At 18:26 you hit theme edit and get a screen that can change colors, etc. when I click on edit theme I get 2 long columns with no colors. I am using a Mac and PreSonus 24H series 3 mixer. What can I do to get the color edit features?
Man… you have (by far) the best info to time ratio in TH-cam. You are like an mp3 or jpg: super compressed with no noticeable loss of quality. Thanks (once more) for your great videos. They are sooo useful! It’s very kind of you to take the time an share to learners across the world. Greetings from Argentina!
We use Mixing Station at our church. Each player in the band has an iPad and we each mix our own in ears. Running it with A&H SQ. Works great. Love it!
Provided you can lock them into bus mixes only. The X32 will do this but still, I wouldn't let our bands anywhere near an app that gives them access to the whole desk. We are on X32 and the band all use MXBus on their iPhones and tablets, it's all they need and the payware version gives them EQ and Dynamics, or MX-Q.
the best feature of all -- it's only FIVE BUCKS for the pro version... i once mixed a show with MS on my phone using my car stereo -- the main outs were running patched to an FM transmitter as the band was playing before a drive-in movie during the pandemic... 😁 great review
2 Best points of mixing station are custom layers and Re-Gain (on paid license). Re-Gain lets you adjust gain and will automatically adjust monitors/aux and FX the opposite way to compensate if the gain is in between the red lines. ((Basically you can tun up/down the gain and the monitors stay the same)) To use Re-gain press and hold gain to access gain window, then hit Re-Gain and adjust.
Mixing Station was the very first thing I got after getting my XR-18. In my opinion, it is ESSENTIAL. Must have. WORTH. EVERY. PENNY. Back when I was in a band, we used the permissions "personal monitor" feature so other members of the band could use their phones to connect and only get a specific bus mix. That way they could tailor their monitor mix the way they wanted it (more me!) without bugging me to do it for them, and since they could only see their bus (or whatever permissions you gave them), they couldn't accidentally screw up the main mix, other bus mixes or other settings. Great vid as usual!
Scott. Been meaning to say this for awhile - I absolutely love the gear you cover on your channel. So hard to find coverage of this kind of gear. Keep up the amazing work!
Took some time over the last few days to learn MS. It took awhile to wrap my brain around it, but I am pretty comfortable now. Saving is still a bit of mystery, but I think it's clearer now. I love that you can use it on any device!
Thanks, brother. I just purchased the Midas MR18 and have watched many videos on how to operate it. Most of the videos use the Mixing Station but only a few mention it. However, NONE of the videos, that I came across at least, showed you how to use it, let alone as thoroughly as you did in this video!!! Thanks for putting out all these very useful videos! They have helped me tremendously.
Lazy git as I am, I've had this app for ages, but never bothered to look into it. Thanks to your excellent video I finally did and now I'm using it with my SoundCraft UI mixer. Thanks a bunch and keep up the good work 😎
I started with the XR18 back in 2017 and upgraded to the X32 Rack in 2019 and have been using Mixing Station since way back then. Earlier this year I decided to pay for it to be able to customize it. I've made some good custom layouts for 2 of my bands and will be brushing up on more of that soon. Thanks for sharing this with the rest of your viewers who may not have know about it. It really is just about the best thing since sliced bread :)
Scott, have watched many of your videos, and when this one popped up, I knew it was time to go to school. I specifically bought a Soundcraft mixer because it doesn't require an app to control, just a browser, and much like you I work in a lot of different lineups, projects, with varying musicians. I didn't want there to be another step of them needing to get an app, but now seeing the power of Mixing Station, I'm thinking it's time to make a switch to an X32 and have everyone use this app to control. I've also run out of channels on the UI24R so growing pains for sure. but this app is a gamechanger, look how far we've come!
Thanks! And you can use this with the soundcraft as well actually. Soundcraft does make great stuff as well! I definitely love my behringer though. But the app works with both 🤘
Great overview of Mixing Station, Scott. I've been using it for a couple of years now; but, a lot of people were driven to it by the X-Air app being broken with the release iOS 16 (which has since been fixed... mostly). MS is a great app, but the documentation lacks a lot of detail on its use. I think this app is going to help a lot of people who have been struggling to better understand how to customize it. One suggestion I'd add for folks is that, when you're using a tablet where you have a little more screen real estate, if you add the "meter bridge" to your layout, you can use it select other channel groupings (e.g. mix busses, FX Sends, etc.) so you don't have to create specific layers for them. Once again, though, excellent review and overview!
