faders are your volume. Not gain pot. With digital systems you have bigger operational window. But same thing applies - why not to get the best signal to noize ratio for your AD converters.
I'm so glad to see that I wasn't alone in my horror. You should never use the gain knob for 'volume adjustment'. The explanation of the channel strip layout and functions was great, but setting master and channel faders to unity and then adjusting channel volume with the gain knob is just a recipe for disaster.
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I am new student with very little audio enginring knowledget an audio academy in Singapore. Your lessons helped me to be steps ahead in my learning process. Thank you. Btw i am a rock/metal guitar player
thank you again, young sir. :-)
Thanks for watching!
Great tutorial. Have you done a video on dj mixers or does it work the same ?
There are a lot of people who really know what they are doing, there are few who can teach it well. You can teach. Thank you for your clear and detailed explanations.
Thanks, Jeffrey!
Yea his cool.
Great voice too 😍
Good video and explanation. Well done sir!👍😊
Sadly as a dj in learning in my early years I've ran into some pretty bad theachers as a teen but now that I'm in my later thirties I've decided to try a professional tech guy 😅 but in all seriousness atleast I knew enough but want to improve better
This video is a great example of how a professional tutorial is done... Clear, concise, easy to follow and with no distracting background music! Really good. Thank you.
Thanks, J! Glad it’s helpful!
Yeah finally, No: "but first lets talk a little about me, when I was nine years old..."
4 years ago, when I started I was in a full panic mode and couldn't find anything useful to help me understand the sound better, having these videos would be awesome, but now it's also pretty cool to watch them to make sure I'm not being dumb somewhere, thanks!
Cannot say how much good you are in teaching 👍👍👍. Calm, precise and to the point. Love it. Appreciate it.
Yeah, honestly man you’re one of the most talented teachers I’ve ever witnessed. Please keep doing this.
Thank you, Alexander! I really appreciate that.
Kyle, your explanation of the audio recording engineering process is most systematic and elucidating. The last video with the shotgun mic was also so helpful. As a hobbyist in music and photography, I find myself getting fascinating information to help me to explore the subject. So thank you very much!
Thanks for watching, Sunny! I'm glad to hear this.
Being an old fellow, I listened to all genres of music and love songwriters and recording artists from the 30s to 80s. My favourite would be the wrecking crew, George Martin and the Beach Boys etc. So I appreciate all the recording engineering requires to give us such memorable soundtracks of our lives. Your teaching of the subject is the one I always wonder about but am afraid to ask, for I wouldn't know where to even begin. So thanks again.
Thank you! Just volunteered for AV guy at my church... I know your teaching will be a massive help to me / my little church.
Exactly the kind of tutorial for beginner yet determined level people like myself. I'd love to see a video like this explaining how everything works plugged into that at a live show with different scenarios. I'm bootstrapping now though I'd pay a lot for that later for helping me learn what I need to for IATSE work I'll eventually be doing mixing sound live! And of course recording my future band tracks for albums. This is the very first video and time finding your channel, can't wait to learn more! Thank you.
Very clear and most useful. I've used small mixers in the past, but they've generally lacked the facilities of a large mixer, so having everything explained in detail is really handy.
I'm managing a big project for my school (we have a night in which all bands perform). This video is helping me out a lot! You're a talented teacher
Glad to help, Mees! Thanks for watching.
Very clear and concise video. On the Allen & Heath mixers (larger GL2400, GL2800, etc) you have to open the chassis to get to the direct out jumpers otherwise the faders will not change volume on the board in a recording situation per channel. I think that is a huge issue with their mixers and not something I had using say a Soundcraft LX7. I realize that they were designed primarily for live applications and live recording, but adding a button per channel would sure have helped. :)
I see that I'm the first to comment after the last comment issued 1 year ago. These courses have been so invaluable. I've commented before on your other videos, and still I find your videos to be one of the best. Thank you!
Thanks again, J H.g! I’m glad you’re finding value in the videos.
I watched a lot of videos of this content, but you explain it by far the best.
Really clear and no fluff. Better than my teachers.
This is quite possibly the best mixing console instruction I have ever seen. Thank you!
speaking of loudness, setting it up on the amplifier instead of cranking the master fader is gold!
This has made me feel better about my knowledge of mixers, hope I can hold my own whenever I get to see one!
Outstanding! I wish I had found this channel BEFORE our performance. I rented a mixer because I've only got a 2-channel input on my DAI. I didn't quite know enough to make things sound good.
