Behringer X32 DIGITAL MIXER Reference guide

Brand: Behringer

Model: X32 DIGITAL MIXER

Category: Audio equalizers

Type: Reference guide

Behringer X32 DIGITAL MIXER: With 40 input channels, 25 mix buses, and an array of effects and processing tools, this digital mixer offers extensive capabilities for live sound reinforcement, studio recording, and more. Its 32 programmable MIDAS preamps and 25 motorized faders provide precise control over levels, while the 7-inch touchscreen interface allows for intuitive operation. The X32 also features a built-in effects rack with 8 stereo multi-FX slots and a dedicated channel strip section for quick access to essential parameters.

SBF

SOUND SYSTEM TRAINING AND

REFERENCE MANUAL

Revision 1.0

Contents

1.0 SETTING UP THE SERVICE ............................................................................................................................ 1

2.0 SETTING UP THE BAND................................................................................................................................ 2

2.1 PIANO (OPTIONAL VOCALS) .................................................................................................................... 3

2.2 ACOUSTIC GUITAR (OPTIONAL VOCALS) ................................................................................................. 4

2.3 VOCALIST ................................................................................................................................................. 5

2.4 BASS GUITAR ........................................................................................................................................... 6

2.4 DRUMS .................................................................................................................................................... 7

2.5 KEYBOARD (OPTIONAL VOCALS) ............................................................................................................. 8

2.6 ELECTRIC GUITAR (OPTIONAL VOCALS) .................................................................................................. 9

2.7 ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS (OPTIONAL VOCALS) ...................................................................................10

3.0 CONFIGURING THE SOUND BOARD ..........................................................................................................12

3.1 CONFIGURING FOR A BASIC SERVICE (NO BAND) .................................................................................14

3.2 CONFIGURING FOR A FULL SERVICE (WITH BAND) ...............................................................................16

4.0 USING THE SOUND BOARD .......................................................................................................................20

4.1 CONFIGURING CHANNELS (GAIN/EQ) ...................................................................................................20

4.2 MUTE GROUPS ......................................................................................................................................22

4.3 STAGE MONITOR CONFIGURATION ......................................................................................................23

4.4 THE MATRIX – SUB, MAINS AND BUILDING ..........................................................................................25

4.5 ADDING FX ............................................................................................................................................26

5.0 FX150 MONITOR .......................................................................................................................................27

5.1 CONFIGURING THE MONITOR...............................................................................................................27

5.2 USING THE MONITOR............................................................................................................................28

5.3 ADJUSTING THE MONITOR CHANNELS .................................................................................................29

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1.0 SETTING UP THE SERVICE

To set up a basic service, the only configuration that is required on the stage is to connect microphones to

either or both of the inputs labelled Podium 1 and Podium 2 in the stage plate at the front of the stage (see

illustration below).

The wireless microphone, the Presentation PC, the Audio PC and the hearing loop are all pre-configured on

the sound board and require no setup.

Figure 1 - Basic Service Podium Connections

If you don’t have a band then you should proceed to Section 3.0 which details how to configure the sound

board. If you do have a band, continue on to Section 2.0 (the next section).

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2.0 SETTING UP THE BAND

In addition to setting up the basic service as outlined in Section 1.0, if you have a band it will be necessary to

configure monitors, hook up instruments and microphones. The following sections provide specific details

for a cross section of common configurations encountered at SBF.

As you set up the band, it is helpful to use one of the provided worksheets (see illustration below) to record

the stage setup up and simplify configuring the sound board.

Figure 2 - SBF Stage Map (available as worksheet)

Once the band is set up, you should proceed to Section 3.0 to configure the sound board.

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2.1 PIANO (OPTIONAL VOCALS)

Place one of the FX150 monitors on the left side of the piano and run an XLR cable from one of the

monitor feeds under the back stage plate to INPUT 1 on the monitor. Now hook up the power

supply to the monitor, and plug it in to an outlet under the stage plate.

OPTIONAL VOCALS: If the piano player is going to use a vocal mic as well, then run an XLR cable from

the microphone, into the INPUT 2 on the FX150 and then run an additional XLR cable from the THRU

connection into an input channel under the stage plate – note the channel number and musician on

the worksheet.

Finally, run an XLR cable from the microphone inside the piano, to CH8 (labelled PIANO) under the

stage plate – note the channel number and label it piano on the worksheet.

Make sure the monitor is OFF, check the settings on the back panel and reset the monitor to defaults

– See Section 9.1.

The piano is now configured. See the section on using the FX150 monitor and remind the musician

how to use the monitor.

