Behringer XR18 Digital Mixer Handbook: Gain a deep understanding of your digital mixer

Note: An affordable companion PDF is available from the authors’s Payhip site. Search for XR18 Handbook on Payhip.Why do you need this Handbook?To get the most out of the Behringer XR18 Digital Mixer you need a deep understanding of its functions, and how to control them. For too long you have only been scratching the surface of the capability that this digital mixer has to offer. It's time now to get serious... and lift the bonnet. The XR18 Digital Mixer Handbook will give you all the resources to go deeper in your understanding and become familiar with what is an incredible piece of equipment. If you read this handbook, absorb its content and study the schematics contained within you will be able to operate your digital mixer without thinking. This Handbook provides thorough, and in-depth coverage of the inner-workings of this powerful digital mixer, to help you make the most of your investment.Note: this handbook is relevant to the Behringer XR18, XR16, XR12, X18, X16, X12, as well as the MIDAS MR18, MR16, MR12, M18, M16 and M12 digital mixers.This handbook contains 390 full colour pages giving in-depth material about this mixer, that cannot be found elsewhere.Subjects covered in the XR18 Digital Mixer HandbookUnderstanding the x-air-edit user interfaceUsing the interface – input channel stripsWindow viewsMixer tab, Channel tab, Gate tab, EQ tab, Comp tab, Sends tab, Main tab, FX tab, Meter tabMain menuSetup menu, Connection tab, AP tab, WLAN tab, LAN tab, Audio/Midi tab, Monitor tab, GUI Prefs tab, In/Out settings, Utility, Resize, Save and Load, Copy and PasteInsert and send effectsMain stereo LR switchesGroupsMute Groups, DCA Groups, Sub-Groups, Auto Mix GroupsScenes and snapshotsRouting basicsUnderstanding the routing tablesRouting tables tap-pointsRouting a single channel via a single FX to main LR outputRouting all channel inputs, via all four FX destinations, to main LR outputRouting example 1 - single channel with FX to main LRRouting example 2 – single channel and FX to AUX busRouting example 3 – a USB sends experimentRouting example 4 - a simple 4-member band set-up – liveRouting example 5 - studio recording into a dawRouting example 6 - multi-track live recording Daw settings for live recordingRouting example 7 - parallel compression using a sub-groupRouting example 8 - live auto-tune via dawThe blank mixer testCreating the blank mixerUsing the blank mixerCheat sheet 1 - single microphone to main LR outputCheat sheet 2 - adding an FXCheat sheet 3 – sending the channel signal to AUX busCheat sheet 4 – sending the FX return to AUX busNetwork connection optionsWireless access pointWireless LANEthernet LANSetting up an external routerA bit of network theorySetting up internet and external routersXR18 functional diagramsFX descriptionsReverb FXDelay FXChorus, flanger and phaser FXA little flanger experimentA little phaser experimentMood filterMood filter experimentMood filter examplesRotary speakerTremolo / pannerCombination FXEQ FX A little EQ theoryDeEsser FXCompression FXStereo Field EffectsAmplifier FXPitch Shifter FXNOTE: This book is also available in three separate parts: The Behringer XR18 Handbook (The Trilogy).Part 1: The BasicsPart 2: AdvancedPart 3: FX Read more