Nice, I will try to get to this one. My church gig might keep me close to home this time, but I will definitely come to one of your events. I gotta hear these babies for myself, pushed in their natural environment. The Makie tops we are using are not my favorites. Replacing them with the EVs, I'm hoping will be a dramatic improvement. I prefer using flat, passive speakers rather than the more EQ'ed and compressed, gated/overly processed sound of some active speaker systems.
@J2Drummer well, you need to turn the purple nob clockwise on all vocals, then master FX nop up, it's the purple nob on the far right above the sub faders. And then you need to turn the EFFECTS RETURNS nobs (RIGHT BELOW THE LEXICON MARKING) up and assign them to where you want the FX, main, subs, aux1/aux2. For aux3, the FX is already there, all you have to do is turn the purple nobs. Please let me know if this doesn't help, I will do a video on it. Thanks for watching.
I have actually found another sound company on RUclips that is/was apparently using a couple interfaces, 2 laptops and a pair of wireless routers to stream the music to and from the stage as data with no physical snake at all. So I think this has already been done. That will make it easier to craft an off the shelf solution since I am now pretty sure that it is possible to eliminate the need for a snake altogether using those tools. "Tall cans" productions from California.
Yes, you can only use one of the onboard effects at a time. Man, if you can afford it, go with a studio live 16.0.2, I just purchase one, and I love it. you got all the flexibilities you need, 2 fx, 4 aux, 8 or 12 mono channels, 4 stereo channels. All processing you need is done onboard, so you don't have to carry a big rig wherever you go. This thing is amazing. Say you don't have the full $1200 to pay, you can buy it from AMS and pay 5 or 8 easy payments. You'll love it, believe me.
An Article on Prosound web written by an engineer named Tim Weaver explains "untethered mixing" Using a Mac Mini, a laptop and a wireless router, some interfaces, off the shelf software and a VNC connection to his laptop from his Macmini and he is wirelessly mixing and able to control his DAW from the stage. I am a PC guy myself, but this sounds pretty simple way to help avoid bringing a snake and still having perchannel/input control mixing wirelesly!
well, you have several options, 1 is to use a Xover, the other is to send all the low frequency instruments or signals to the sub on the mixer, then connect the sub output to the amp powering your subwoofers. it will be a good thing to use a graphic EQ to cut all frequencies above 120 HTZ, this way only the lows are going to your subwoofers. Or, if you have a low pass filter on your amp, use it to do the same thing. Let me know if you have any problems. Thank you.
The subs are for grouping vocals, drums or all the guitars if you want to control them with just one fader instead of 6 or 7. As for monitor mixes, you can only do 3 separate mix plus one mix out of the monitor out which in my opinion not bad for a mixer this size. As for your situation, I think you'd want a mixer with at least 6 aux, but if you wanna use an effects unit, you gonna have to give up one. I think the Soundcraft GB2R16 would be a better choice for your situation.
Yes, it does, but there are some limitations. For instance, the sub outs are not independent of the main mix if grouping channels together. The only way they would be independent is if you're separating, let's say low frequency instruments like bass and kick, from the main mix, then you can use them independently. Some of the aux sends are pre fader, some are post fader, and one of them is switchable to pre or post. A better option would be the presonus sl16.0.2. watch the video i have on it.thx
Good I like your demo on what is for what but one question? I have the fx16 im a dj and I record my mixes from most of the night in a cd where can I connect the cd recorder also what is the 2 rca trk return for that has on the back of the board I will apreciate if you can answer my questions thanks
Purchased a second analog snake of 100' (the other is 83'). Gigs on July 10th that might need 200 feet of snake.Looks like an interface into laptop connected to wireless router on the FOH assuming another interface out to another laptop wifi connected to the first one (Ableton) onstage. Simple as streaming music!? Transport and Data link layer issues,latency, errors etc and what protocol they are using, not to mention what front end/GUI? I'll figure this out before the 10th of July hopefully.
love your entheusiastic way on this. am for sure getting it :)
You save my life!!! Thanks so much for post this video!!!!!!! From italy.
Great video! Very clear and in depth.
Thanks man, I'm gonna check it out.