Thank you so much. The first video you made about Mixing Station that introduced me to the app was awesome. However this video blew my mind about the possibilities. 👍
I learned Mixing Station by working with another sound engineer that doesn't use anything else, so I had to get use to it. As with everything there's a small learning curve, but once you get it, it's great. I still go back and forth between the M32 app and Mixing Station, but that's just how I learned. I do have one issue with Mixing Station and sometimes it's why I prefer M32, and that is that there is no tap delay button. I believe there is a hack to add some sort of tap delay, but it's not an intuitive hack. If you know how to add that in, that would be a very useful video to put out. Great content, thank you!
Gibt Tap in Mixing Station. Du kannst auch einen Button generieren meine ich. Nur global Tab habe ich noch nicht gefunden. Klick oben rechts die Icon durch, dahinter stecken die Tabs. Habe nachgeschaut stecken oben im Quadrat das in 9 Kleine Quadrate eingeteilt ist.
Ist bei den Effekten versteckt. Beim Quadrat mit 9 Quadraten. Gibt leider keinen global Tap. Bzw. Habe ihn noch nicht gefunden, Auch nicht auf dem Pult.
Just caught up to the SOF background part of the video (commenting as I listen) and this was something I liked about X32 Edit and didn't notice it for MS! Awesome!
WOW! I didn't know this app existed! I do live sound for music festivals, and most of the time I prefer to take my own Behringer X32, but there has been times where I've had to use whichever digital mixer they had at the venue....and since each one is slightly different, I tend to spend some time getting re-aquainted..this app could totally eliminate that step (obviously as long as the mixer works with it ) Thanks so much!
I use X32-Edit to mix from stage using my laptop and am comfortable with it.. but I'd bought Mixing Station for the X32 a few years ago to use for just IEMs.. but I never explored it that much.. this was a great eye opener.. thanks Scott!
Yeah, I have one guy who just won’t download it and keeps using the old M32 app. And he always asks “why won’t mine load?” And I tell him “the solution costs you $7 and I’ve already told you the answer” lol
so I just finished washing your video. SPECTACULAR EFFORT! really superb dude. as I mentioned in a previous post I've been using the XR18s and know them pretty well. I haven't looked at mixing station in depth till now, but it looks absolutely amazing! I'm going to have to check it out with the soundcraft I just picked up. I wish I had taken the plunge with this when I was using XR18s it would have been a lot more fun to do what I do then with the XR18 app.
Yessss!! Been waiting for a more straightforward video on Mixing Station! So if I'm seeing this correctly, you use the same layout for multiple bands? You just change the snapshot to show/hide different elements? As always, thanks for the great content Scott!
Well put together "snapshot" of Mixing Station. I love this app and have been using it for the last couple of years on an X32. I find being able to customize the control surface brings so much more functionality to the X32 that it's a must-have.
Normally, I am a Allen Heath user, in our church we have Behringer X32. This mixer have no touch panel. So I’m faster to work with the Mixing Station App. You can make on Behringer a DCA channel Spill. But with Mixing Station and individual Layer and an Special Layout, it is to work Easyer. Thanks for this excellent explanation.
Love these videos! A new thing I added was another separate channel just for my in ears of my vocals, with an occlusion EQ on it. Really helps cut through. And another bus out eq for the in ears for pilot tone stuff. Drew Brashler did some videos on it. Make a big difference!
This video is extremely helpful! I feel ready to tackle our show this week, and I've learned a lot of ideas to mess around with for future setups. Thank you!
Brilliant video Scott. I actually was so impressed that I bought a windows based laptop just to run with our ui16. I prefer the laptop simply from a visual point of view because I am playing while running the PA and Stagetraxx 3 off an iPad. The only issue I have is that when I switch on sometimes it connects right away, other times it tells me the mixer isn't in range but usually connects anyway when I tell it to ignore.
This is a great video and resource! Learned a lot about Mixing Station. My band is just starting to use the app with our mixer. Tons of customizations and control!
Thanks Scott for another great video. I realize that it’s difficult to go through all the features and set things in a short video. I am a new user to the XR 18 and this video definitely shows the power of Mixing Station. However, because it’s so customizable it’s a little overwhelming for newbies. Any suggestions about where to look for some tutorials?