In this configuration:

 INPUT 1 on the FX150 controls the monitor level

 INPUT 2 on the FX150 controls the voice level (OPTIONAL)

 The MASTER knob controls the overall level of the monitor

Figure 3 - Monitor Setup for Piano

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2.2 ACOUSTIC GUITAR (OPTIONAL VOCALS)

Place one of the FX150 monitors on a mic stand (if setting up for vocals) or a music stand and run an

XLR cable from one of the monitor feeds under a nearby stage plate to INPUT 1 on the monitor.

Now hook up the power supply to the monitor, and plug it in to an outlet under the stage plate.

Run a ¼” cable from the guitar to the instrument input on a DI box, and then run one of the special

¼” to 1/8” cables from the through connection on the DI box into the AUX input on the FX150. Now

run an XLR cable from the DI XLR output into an input channel under the stage plate – note the

channel number and musician on the worksheet.

Figure 4 - Acoustic Guitar DI Configuration (typical DI shown)

OPTIONAL VOCALS: Run an XLR cable from the microphone to INPUT 2 on the FX150, and then run an

XLR cable from the THRU connection into an input channel under the stage plate – note the channel

number and musician on the worksheet.

Make sure the monitor is OFF, check the settings on the back panel and reset the monitor to defaults

– See Section 9.1.

The guitarist is now configured with optional vocals. See the section on using the FX150 monitor and

remind the musician how to use the monitor.

In this configuration:

 INPUT 1 on the FX150 controls the monitor level

 INPUT 2 on the FX150 controls the voice level (OPTIONAL)

 AUX on the FX150 controls the guitar level

 The MASTER knob controls the overall level of the monitor

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Figure 5 - Monitor Setup for Acoustic Guitar

2.3 VOCALIST

Place one of the FX150 monitors on a mic stand and run an XLR cable from one of the monitor feeds

under a nearby stage plate to INPUT 1 on the monitor. Now hook up the power supply to the

monitor, and plug it in to an outlet under the stage plate.

Run an XLR cable from the microphone to INPUT 2 on the FX150, and then run an XLR cable from the

THRU connection into an input channel under the stage plate – note the channel number and

musician on the worksheet.

Make sure the monitor is OFF, check the settings on the back panel and reset the monitor to defaults

– See Section 9.1.

The vocalist is now configured. See the section on using the FX150 monitor and remind the musician

how to use the monitor.

In this configuration:

 INPUT 1 on the FX150 controls the monitor level

 INPUT 2 on the FX150 controls the voice level

 The MASTER knob controls the overall level of the monitor

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Figure 6 - Monitor Setup for Vocalist

2.4 BASS GUITAR

The bass guitar uses one of the single channel Voice Solo powered monitors placed on the floor.

Simply connect an XLR cable from the MIC/LINE IN input on the monitor (see illustration below) to

one of the monitor outs in the stage plate next to the bass amp, and plug in the power cord to one of

the outlets. The monitor should then be turned on – individual volume for the monitor can be

controlled by the bass player using the volume knob. This adjusts the entire mix, customization of

the mix is not available.

The DI outlet from the bass amp should now be connected to the input labelled BASS in the stage

plate using a short XLR cable, this connects the bass amp signal to the pre-configured sound board

channel.

Figure 7 - Monitor Setup for Bass

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2.4 DRUMS

Use one of the single channel powered Voice Solo monitors for the drummer, mounted on the short

stand and pointed towards the drummer.

Simply connect an XLR cable from the MIC/LINE IN input on the monitor (see illustration below) to

one of the monitor outs in the stage plate next to the drums (on the back left side of the stage, when

facing from the auditorium), and plug in the power cord to one of the outlets. The monitor should

then be turned on – individual volume for the monitor can be controlled by the drummer using the

volume knob. This adjusts the entire mix, customization of the mix is not available.

Figure 8 - Monitor Setup for Drums

The snare and kick drum are intended to be miced and there is a specific microphone for each.

Connect each microphone to the kick and snare inputs located under the stage plate – these have

been prelabeled and configured at the sound board.

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2.5 KEYBOARD (OPTIONAL VOCALS)

Place one of the FX150 monitors on a mic stand (if setting up for vocals), on a music stand or sitting

on the top of the keyboard and run an XLR cable from one of the monitor feeds under a nearby stage

plate to INPUT 1 on the monitor. Now hook up the power supply to the monitor, and plug it in to an

outlet under the stage plate.

Run a ¼” cable from the keyboard MONO out to a DI box, and then run one of the special ¼” to 1/8”

cables from the DI box into the AUX input on the FX150. Now run an XLR cable from the DI into an

input channel under the stage plate – note the channel number and musician on the worksheet.