Great video
Nice, I will try to get to this one. My church gig might keep me close to home this time, but I will definitely come to one of your events. I gotta hear these babies for myself, pushed in their natural environment. The Makie tops we are using are not my favorites. Replacing them with the EVs, I'm hoping will be a dramatic improvement. I prefer using flat, passive speakers rather than the more EQ'ed and compressed, gated/overly processed sound of some active speaker systems.
Nice review :)
@J2Drummer well, you need to turn the purple nob clockwise on all vocals, then master FX nop up, it's the purple nob on the far right above the sub faders. And then you need to turn the EFFECTS RETURNS nobs (RIGHT BELOW THE LEXICON MARKING) up and assign them to where you want the FX, main, subs, aux1/aux2. For aux3, the FX is already there, all you have to do is turn the purple nobs. Please let me know if this doesn't help, I will do a video on it. Thanks for watching.
Those knob colors are awesome! The new models don't seem to have those.
I have actually found another sound company on RUclips that is/was apparently using a couple interfaces, 2 laptops and a pair of wireless routers to stream the music to and from the stage as data with no physical snake at all. So I think this has already been done. That will make it easier to craft an off the shelf solution since I am now pretty sure that it is possible to eliminate the need for a snake altogether using those tools. "Tall cans" productions from California.
Yes, you can only use one of the onboard effects at a time.
Man, if you can afford it, go with a studio live 16.0.2, I just purchase one, and I love it.
you got all the flexibilities you need, 2 fx, 4 aux, 8 or 12 mono channels, 4 stereo channels. All processing you need is done onboard, so you don't have to carry a big rig wherever you go. This thing is amazing. Say you don't have the full $1200 to pay, you can buy it from AMS and pay 5 or 8 easy payments. You'll love it, believe me.
An Article on Prosound web written by an engineer named Tim Weaver explains "untethered mixing"
Using a Mac Mini, a laptop and a wireless router, some interfaces, off the shelf software and a VNC connection to his laptop from his Macmini and he is wirelessly mixing and able to control his DAW from the stage. I am a PC guy myself, but this sounds pretty simple way to help avoid bringing a snake and still having perchannel/input control mixing wirelesly!
Quick question, what can I do if I want the track in to also come out through the monitor aux not just the main. Both main and aux
well, you have several options, 1 is to use a Xover, the other is to send all the low frequency instruments or signals to the sub on the mixer, then connect the sub output to the amp powering your subwoofers. it will be a good thing to use a graphic EQ to cut all frequencies above 120 HTZ, this way only the lows are going to your subwoofers. Or, if you have a low pass filter on your amp, use it to do the same thing. Let me know if you have any problems.
Thank you.
Is it possible to get effect(s) to direct out, how?
The subs are for grouping vocals, drums or all the guitars if you want to control them with just one fader instead of 6 or 7. As for monitor mixes, you can only do 3 separate mix plus one mix out of the monitor out which in my opinion not bad for a mixer this size. As for your situation, I think you'd want a mixer with at least 6 aux, but if you wanna use an effects unit, you gonna have to give up one. I think the Soundcraft GB2R16 would be a better choice for your situation.
Yes, it does, but there are some limitations. For instance, the sub outs are not independent of the main mix if grouping channels together. The only way they would be independent is if you're separating, let's say low frequency instruments like bass and kick, from the main mix, then you can use them independently. Some of the aux sends are pre fader, some are post fader, and one of them is switchable to pre or post. A better option would be the presonus sl16.0.2. watch the video i have on it.thx
Good I like your demo on what is for what but one question? I have the fx16 im a dj and I record my mixes from most of the night in a cd where can I connect the cd recorder also what is the 2 rca trk return for that has on the back of the board I will apreciate if you can answer my questions thanks
Purchased a second analog snake of 100' (the other is 83'). Gigs on July 10th that might need 200 feet of snake.Looks like an interface into laptop connected to wireless router on the FOH assuming another interface out to another laptop wifi connected to the first one (Ableton) onstage. Simple as streaming music!? Transport and Data link layer issues,latency, errors etc and what protocol they are using, not to mention what front end/GUI? I'll figure this out before the 10th of July hopefully.
No, problem. I have a show this saturday, it's in Upper Marlboro at a bar called the Zone.
Let me know if you wanna come.