Very helpful video. I’m new to running sound and was having problems with feedback. This video gave me a complete breakdown on how to use a mixer proper. The unity levels on the slides helped me out a lot. Something I didn’t know.
You are very clear and concise with the information that you provided. I am laughing because to some people the mixing board can look rather intimidating..lol but you were able to break it down in a way that it’s simple to understand. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 great work from
Thanks, @Regal Tone T! That’s what I like to hear!
@@AudioUniversity your welcome bro, you should become a teacher.
You are a very small channel on RUclips but one of the best. Seriously quality videos here mate.
Thanks, JD! I’d be very grateful if you’d help spread the word about the Audio University channel!
Great job, Kyle ! Keep it up ! I'm learning on you.... God bless you and more power to your RUclips Channel. I'm SAM, watching you here in the Philippines, Mabuhay !
Very informative thank you I am a front of house engineer as well as studio but now this boosts my confidence to set up pa's.
Glad to hear that! Thanks for watching!
That’s my first time hearing and watching your videos, I really appreciate the way you talk
thank you for this omg i have a practical test on this stuff in an hour and i've been stressing so much, this is a great refresher!!
Thanks Kyle I was going to invest over $400 for a pre-amp/mixer etc. I need to first begin by using the correct balanced cables to reduce noise...a simple fix! Thanks very much.
You’ve done a good job of explaining this mixer. It was a little quick, and you might have rushed though the terminology, but that’s just my opinion.
The only technical comment I have is on your description of logarithmic scale on the faders. The reason for logarithmic vs linear is that our ears work in a logarithmic manner, meaning that from a dB standpoint, each dB of change sounds the same to us. The apparent change from -10 to -9 is the same as 1 to 2.
I was about to comment about the same thing but your words describe it perfectly lol
That is true but irrelevant in this context.
He is spot-on about working faders as close to "normal stop" (unity gain) as possible.
Whenever I see a 1/3-open fader at a gig, I know the mixer hasn't got full control of the mix. It's very common and also indicates either ignorance or poor training.
There is an idea called the "straight-line balance", meaning that when the balance is right to the ear, all the faders line up across the mixer, at normal-stop.
Obviously you never "set and forget" but adjust all the time, but I worked with many superb mixers (people!) down the years, and the very best aimed for this.
The other thing is that many desks (and mic inputs to other stuff) have gain in steps, not continuously variable ("thinking of you, Neve!), so you cannot mix on the gain presets, and they can also be a pain when setting up stereo pairs.
dB is already a logarithmic scale, the reason faders aren't linears is you can't have 3 meters long faders.
Great video. I've learned more in this one video than what I was able to pick up in 40 yrs. Seriously, I remember seeing Michael Jackson sitting at a mixer in the early 80's. Great work.
Great presentation.... Very clear & straight to the point.... 👌👌👌👏👏👏 An unique & worthy channel for any audiophile. Thank you Mr. AudioUniversity...👍😊
Thank you!
You are a Gold Standard Teacher..
Wow! Thanks, Haharu Records!
Very helpful thanks Kyle! I love watching your videos because they are so clear and concise!
Happy to help!
Your videos are truly excellent. I appreciate your simple, but clear, explanations. Many thanks.
Thanks, Calvin!
My first language is not English but I can understand you really good and I'm learning a lot thanks you and God bless you
You are so Brilliant at Teaching ....I just can't believe myself....So easily an so comfortable you just made Me a Pro in one Lesson.
Others Confuse Us.
But U R Simple Straight An To The Point.
No chance of Confusion.
Just Need Attention An Go Along The Lesson's
You R A Masters Of All..
So I Call U Sir
U deserve
Godbless
Takecare
All The Best
Why is it so clear to understand you?
I sold my Mixer on eBay last year. Because I didn’t understand their manual book
This video is pretty damn good. Thank you Kyle. This is extremely informative. Whoever disliked this video must be a serious hater.
Thanks, Sam. I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Just applied to my 1st time using and operating this mixer... Thanks for the tutorials bro... 🎼
Im an old fart, so I know all of this - still, it was a damn good video for beginners. And nicely cut, worded and produced. Kudos! I will recommend this to any newcommer.
Thank you!
Thank you much. I enjoy your delivery. Best wishes from the heart!
I am so proud of the job you did in this video.