Figure 9 - Keyboard DI Configuration (typical DI shown)

OPTIONAL VOCALS: Run an XLR cable from the microphone to INPUT 2 on the FX150, and then run an

XLR cable from the THRU connection into an input channel under the stage plate – note the channel

number and musician on the worksheet.

Make sure the monitor is OFF, check the settings on the back panel and reset the monitor to defaults

– See Section 9.1.

The keyboard is now configured. See the section on using the FX150 monitor and remind the

musician how to use the monitor.

In this configuration:

 INPUT 1 on the FX150 controls the monitor level

 INPUT 2 on the FX150 controls the voice level (OPTIONAL)

 AUX on the FX150 controls the keyboard level

 The MASTER knob controls the overall level of the monitor

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Figure 10 - Monitor Setup for Keyboard

2.6 ELECTRIC GUITAR (OPTIONAL VOCALS)

Electric guitars cannot be directly plugged into the sound system using a DI, they must use a

traditional amplifier with a microphone, or a guitar processor.

Place one of the FX150 monitors on a mic stand (if setting up for vocals), a music stand or on the

stage and run an XLR cable from one of the monitor feeds under a nearby stage plate to INPUT 1 on

the monitor. Now hook up the power supply to the monitor, and plug it in to an outlet under the

stage plate.

If the guitarist is using a guitar processor, run one of the special ¼” to 1/8” cables from the guitar

processor into the AUX input on the FX150. Now run an XLR cable from the guitar processor into an

input channel under the stage plate – note the channel number and musician on the worksheet.

If the guitarist is using an amplifier, then you must use a microphone on the amplifier, and run an

XLR cable from the microphone into an input channel under the stage plate – note the channel

number and musician on the worksheet. There is no need to run any signal from the guitar into the

monitor if a traditional amp is being used, since the amplifier can be heard on stage.

OPTIONAL VOCALS: Run an XLR cable from the microphone to INPUT 2 on the FX150, and then run an

XLR cable from the THRU connection into an input channel under the stage plate – note the channel

number and musician on the worksheet.

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Make sure the monitor is OFF, check the settings on the back panel and reset the monitor to defaults

– See Section 9.1.

The electric guitarist is now configured with optional vocals. See the section on using the FX150

monitor and remind the musician how to use the monitor.

In this configuration:

 INPUT 1 on the FX150 controls the monitor level

 INPUT 2 on the FX150 controls the voice level (OPTIONAL)

 AUX on the FX150 controls the guitar level (IF USING A GUITAR PROCESSOR)

 The MASTER knob controls the overall level of the monitor

Figure 11 - Monitor Setup for Electric Guitarist

2.7 ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS (OPTIONAL VOCALS)

Other types of instruments that don’t directly plug in to the sound system including acoustic guitars

with no preamp, flutes, violins, etc. require the use of a microphone and it is not necessary to

provide any input into the monitors because the instrument can be heard on stage.

Place one of the FX150 monitors on a mic stand (if setting up for vocals), a music stand or on the

stage and run an XLR cable from one of the monitor feeds under a nearby stage plate to INPUT 1 on

the monitor. Now hook up the power supply to the monitor, and plug it in to an outlet under the

stage plate.

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Now set up a microphone to pick up the instrument, and run an XLR cable from the microphone to

an input channel under the stage plate – note the channel number and musician on the worksheet.

OPTIONAL VOCALS: Run an XLR cable from the microphone to INPUT 2 on the FX150, and then run an

XLR cable from the THRU connection into an input channel under the stage plate – note the channel

number and musician on the worksheet.

Make sure the monitor is OFF, check the settings on the back panel and reset the monitor to defaults

– See Section 9.1.

The musician is now configured with optional vocals. See the section on using the FX150 monitor

and remind the musician how to use the monitor.

In this configuration:

 INPUT 1 on the FX150 controls the monitor level

 INPUT 2 on the FX150 controls the voice level (OPTIONAL)

 The MASTER knob controls the overall level of the monitor

Figure 12 - Monitor Setup for Acoustic Instrument

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3.0 CONFIGURING THE SOUND BOARD

The sound system is turned on by using the switch on the power bar, turning the switch on will turn on the

sound board, and the amplifiers.

Once the power is turned on, the board will boot up and when it gets to the home screen it is ready to use.

The first thing you want to do is confirm that the digital snake at the stage has connected and the connection

lights are showing green (see Figure 13 below) you should have a green square beside the line that says

A:S16 at the top of the screen.

Figure 13 - Digital Snake Connection Indication

If not – you need to reset the digital snake on stage – open the access panel on the right of the stage and

unplug the S16, wait for a few seconds and plug it back in (see Figure 14 below). Now check the status of the

connection lights on the sound board.

