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X32 D IG IT AL M IXE R 3 2 - Ch anne l, 1 6 - Bu s, 40 - Bit D ig ita l Mix in g C on sole wi th Programmab le MIDAS Preamps, Motor ize d F a der s, 3 2 - Ch anne l A ud io I n te r fac e and i P ad Re mot e C on tr ol User M anual Versi on 2.
2 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual T abl e of C ont ents Important Safet y Instructions ...................................... 3 Legal Disclaimer ............................................................. 3 Limited W arranty ..........
3 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual LEGAL DI SCL AI ME R T erminal s m ark ed with thi s s ymbo l ca rry cient mag nitu de to co nstit ut e ri sk o f e lectri c s hock.
4 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual Introduc tion Welcome to the X32 User Manual! Af ter years o f intense develo pment, we are proud to o er a mixer that co mbines t remendo us power and e xibilit y w ith a ver y user-fri endly layout and int uitive wor k ow that allow you to get u p-and - running r ight away .
5 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual 1. O perational Over view VIEW VIEW VIEW VIEW VIEW VIEW VIEW VIEW VIEW VIEW VIEW – 5 5 0 – 10 10 – 20 – 30 – 40 – 50 – 60 – 00 – 5 5 0.
6 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual – 5 5 0 – 10 10 – 20 – 30 – 40 – 50 – 60 – 00 – 5 5 0 – 10 10 – 20 – 30 – 40 – 50 – 60 – 00 – 5 5 0 – 10 10 – 20 .
7 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual Ch01 F atSnare OpeningScene 02: next 0:00 - 0:00 A: S16 A: 48K B: - C: XUF : 15 01 15:33 home cong gate dyn eq sends main Main Display Area The main color d isplay pres ents in forma tion abo ut vario us sec t ions of the console.
8 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual Various Assignments ( DCA groups, mute groups, custom assignable controls) • Assigning DCA Groups Thank s to the t wo dis tinc t f ader grou ps (input s on the le f t, out put s on the r ight), the task o f assigning c hannels or bu ses to a vir tual DC A Grou p is a bree ze on the X 32.
9 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual Ch01 01: 0:00 - 0:00 A: S16 A: 48K B: - C: XUF : 19 01 home aux out analog out p16 out card out a es50-a aes50-b 13:45 Inputs 1-8 Inputs 17-24 Inputs 9-.
10 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual Link Lo Cut Ch01 01: 01 0:00 - 0:00 A: S16 A: 48K B: - C: XUF : 37 14:11 -6 -12 -18 -24 -30 -36 -42 -48 -54 clip home gate dyn eq sends main cong Gain Gain 48V In Pre Post Ins Delay dB +0.00 Link Lo Cut Lo Cut Hz 20 Lo Cut Input Select Source PRE Insert Ins Pos InsF Connect Insert ms 0.
11 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual Inputs -6 -12 -18 -24 -30 -36 -42 -48 -54 clip Link Gain dB 00.00 Send Pos. Insert Pos. Insert Link Bus Sends Insert Connect Pre LeOnde.
12 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual 2. Callout s 2 .1 Channel Strip VIEW VIEW VIEW VIEW VIEW VIEW VIEW (3) (6) (4) (2) (5) (1) (1) PRE AMP – Adjus t the pre amp gain for t he sele c ted channe l with t he Gainkno b. Press the 4 8 V but to n to apply phanto m power for us e with condense r microp hones .
13 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual 2. 2 Input Channel Banks (7) L AYER SELEC T – Sele c t either t he channels 1- 16, channels 1 7- 32, Aux In/USB/FX Re turn s, or Bus Mas ters layer wi th thes e 4 but tons. Thecur rently a c tive layer will light.
14 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual 2. 3 Display and Monitoring VIEW VIEW (16) (23) (20) (26) (25) (17) (22) (27) (21) (19) (18) (15) (24) (15) PUSH ENC ODERS – Th ese 6 cont rols adjus t the p arameter s pre sente d at the bot tom of t he Main Display.
15 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual 2.4 Group/Bus Banks (28) GROUP / BUS LAYERS – Selec t be t ween DC A gro ups 1-8, Buses 1-8 or 9- 1 6, or Matr ices 1-6 and the mai n center bus wi th thes e but tons . The cur rently ac tive layer will light.
16 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual 2. 5 Scenes, Assign, Mute G roups (41) MUTE GRO UPS – Press o ne of thes e but tons to ac t ivate one of t he mute groups . See th e T opic Guide f or det ails. (42) SE T SELEC T BUT TO NS – Pre ss one of th ese bu t tons to ac tiva te one of the 3layers of cu stom assi gnable cont rols.