Thanks! And I would get to know the mixer more so than a mixing station video. Once you get to know the mixer you are using, switching to mixing station makes a lot more sense
Hey Scott! ✌️ so I’ve been using mixing station for xr18 and M32 on the xr I use the hardwired method from your video sometimes my iPhone seems to have less connection issues the only thing was to be playing and try and press stuff was a little hard so I figured a way to control it with a wireless daw controller (Bluetooth) midi mapped it and works awesome even to my iPad when it’s hardwired, I’m using the m wave smc mixer its perfect for running monitor mixes too
Great vid, thanks Scott, I was hoping there was a way to back up your settings but I watched till the end and couldn’t see it, I think you just went a bit fast during the custom layout part of the vid at the end. I’ve migrated from pc, touch Osc to st3 and mixer station. I’ve got them in split screen mode on my iPad 10, usb c straight in to the x air. Thanks for your hard work mate
Hi Scott, I’m going to duplicate my settings on my multiple pads manually, and then see if there’s a tutorial elsewhere on saving settings and layouts etc, but if you do get a spare minute, I’m sure your followers would love an in-depth guide of what gets saved where and how you transfer it on cloud etc … cheers hope you are well.
@@ScottUhlMusic I am just getting into the world of digital mixers for home recording and band use. Your videos have so much info packed into each one. I learn lots.
Hey Scott is there a way you can make a quick tutorial on how to set up a live stream mix on a X Air 18? I wanna do a band live stream and I wanna make sure what I can do with it! Thanks
It’s funny, I never really did that. My singer was the one to set up live streams during the lockdowns. He handled all of it and I never really learned how to
Tip for Custom Layouts. You can have different things happen based on Portrait or Landscape orientation. On the phone or tablet, you can switch to each mode (by rotating your device while orientation is unlocked) while in the layout designer in order to design for it. On a PC (and I'm assuming other desktops/laptops) you can resize the dimensions of the Mixing Station window to create a Portrait or Landscape aspect ratio and it will switch accordingly.
@@ScottUhlMusic on second thought you might have to set the app's orientation lock, but there is definitely the option to design one layout file in which you have different controls depending on orientation
@19:06 - that is such a great feature that I really miss on the Behringer software! When the faders do something completely different than controlling the main output - I want them to look completely different so my slow brain keeps up with the action..! Though I must admit I haven't taken the leap from Behringer to Mixing Station yet - perhaps it's about time now!?
Random side question - that I expect you to know or care to answer - we got the MIDAS MR18 and it doesn’t show up on the app list or in the license menu. Any ideas where to go next? I’ve connected via the wifi and the computer app but I’ve never been able to pass a signal. We’re trying to use it as a mixer for live or as an interface for recording with our music therapy clients for an adaptive rock band we have (folks with special needs). Any guesses on the best way to connect and pass sound? Tried a few tutorials - don’t want to have to return to Sweetwater but if it’s too fussy I don’t know if I can work with it. Long story short - if you want to do a virtual lesson via zoom we’d be interested in paying for your time for that.
Hey Scott! I would love to see a video on how to set up a simple bluetooth midi foot controller with Mixing Station. I would love a footswitch to mute effects for speaking, mute/unmute all the channels (except aux), mute/unmute aux for set break music. There was a video briefly posted in a facebook group (now gone) that showed this setup with a M-vave Chocolate pedal, but they didn't show how to do it. There is a severe lack of information available! Thanks!
I was able to get it working with the mixer with the addition of a bluetooth midi dongle for the xr18, but it was a pain getting everything to talk to each other.
Makes sense for Behringer users. Any Soundcraft people using this? Wondering why / are there any advantages i’m not seeing for SC mixers? Great stuff Scott!
@@ScottUhlMusicIndeed - i just don’t see why you would - i understand the advantages in on Behringer ( phone etc ) - just wondering if any advantages / extra features for SC users that the SC interface doesn’t already have. 👍
I try to use it on a soundcraft ui24r tonight in our band's rehearsal. You actually don't really need id since the Soundcraft "control" is webbased. You can access it with every device. After connecting, you just choose big screen (laptop, tablet) or small (phone).
Yeah i use it On my Soundcraft UI 12 mixer. The web based control is not very stable or responsive This particular mixer was not made the best but mixing station makes it way easier to operate. The wired connection only works with certain older android tablets.
Supposedly for midi control, like an Xtouch or Faderport adding motorized faders to the control of the Soundcraft UI mixers. But I'm not having any success getting it to work. @ScottUhlMusic - any tutuorials of how to integrate these midi controllers for control would be awesome!
