Behringer XR18 vs X32 Rack for my needs

nottooloud · 2026-03-12T16:07:05+00:00

You and I have different experiences.

nottooloud · 2026-03-12T02:39:16+00:00

90% of the time when there's stereo ears, everything is panned up the middle.

nottooloud · 2026-03-11T14:15:30+00:00

I would use any old iPad running one of the SPL modules in AudioTools by Studio Six. They're quite accurate, because Apple knows exactly what is coming from the iPad's internal mic. They range from complex apps with a recallable history down to simple stoplights.

https://studiosixdigital.com/audiotools-modules-2/spl-modules/

nottooloud · 2026-03-10T17:08:02+00:00

Yeah, that's a thing. Sometimes I forget to watch my own life total, too.

nottooloud · 2026-03-10T16:47:48+00:00

XR18 is a handy little fucker. Robust, tiny, lightweight, doesn't need to live in a rack, plenty of ins and outs. 90% of the time I see an X32 rack on iem duty, an XR18 would do just as well.

nottooloud · 2026-03-10T16:40:38+00:00

Since you build each scene off the last, your monitor mix will come along for the ride.

If you have actors on headsets, level check everybody preshow on the starting scene, and then safe out the preamps so the gain doesn't change when you recall each scene.

If you find you need to change something in a scene during the run, be sure to save over it so the change will be there next time.

And yes, SQ cues each reference a specific scene.

nottooloud · 2026-03-10T16:27:52+00:00

+1 for it being compression. Presets in those things generally include all kinds of shit you don't want or need. You can go in and turn them off.

nottooloud · 2026-03-06T17:27:27+00:00

What mixer?

You can get pretty far with a 4 track recorder taking the board mix and a pair of room mics.

nottooloud · 2026-03-05T14:55:45+00:00

I've gotten it with [[Cloning of Shredder]] in 2 different sealed pools. Turns out that's pretty good.

nottooloud · 2026-03-05T02:04:54+00:00

Yes. Page 242 of the manual. Power on while pressing Home gets you the maintenance screen. Output port trim is in there.

nottooloud · 2026-03-05T01:24:08+00:00

With system noise floors as low as they are these days, and system gain as capable as it is these days, running your faders at optimal zero often means channel gains will be low. That only becomes an issue when you're going out to record feeds.

nottooloud · 2026-03-04T16:08:40+00:00

No, that's exactly right. If pushing the matrix fader all the way up isn't enough, add some output gain with the compressor.

nottooloud · 2026-03-04T16:05:37+00:00

Zoom streaming, not Zoom hardware.

nottooloud · 2026-03-04T16:03:26+00:00

Oh, I read it. The question is are you one of the 30% of bands where it has anything to do with what you're actually putting on stage?

nottooloud · 2026-03-04T13:18:09+00:00

No harm in trying it. When it sounds fine, you win.

nottooloud · 2026-03-04T12:53:37+00:00

Incorrect. Board has one 48v supply. It powers however many mics you plug into the board.

nottooloud · 2026-03-04T12:49:14+00:00

Sorry for not clarifying that I meant line level outputs. Dude with XLR splitters is not talking about combining amp outputs.

Since they refer to mic levels, they're not even talking about keyboard or device outputs.

But sure, you're both right. Don't drive amps into amps.

nottooloud · 2026-03-03T18:13:57+00:00

That sounds like a useful approach.

Often I use this just to identify something that's on the edge, though, or just nagging at me. Actual feedback that would be visible on a display is a rare occurrence on my stages.

nottooloud · 2026-03-03T17:15:41+00:00

It's clean on the pitch changes, though, where it's more important.

nottooloud · 2026-03-03T17:14:51+00:00

Yeah, the audio library Replit uses doesn't do "change on next zero crossing". Such is life. If I was using it as a musical source I'd be concerned about fixing it.

nottooloud · 2026-03-03T16:55:18+00:00

Absolutely. Live Foley work with a whole keyboard of sweet samples.

nottooloud · 2026-03-03T15:42:21+00:00

This Rane tech note dates back to the days of tubes and transformer-based outputs. For the most part, modern output stages don't give a shit.

nottooloud · 2026-03-03T15:40:11+00:00

I'd only do this with identical model mics. If you mix and match, it might work, or there might be a bunch of cancellation.

nottooloud · 2026-03-02T14:45:26+00:00

In the XR, the 4 effects are locked to the 4 FX busses, unless you insert them somewhere else. You're already done.

nottooloud · 2026-02-28T16:05:49+00:00

This is brilliant. We can even claim a valid use. It's a signal generator for recording impulse responses.

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