17 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual ( 50) ( 51) ( 49) ( 56) ( 52) ( 53) ( 54) ( 55) ( 47) ( 48) ( 57) (52) MIDI IN/OUT – Send and r eceive MIDI commands v ia 5-pi n DIN cable s. (53) AE S/E BU OU T – Send dig ital aud io via 3-pin AE S/EBU XLR cab le.
18 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual 3. Ho ok - Up Diagrams B1800D-PRO B215D F1320D B3031A Laptop DI Box GTX30 Keyboard XM8500 Hard Disk Recorder MIDI Interface FCB1010 MIDI Pedal P-16 D P.
19 X3 2 DIGIT AL MIXE R Preliminary User Manual B1800D-PRO B215D F1320D B3031A Laptop DI Box GTX30 Keyboard XM8500 Hard Disk Recorder MIDI Interface FCB1010 MIDI Pedal P-16 D P-16 M S16 Digital Snake .
20 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual 4. FX Descriptions FX Descriptions Here is a lis t and brie f des crip tion of th e ee c ts available o n the X 32. WhenStereoand Dua l versions o f an ee c t are oe red, use t he Stereo ver sion when the le f t and r ight signal are to b e altered to geth er ( e.
21 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual up. DIFF( USION) controls the i nitial re ec ti on densit y. SPREAD controls how th e ree c tion is dis tr ibuted t hrough t he envelope of t he reverb. The LO CUT kno b set s a low fr equenc y b eneath whi ch the so urce signal will n ot pass th rough th e reverb.
22 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual When Layer 1 is se lec ted, th e far lef t encoder p ush but ton allow s you to selec t bet ween v ir tual f ront and r ear outp ut s. Rear is suit able fo r drums du e to it being less re ec ti ve. Front is well-suited f or voc als and other d ynamic ins tru ments .
23 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual T re molo / Pann er Stereo T remolo c reates an up and d own volume cha nge at a cons tant and even tempo jus t like the guit ar amps of yes ter year. U se X 32’ s Stereo Tremolo to add a unique “sur f-music ” tex t ure to a voc al or inst rume nt trac k.
24 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual Mood Filter The Moo d Filter use s an LFO gener ator and an auto - envelope gener ator to contr ol a VCF ( voltage - contro lled lter) , as well as a side c hain fu nc tion wh ere the channel B sig nal controls t he envelope of c hannel A.
25 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual Del ay + Chorus This combinat ion e ec t merg es a user-d enable De lay ( echo) with a st udio - qualit y Chor us sure to f at ten up even the “skinnies t ” t rack .
26 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual 5. T opic Guide 5 .1 Starting up, shutt ing down, and rm ware updates We recommend sw itching t he X32 on bef ore any ac tive s ound reinf orcement sys tem is conne c ted.
27 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual 5.4 How do I add one of the 8 in ternal eects to the sound? There are t wo t y pes of e ec t s that are co mmonly us ed: • “Eec t s Loo.
28 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual 3. S elec t on e of the thre e input c hannel layers (CH1 - 1 6, CH1 7 - 32 , Line -Aux/ FXRe t) 4.
29 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual 5. 8 Using Mute Groups The X32 has 6 sep arate “mute groups ” . Indivi dual channels c an be assi gned to these m ute group s, allowing you to mute mul tiple chan nels wit h a single but tonpush.
30 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual 3. Pr ess any of encod ers 1-5 to switch to t he edit s cre en for th e speci c cus tom contro l that you have highlighted. T he main sc reen will s witc h to an edit ing scre en wher e you can as sign a conso le parame ter to the cus tom cont rol.
31 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual • T o load a pre set f rom the U TILITIES sc reen, adjus t the r s t encoder to s elec t which asp ec t s of the se lec ted c hannel you wish to r eca ll, then press t he 2nd encoder.
32 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual 5 .1 5 Remote con trol The X32 hos ts an Ethe rnet p or t on it s rear p anel whic h can be u sed to conne c t and remote cont rol it over a ne t work via t he XiContr ol on an iPad or th e X-remote applic ation on a PC .
33 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual 6. XUF F ire Wire4 00/ USB Interface Ope ration Guide Host system requirements for XUF F ire Wire/USB interface expansion card Check t he BEHRINGER website at behr inger.com for updates of XUF r mware or system requirements.
