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 Handbook Understanding the x-air-edit user interface Using the interface – input channel strips Window views Mixer tab, Channel tab, Gate tab, EQ tab, Comp tab, Sends tab, Main tab, FX tab, Meter tab Main menu Setup 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 Paste Insert and send effects Main stereo LR switches Groups Mute Groups, DCA Groups, Sub-Groups, Auto Mix Groups Scenes and snapshots Routing basics Understanding the routing tables Routing tables tap-points Routing a single channel via a single FX to main LR output Routing all channel inputs, via all four FX destinations, to main LR output Routing example 1 - single channel with FX to main LR Routing example 2 – single channel and FX to AUX bus Routing example 3 – a USB sends experiment Routing example 4 - a simple 4-member band set-up – live Routing example 5 - studio recording into a daw Routing example 6 - multi-track live recording Daw settings for live recording Routing example 7 - parallel compression using a sub-group Routing example 8 - live auto-tune via daw The blank mixer test Creating the blank mixer Using the blank mixer Cheat sheet 1 - single microphone to main LR output Cheat sheet 2 - adding an FX Cheat sheet 3 – sending the channel signal to AUX bus Cheat sheet 4 – sending the FX return to AUX bus Network connection options Wireless access point Wireless LAN Ethernet LAN Setting up an external router A bit of network theory Setting up internet and external routers XR18 functional diagrams FX descriptions Reverb FX Delay FX Chorus, flanger and phaser FX A little flanger experiment A little phaser experiment Mood filter Mood filter experiment Mood filter examples Rotary speaker Tremolo / panner Combination FX EQ FX A little EQ theory DeEsser FX Compression FX Stereo Field Effects Amplifier FX Pitch Shifter FX NOTE: This book is also available in three separate parts: The Behringer XR18 Handbook (The Trilogy). Part 1: The Basics Part 2: Advanced Part 3: FX