Thanks!
great video! I know most of this stuff, but needed to know how direct outputs and inserts behave, and found it right away :) ima recommend this to anyone who needs to know how to deal with a live board.
Thanks! Glad to hear that!
Thank you brother, that was one of the best educational videos I've seen
Thanks for watching!
En frencais
You are a great Tutor. I love every bit of your tutorial.
You are an outstanding teacher without a doubt>
You’re really organized bro. Beautiful presentation... thanks for sharing
Love your teaching. Very clear and understood. Thankyou.
These are so good. You crush these tutorials.
Great video, extremely helpful and informative.
One thing that could be better is the picture and image quality of the mixer here and on your website.
With most still images, you can't read the text on the mixer.
Excellent video!!! I'm glad I found your channel. I definitely gonna learn more. Very little out there that can teach and explain things properly.
Thanks!
Thanks for watching, Troy!
I think when more new audio guys try mixers in their studios they will want to keep using them. The audio benefits are worth it.
I agree! How do you use yours?
@@AudioUniversity I use my mixer as a summing board but I also use the aux sends to apply outboard FX I.e. reverbs and delays and also channel inserts to process outboard compressors, EQ and tube enhancers. Then I record that all back into the DAW as a stereo 2 track
I've watched alot of audio videos & yours are excellent.. Thanks..
Thanks, Harkit! I’m glad you think so!
Fantastic will be watching more, just can't learn enough about mixing
This tutorial was extremely helpful. Thank you for sharing your expertise!
Excellent presentation, very informative and professional...keep on rockin, Man excellent commentary
Thanks, Chuck!
Its wonderful ,from Africa Ethiopia
Appreciate the easy way of teaching. thanks a lot 🙂🙂🙂🙂
Thanks for the lesson. I am surprised that I had no idea on how to set a Mixer; as long as I heard some sound, I believed all was well. Thanks once again.
Awesome video! I always wondered how inserts worked...
One comment, at 6:55. For studio mixing, I've always taken the opposite approach, where I keep the monitors at a higher volume and send less signal. I've found this gives less distortion since the speakers have all the power they need. It does probably mean a lower signal/noise ratio though.
most "serious" analog amp work best at max power so it doesn't surprise me.
This is a really great resource for me. Thank you!
I'm glad it's helpful to you, Jasmine! Thanks for watching!
Excellent tutorial on Audio Mixing console. 👏🏼👏🏼
This video is pretty cool, and useful, highly recommend!
I always say to people who get scared of big consoles : you just need to learn how one channel works and all of the rest are exactly the same. It's really not that hard to learn how to use mixing consoles. You need to understand, mic input, line input / output, groups, master output, aux output, inserts, gain, eq and that's about it. I really miss the old days when we had a 32 channel mixer with 8 groups in our studio - it was an old Mackie, it wasn't a good console but it was so much fun to work with, with compressors on the insert channels and we had a Lexicon and Alesis reverbs on aux channels and it was just fun working that way :D
One of the last channels that isn't pure utterly useless waste of time click bait BS 🙄.
Actually usefull content.
Hello sir ,your tutorial is best, knowledgeable.Thank you sir.
Dude! Your channel is so awesome.
Phew!!!! Finally what I needed. Thanks
Atta boy. Smooth delivery.
Very very useful to us from India, chennai
An excellent tutorial. Thank you!
Glad to help, Dimitris! Thanks for watching.
It would also be helpful to do a feature on digital mixers as this is where the live sound industry is moving toward.
You are absolutely amazing. You truly are.
Fantastic info Kyle - thank you for sharing!
Nice one, I'd like to see how you can use it in a DAW and also combine it with effects such as Compressors. I'd love to have some analog gear myself
Please sir upload more video on your audio university youtube channel ...it is my favorite youtube channel ... Best audio engineer learn tutorial .. please sir upload mixing mastering video .. please sir please
Check out this video: ruclips.net/video/NOadpYfHxIQ/видео.html
Brilliant video! Just what I needed!
Thanks! Glad to help.
Thanks for your very well planned explanation. Appreciate it very much.
Really like your way of explaining thanks
My pleasure! Glad to help.
Really simple explanation, thank you
Thanks for watching, @Gatherers!
You're The Legend 🪄✨❤️
Thanks!
You re' with bright skills my brother you know how to do it
Great video. I hope you can post more like this one. Thank you!
Thanks, Jopa! What other topics would you like to see me cover?