34 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual This mode o bviously allow s the f ull potential of t he inter f ace to be tap ped. Notethat the com puter nee ds to be able to han dle that amou nt of concur rent I/O str eam witho ut any glitche s.
35 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual 1 6 i n / 1 6 o ut 32 in / 8 out This mode is t ailore d to suit a t yp ical s tudio an d overdub reco rding sit uation, withmany inpu t channels b ut only a fe w outp ut channels f or moni toring of previously recorded tak es.
36 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual 6.2 Congur ing the PC to I nterface withtheXUF Card Please watch behringer .com for fur ther advice on the soft ware conguration of XUF inter face c ard.
37 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual The 'Out put Channe ls' screen allow s you to name each ou tput c hannel fo r more organized mix ing. The 'Synchronis ation' screen allows manual sele c tion of the s ample rate and clocks ource.
38 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual The 'Se t tings' scr een allows th e str eam, ASIO, and WDM sound bu ers to b e set. Any detec ted d rop out s will b e docum ented as well, in which c ase a lar ger bu er should be s elec te d.
39 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual 7. X3 2 Main Displa y 7. 1 O verview 7 .1 .1 Display and Na vigation Controls The contr ols in this se c tion ar e used in co njunc tion w ith the co lor sc reen, in ord er to navigate and contr ol the gr aphical e lement s it cont ains.
40 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual Main Conte nt Link Lo Cut 01: 01 0:00 - 0:00 B: - C: XUF : 37 14:11 -6 -12 -18 -24 -30 -36 -42 -48 -54 clip home gate dyn eq sends main cong Gain Gain 48V In Pre Post Ins Delay Lo Cut Lo Cut Source Ins Pos Insert Delay Delay dB +0.
41 X3 2 DIGIT AL MIXE R Preliminary User Manual 7. 1 . 3 Naviga tion Method s Following is an over vi ew of how to navigate to the di erent co nsole s cre ens, scre en tabs, an d set s of encod er param eter s.
42 X3 2 DIGIT AL MIXE R Preliminary User Manual 7. 2 Home Screen The home s cree n contains a hi gh-level over v iew of the s elec te d input or o utpu t channel, and o ers var ious adj ustm ents n ot available thro ugh the de dicate d top-panel control s: 1.
43 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual 7 .2.2 Home Screen: Cong T ab The congu ration t ab allows sele c tion o f signal sour ce/destination f or the channel, congu ration of i nser t po int, and othe r set tin gs, as well as congu ration of the chann el delay .
44 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual 7. 2 . 4 Home Screen: Dynamics T ab The dyna mics t ab displays all asp ec t s of the chann el compre ssor an d allows for ver y deep cont rol of t he ee c t.
45 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual 7. 2 . 5 Hom e Scre en: EQ T a b The EQ tab disp lays all aspec t s of the c hannel e qualizer and also disp lays a detai led visual gr aph of the c urr ent EQ cur ve. This t ab can also b e accesse d direc t ly by pressi ng the “ View ” but to n in the top pan el Equalizer se c tion.
46 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual 7. 3 Meters Screen The meter s sc reen di splays die rent grou ps of level me ters f or vario us signal paths of t he console, and is u sef ul for q uickl y ascer t aining if any chann els need level adjus tment.
47 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual 7. 4 Routing Screen The rou ting sc reen is w here all signal p atching is done, allowing you to r oute internal signal p aths to and f rom t he physic al input /output conne c tor s locate d on the conso le’s rear panel.
48 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual 7. 4 . 2 Routing Screen: Analog Out T ab The rou ting sc reen’s analog out tab allows t he user to p atch the cons ole’s various internal signal p aths to the 16 analog XLR out put s that are lo cated o n the conso le rear panel.
49 X3 2 DIGIT AL MIXE R Preliminary User Manual 5. Adju st the 3rd enco der to sel ec t for co ars e range • Inser t • Main (LRC) • Mix Bus • Matrix • Direct Out • Monitor 6. Adju st 4th enco der to sele c t spec ic signal p ath to fe ed the s elec te d physical output.
50 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual 7. 4 . 5 Routing Screen: Card Output T ab: The rou ting sc reen’s card tab allows t he user to pa tch variou s signal path s to the physic al input s and ou tput s of th e XUF card. Th e XUF’ s signal path pr ovides 32channels of input s and 32 channels of out put s.
51 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual 7. 5 Set up Screen The set up sc reen o ers v arious co ntrols f or globa l, high-level f unc ti ons of the conso le such as disp lay adjust ments, s ample r ates and s ynchr onizat ion, userse t tings, and ne t work con guratio n.