Wow !... there's so much you can modify. I personally would need a week to figure it all out by trial and error and what changes they all do. thx for taking the time to explain what this app can do. I'm just too far out of touch with technology.
Thanks for another informative video for all us working (and sometimes not working) musicians. If you say the secret phrase in your response I'll give my pups a free treat today😂 Cheers from the PNW!
Hi Scott. My band still has an old analogue Behringer mixer & 20+ year old eq & feedback destroyer etc which I bought in the late 90's. We still use it in our practice room but want to update & buy a new digital mixer & set up a rack to get ready to gig again. We rarely have more than 8ch so a 16 would be plenty big enough. I already have 2 sets of NUX B-7 wireless in ears (because of your demo) but we want to add a couple more so all 4/5 of us have a good monitor. Do digital mixers have good enough in built EQ/feedback adjustment for the FOH so we don't need separate rack mount gear between the mixer & powered FOH?? What brands/models of mixer can you suggest that I look to buy since I am starting from scratch. Thanks very much in advance, Mark.
Thanks! And side note I do highly recommend watching these two videos: Choosing the Right WIRELESS SYSTEM - A Comprehensive Guide th-cam.com/video/Xi2JcMomjQ0/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/Xgw96rY4TAc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=nAhFB8NV4p4pAkKH For your wireless IEMs. And I love the behringer x32 and the xr18. Those are the ones I use live all the time and I love them 🤘
Thanks for clarifying that Scott... I'm a Mackie user, it works for me. I understand it, and find it intuitive... I thought I would try this figuring maybe, it took Mackie to the next level. I thought it was a free app, as you pointed out here... now I know, you have to buy it. I get it, the cost of a cup of coffee... I purchased the Mackie years ago, and the app is free. The limitation of the Mackie is in the hardware, so this isn't really that useful for me. Phone, ipad, android, all work with mackie, of course, limited features.
So you use this to control your Behringer? Is that because you can have just what you need to be visible on your iPad or iPhone instead of a screen with all the faders? Just curious. Excellent video. You absolutely do the best job out there with your tutorials.
Hey brother great content! This is very new to me. Thanks for the work put into this, and for clarity in some areas. Some suggestions if I may…. Your content would be much easier to follow and digest if it was consistent with the “helper arrows, or animated circles you use”. While you might naturally talk fast and your brain may capture this quickly, as an educator or someone sharing this info, it was a bit challenging to follow at times. The impactful portion occurred when you took time to go through the content. I saw you placed some useful animation in, but for sure being consistent with those would help. That coupled with how fast you zip through some of this content (not a complaint, just observation) that made it challenging. I still subbed because this will be very useful, but think you can totally improve on some areas for sure. Hopefully you see the above as constructive criticism not negative complaints. Keep up the great work 👍🏾
I appreciate the suggestion 🤘 I do edit my videos fast because I personally cannot stand slow tutorial videos, so that’s a preference. I’m not actually a fast talker in general haha so that’s editing. But consistency in animations is a good idea. I try to color code things as much as possible, and some animations work better than others for what I’m trying to do. But consistency is a good suggestion. I appreciate it 👍
@@ScottUhlMusic absolutely sir. And thanks for the content again. I just went ahead and set up our board and iPad to do some of the suggested. Really appreciate the insight for sure. Look forward to more of the content ✊🏾
I think it may also be possible to cable connect to a router so you can still use an iPad or Android device remotely. I don't have the adapter yet but I presume that may work. Have you tried that option?
Hi Scott. I am learning a lot from your mixing station overview. Do you or any other followers know what video/section would show me how to customize each BUS to say a person name (like Scott Ears)?
Really appreciating your content, Scott! Quick question as I am just learning to work with backing tracks. How do I pull in a backing track from my iPad simultaneously while I'm using the Mixing app to mix my band? Using XAir 16 with iPad.. thx!!
I do both at the same time. Stage Traxx and mixing station. Just switching between opening them usually isn’t a problem. But once things are set, I don’t need to adjust the mix too much
Hey Scott, i Like the SoF Background Feature. It's working for the Channels wich routed to the physical Bus Outputs. I routed three stereo in ear Mixes to the physical aux Outs . The SoF Back Funktion ist not working for this Channels. Is there a workaround to have the SoF Background feature on that Channels? Very cool Video learned allot. Like Always.
