X32/M32 Digital Mixers: A Step by Step Guide For Setup & Operation

My name is Dana Tucker and I have 48 years experience running live sound as well as recording audio. I average over 20,000 views a month on my YT channel. This X/M 32 Mixer manual was written to help anyone who is on the job and needs to find a quick reference for issues they may have while setting up and using the X/M 32 Mixers. While this manual is written with the X32 Rack in mind, I estimate that 99% of this information could also benefit Behringer/Midas 32 Desks, Producers, Compacts and Core Users as well. This book is not intended to teach you how to become a Sound Engineer, it is to help you do the basic setup and troubleshoot situations you may find yourself in. While some of the steps in this manual may seem “obvious” or “common sense procedures”, I can assure you from my own 47 years of experience, when you bring up the fader on a mic and no sound is coming out 5 minuets before the gig starts, panic will quickly set in and sometimes it is due to that one little step that has been missed. Digital mixers are basically a computer that routes audio. I will be breaking down this manual in chapters that should take you to your issue instantly. You will also find a “Audio Term Glossary” at the beginning of this manual. I highly recommend you read this first. This way you will have an idea of what I will be discussing. You can view the Chapter list below. Chapter 1. Setting Up The Word Clock. Page 11. Chapter 2. Routing Local XLR Input Signals. Page 13. Chapter 3. Routing 1/4 Inch and RCA Inputs. Page 20. Chapter 4. Routing Local Outputs. Page 26. Chapter 5. Getting Sound From Your Inputs To Your Outputs. Page 31. Chapter 6. Connecting Stage Boxes. Page 35. Chapter 7. Setting Up The Stage Boxes. Page 40. Chapter 8. Input/Output Routing For A Single Stage Box. Page 43. Chapter 9. Input/Output Routing Using Two Or More Stage Boxes. Page 47. Chapter 10. Routing For P16 Personal Monitoring Systems. Page 54. Chapter 11. Front Or Top USB Port. Page 57. Chapter 12. Getting Sound Out Of Your Mixer. Page 64. Chapter 13. Channel Strip Processing. Page 71. Chapter 14. Using Channel presets. Page 74. Chapter 15. Expansion Cards and Virtual Sound Checks. Page 80. Chapter 16. Using The Automix Features. Page 83. Chapter 17. Using Mute Groups. Page 87. Chapter 18. Using DCA Groups. Page 91. Chapter 19. Setting Up Your Mixbuses. Page 93. Chapter 20. Setting Up In Ear Monitors & Stage Monitors. Page 99. Chapter 21. Using Matrices. Page 107. Chapter 22. Using Sends/Returns and Inserts. Page 118. Chapter 23. Saving Scenes, Channel Presets, Snippets and FX. Page 128. Chapter 24. Importing/Exporting Everything From The USB Port. Page 147. Chapter 25. Using Scene Safes. Page 148. Chapter 26. Using The Monitor Function. Page 151. Chapter 27. Using Talkback Mics A & B. Page 156. Chapter 28. Using The Oscillator For Line Checks. Page 161. Chapter 29. Using the RTA Function. (Real Time Analyzer) Page 166. Chapter 30. Backup & Restore From The X/M 32 Mixers. Page 174. Chapter 31. Setting Up Your Router. Page 177. Chapter 32.Doing Line Checks. Page 183. Chapter 33. Mixing Live With The X/M32 Digital Mixers. Page 184. Chapter 34. Setting Up A Sub Channel. Page 192. Chapter 35. Setting Up Crossovers. Page 201. Chapter 36. Using DI Boxes. Page 204. Chapter 37. Setting Up A Streaming/Live Broadcasting/Monitor Mixer. Page 206. Chapter 38. Useful Internet Links. Page 211. Chapter 39. Acknowledgments. Page 212. Chapter 40. About the Author. Page 214.