Figure 14 - Resetting the S16 Digital Snake

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When the board starts up it will be in the exact state it was left in by the previous sound person.

Now that the board is powered on, you will need to load an appropriate scene as a starting point to work

from. Don’t just assume that the board is ready to go as it will be configured according to how it was last

used. There are two options:

Option 1 - a basic service with no band, just a speaker and maybe some visuals.

Option 2 – adds a band to the basic service.

Scene management is accomplished using the SCENE section of the sound board, located on the far right (see

Figure 15 below).

Figure 15 - Scene section of the X32

On the far left of the board you will see two buttons labelled BAND and SERVICE, these will be referenced

later on in the manual.

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3.1 CONFIGURING FOR A BASIC SERVICE (NO BAND)

For a basic service with no band – you will want to load the SBF Default scene – this is accomplished

by going to the SCENE section on the far right of the sound board, and pressing the VIEW button

(circled below).

Figure 16 - Selecting the SCENE View

The screen will then show a page that is mostly blank, because we don’t use this feature – you will

need to use the right arrow key to move over to the SCENE tab.

Figure 17 - Home Screen showing SCENES tab

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Once on the SCENES tab, you can then use the LOAD knob to highlight the SBF Default scene and

then press the LOAD knob to activate the scene (see Figure 18). You will be asked to confirm using

the right arrow button.

Figure 18 - Loading Scene into X32

Now the board is configured to a default starting point, with all channels muted, and only a basic

configuration that supports Pulpit Mic 1, Pulpit Mic 2, Wireless Microphone, the Presentation PC and

the Audio PC.

Press the button labelled SERVICE (CH 17-32) on the left hand side of the board and you will see

these preconfigured channels ready to use (see Figure 19).

Figure 19 - SERVICE button active with channels showing

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3.2 CONFIGURING FOR A FULL SERVICE (WITH BAND)

To configure the board for a full service that includes a band you have two options – if the worship

team you are doing sound for has a pre-configured scene (we will be maintaining a list of scenes in

the soundboard binder) then it is a matter of loading that scene as a starting point and modifying it

as required.

In most cases you will start with the SBF Default scene and then configure the board as outlined in

this section.

Loading a scene is accomplished as outlined in Section 3.0 – please refer to that section to select and

activate the appropriate scene in the X32.

Now the board is configured to either a default scene, or a scene specifically customized to the

Worship Team (if one exists in the scene library). If you are using a specific scene for the worship

team, it may require some small tweaks which will be covered in the next few sections on configuring

channels.

When starting from the SBF Default scene, all of the band channels (CH 1-14) are un-configured with

the exception of the Piano, Kick, Snare and Bass channels which are ready for use if required. The

podium microphones, wireless microphone, Visual and Audio PC’s are already configured and ready

to use as for the Basic Service referenced in Section 3.0.

To switch back and forth between the BAND and SERVICE channels, you simply press the appropriate

button on the left side of the board – SERVICE (CH 17-32) or BAND (CH 1-16).

Figure 20 - SERVICE button active with default channels showing

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Figure 21 - BAND button active with default channels showing

To configure the band channels (1 to 14), you should plug in all the microphones, instruments and

monitors on the stage – and record the configuration on the supplied worksheet (see Section 2 on

stage setup). Once this is complete, you can then use the worksheet to configure the sound board.

Make sure that you are on the BAND series of channels, and referencing your worksheet select the

first channel that you want to configure by pressing the SELECT button for that channel.

Figure 22 - Channel SELECT button depressed

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Then press the LIBRARY button beside the display and this will bring up pre-configured channel

settings that you can then load. If the person you are setting the channel up for has a saved

configuration, you will see it on the list – a master list of custom channels and their uses will be

maintained in the soundboard binder so please reference that as a guide.

Figure 23 - Selecting channel preset from LIBRARY

To load a channel configuration, simply use the LOAD PRESET knob to highlight the item on the list

and then press the LOAD PRESET knob to activate the configuration. You will be asked to confirm

using the right arrow button. If you load a channel that has been customized for an individual, then

the entire configuration and labelling has been loaded.

If no custom channel has been saved for an individual and you need to start from scratch, press the

SELECT button on the channel you want to configure and load the BLANK configuration – this

configuration has no customization or EQ and is a good starting point.

Once a blank channel has been loaded, you should customize the channel with a label (such as the

person’s name), and optionally a color, and icon. To accomplish this, make sure the SELECT button

on the channel you wish to configure is highlighted, and press the SETUP button beside the screen.

You can then use the right arrow to move over to the SCRIBBLE STRIP tab and select the color, icon

and also enter a specific name. The name, color and icon are now viewable on the small LCD screen

associated with that channel

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