52 X3 2 DIGIT AL MIXE R Preliminary User Manual Note that the gr aphic s at the top o f the scr een will al ways display a gree n led when the con sole has ac hieved pro per “digital loc k ” , f rom ei ther it s own inter nal cloc k or a valid ex ter nal clo ck.
53 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual 7 .5 .5 Setup Scr ee n: DCA T ab The set up sc reen’s DCA tab allows s etup o f the cons ole’s digitally contr olled amplier s gr ouping f eature, also kn own as DC As .
54 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual 7. 6 Libraries Screen The librar ies sc reen allow s loading an d saving of co mmonly us ed se tups fo r the channel inp uts, e ec t s pr ocess ors, an d routi ng scenario s. The librar ies sc reen co ntains th e following s eparate t abs: 1.
55 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual 7. 7 Ee cts Scre en The e ec t s scre en contr ols vario us aspe c ts of t he eight inter nal ee c ts proce ssor s.
56 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual 7. 8 Mute G roup Screen The mute gro up sc reen allows f or quick a ssignment an d contro l of the cons ole’s 6mute group s, and oer s t wo sep arate f unc tions: 1. I t mutes the ac tive scr een dur ing the pr ocess of a ssigning c hannels to mute groups .
57 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual 7. 9 Utility Screen The utili t y scre en is a supp lemental s cre en designe d to work in conj unc tion with t he other sc reen s that may be in view at any p ar ticular m oment. The u tilit y scre en is never se en by it self, it always ex ist s in the co ntex t of anot her sc reen.
58 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual “View ” Based Screens The sc reens de scr ibed in t he followi ng sec t ions are all “ View ” ba sed sc reen s. Theyare navigate d to by pressing t he “ View ” but ton in v arious s ec tio ns of the console top p anel.
59 X3 2 DIGIT AL MIXE R Preliminary User Manual 7. 1 0 . 2 Monitor / T alkback Scre en: T alk back T abs: The talk back t abs oe r variou s adjust ment s for th e talkb ack pat hs of the cons ole, such as de stinat ion of the t alkb ack signal and m ore.
60 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual 7. 11 USB Screen The USB scre en contro ls various a spec t s of the co nsole’s onboard audi o le player /recorder, allowing the user to re cord s tereo audi o to an at tache d USBdrive, as well as playback au dio les f rom th e drive thr ough the co nsole.
61 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual 5. R otate the 4th en coder to se lec t the sp eci c signal sou rce to fee d the curr ently se lec ted c hannel of th e stere o recor der.
62 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual 7. 1 2 Assign Scree n The assing s cre en allows set up for t he 4 user-assignable r otar y enco der s and eight user-assignab le but tons. Using t his scr een, the cons ole ope rator ca n assign 3 set s of 1 2 cus tom contr ols to be available f or adjus tment at all t imes.
63 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual 7. 1 3 Scenes Screen The scene s scre en allows se tup fo r saving an d rec alling die rent memor y scenes of the cons ole.
64 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual 7. 1 3 . 3 Scenes Scree n: Par ameter Safe T ab The scene s scre en’s “ p arameter s afe ” tab congu res whic h conso le parame ters are and are not s aved/switc hed wi th the cons ole scene s.
65 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual Block Diagram MAIN L R C L R SOLO MATRIX 1 2 5 6 MIX BUS 1 2 15 16 FADER MIX 1–16 INSERT 6-BAND EQ INSERT COMP/ EXPAN KEY-IN Pre EQ Post EQ EQ Pre Fa.
66 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual 8. Spe ci cat io ns Processing Number of in put pro cessing c hannels 32 input channels, 8 aux c hannels, 8 f x re turn c hannels Number of mi x buse s with f ull pro cessing 1 6 au x buse s, 6 matrices, mai n LRC Signal proce ssing 40 -bi t oating point A/ D- D/ A conversio n 2 4- bit @ 4 4.
67 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual Dimensions 22.00 mm 169.46 mm 221.33 mm 527.05 mm 900.23 mm T op view 22.00 mm 169.46 mm 221.33 mm 527.
68 X3 2 DIGI T AL MIXER P reliminary User Manual FEDERAL C OMMUNICA TIONS C OMMISSION COMP LIA NCE INF ORMA TION Responsible Par t y Name: MUSIC G rou p Ser v ices US I nc . Address: 1 89 1 2 N or th Cr eek Pa rk way , Suite 2 00 Bo th ell , WA 980 1 1 , USA Phone/Fax No .
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