6:40. Push back time. Gain stage shouldn’t be set based on how loud something needs to be in the mix. It’s quite important to set your gain stage correctly because the fader controls overall volume, and the gain knob controls the amount of electricity actually passing through the microphone, or DI. For example. The more you gain up a microphone the bigger you’re making the pickup pattern which can very easily induce feedback. If the gain is set correctly the mic is operating with a much smaller field of pickup thus making it easier to control the overall volume of the source in the mix, as well as eliminating needles background noise, and making feedback much easier to control.
But other than that there is some very good information in this video.
Hi Sean! Good to hear from you!
I think the way that you and I set up gain structure is much more similar than it might appear. With the input fader and master fader at unity, setting the preamp gain based on how loud the source needs to be is a way to minimize noise and feedback potential. Of course, the assumption here is that the amplifier is set to the appropriate level and the amplifier/speakers are properly equipped to supply the SPL needed. In this video on PA system setup, I show the process I use to set this up: ruclips.net/video/Avaa4_702eM/видео.html
I do need to push back on some things in your comment...
First, the pickup pattern of the microphone is independent of the preamp gain setting. No matter how the preamp gain is set, the microphone will output the same signal to the preamp. Adding more gain to the signal does appear to extend the reach of the microphone pickup pattern, but that's just because the signal as a whole is amplified. The pickup pattern stays the same.
Second, the gain knob doesn't affect the electricity passing through the microphone or DI. The microphone diaphragm oscillates with the sound pressure waves, which creates a mic level voltage on the microphone-side of the input transformer. On the preamp-side of the input transformer, that mic level signal can be amplified, but the signal from the microphone is exactly the same regardless of the gain setting.
I think we agree that amplifying the microphone signal only as much as necessary will help to avoid clipping, minimize noise, and minimize harmonic distortion, while leaving headroom before feedback occurs. This concept is more thoroughly explained in this video on gain staging: ruclips.net/video/TCBHysRV4vs/видео.html
@@AudioUniversity you're assuming all PA speakers are active/amplilfied. What if you are using passive speakers. You have a choice of running the master fader at unity and lowering the preamp gain OR setting your preamp gain as recommended in most manuals (using the PFL and meter to get a max signal near 0db) and adjusting your master fader to control room volume. Is one method preferred over the other?
@@AudioUniversity This does not work like that. First of all, this is more like audio grammar school or nursery level of stuff you are teaching. Albeit that - very well done, kudos to that. Your videos are good and you do present your subject really well. And I do believe your channel is really good for beginners in audio industry.
But for preamp gain or gain staging - especially when you have analog MixWiz to show...Nope, not like that. In order to get healthy preamp signal you need to dial gain to clipping stage and then back some. To maximize sound to noize ratio. This is how analog mixers (like MixWiz) were designed for - even with low rail voltage. Then you can use your insert points and even D.O. to feed optimal signal to external recorders / processors. Same for pre-fade auxes... Does not make any sense to use preamp gain as a volume fader and then sacrifice all other processes downstream.
Mixer faders are your volume. Not gain pot. With digital systems you have bigger operational window. But same thing applies - why not to get the best signal to noize ratio for your AD converters.
I'm so glad to see that I wasn't alone in my horror. You should never use the gain knob for 'volume adjustment'. The explanation of the channel strip layout and functions was great, but setting master and channel faders to unity and then adjusting channel volume with the gain knob is just a recipe for disaster.
Great teaching skills, thanks!
THANK YOU for your wonderful service on teaching us.. LIKE to get more knowledge on this subject..
Thanks for watching!
Your instruction is very helpful.
Glad to help, Vinh! Thanks for watching.
Thank you for this. I really learned a lot!!! GOD bless you!
This helped me in my intro to music technology class
Informative video very well explained. Thanks!
Thanks for all your vids, I got some good basics out of them.
Glad you like them! Thanks for your support, BOBOUDA!
great video well detailed
Thanks for the information. Watching all the way from Vanuatu 😁😀👍🔥🔥🇻🇺🇻🇺🇻🇺
This was very informative. Thank you
Glad to help!
Absolutely awsome sir,thanku😊
For years I thought Alchemist was a mute yet this was pretty good.
It's another very useful video sir 😊 thank you 😊
I'm glad you like the video, Ken Jaspen Dela Cruz! Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the information, I needed it!
Very cool, many thanks.
So wonderful. 🙏 thank you