Great, and efficient video. Thank you much! Do you have experience using a hardware controller (nanoKontrol, MPF mini) to control mixing station? As a drummer, I hate grabbing the iPad faders. Mixing station is way better than the behringer app, but I still prefer a physical fader. Beyond that, I'm also trying to use a physical controller to control some parameters of the XR-18 that Behringer doesn't allow for( I have the midi implementation list). I've been able to get some things to work, but the midi is a little confusing to me. Any thoughts or experience with this?
This is more pure gold! Only hitch I've had with XR-18 is the MUTE won't show per channel strip even with it enabled on Channel Strip edit and with Mute Enable on or off it never appears. There is a blank space there for it though. Weird.
@@ScottUhlMusic I reached out to the developer, who responded very quickly and was very helpful. He sent me this "You're in sends on fader mode and have the 'mix mutes' option enabled. Since the X-Air mixer does not have dedicated send mutes the app shows nothing. So best is to disable 'mix mute' or disable sends on faders."
If someone wouldn't mind answering more of a bird's eye question about digital mixers (and how you control with Mixing Station)... In an acoustic duo configuration, where both players are on IEM, does one or both of you monitor the "mains" or FOH output in your IEM? Without assistance from someone, what's the workflow if you want individual monitor mixes + a properly balanced main mix? Can you easily toggle between?
This is so cool. We have a Soundcraft UI16 and this could be handy for everyone to set up their in ears. They can set up their own screen to adjust their settings without having to go to the web app. A couple questions, can people set this up offline on their phones and then connect to the mixer later? or do they need to be connected for the settings to take effect. If its the latter, then what happens to conflicting settings? I love this channel. I've bought so much gear and software based on your recommendations. You also explain stuff really well.
You would need to be connected to the mixer in order to set it up 👍 the mixer will save the settings and people connect to the mixer. And thank you 🙏 glad you enjoy the channel!
Just remember, everything gets saved on the mixer. You download what is saved on the mixer when you connect to it with any device with the app installed.
Great videos Scott. Love the channel. Could you address what digital tablet controlled mixers you like. Particularly for someone with a Tascam Model 12 or other non tablet controlled and how they play together ?
@@ScottUhlMusic OK I was looking at the soundcraft ui16 that had a few bells and whistles that the xr18 didn't. And open box at $409 is alot less. Anything you prefer on the behringer? I think the 18 can record separate tracks. Not sure the Ui16 can
just had two behringer XR18s crap out on me. One of them was hardly used. it seems like they deteriorate just by sitting in the air. anyway I've used my phone to tweak these systems out forever since I had the XR18s so the phone absolutely works with the XR18. however caveat for all behringer and Midas owners these guys are arbitrarily discontinuing models including the XR18 and the behringer MR18 from what I've seen so far. Don't bother with them. I just jumped into a soundcraft which cost a few more bucks but the reviews are much better. haven't set it up yet but I'm sure it'll be fine. btw I was operating the behringer with the behringer app I haven't tried this one yet but it's on my list. from the specs I read the soundcraft should operate on my phone just like the XR18 did but it does it with a browser instead of an app. anybody have any experience with that that they can share?
Awesome video. How do I change the effects? Say I have a vintage reverb and I want to change it to something else like a delay. How do I do that? I thought there were all kinds of effects available. I am using the Android app.
Hey everyone, thanks for watching. Looks like Presonus mixers are now available on Mixing Station! If you don't see it, be sure to do the update.
At 18:26 you hit theme edit and get a screen that can change colors, etc. when I click on edit theme I get 2 long columns with no colors. I am using a Mac and PreSonus 24H series 3 mixer. What can I do to get the color edit features?
Man… you have (by far) the best info to time ratio in TH-cam. You are like an mp3 or jpg: super compressed with no noticeable loss of quality. Thanks (once more) for your great videos. They are sooo useful! It’s very kind of you to take the time an share to learners across the world. Greetings from Argentina!
Thanks Miguel! I love that analogy :) I appreciate it!
We use Mixing Station at our church. Each player in the band has an iPad and we each mix our own in ears. Running it with A&H SQ. Works great. Love it!
Yup! That’s the way to do it 💪
Provided you can lock them into bus mixes only. The X32 will do this but still, I wouldn't let our bands anywhere near an app that gives them access to the whole desk.
We are on X32 and the band all use MXBus on their iPhones and tablets, it's all they need and the payware version gives them EQ and Dynamics, or MX-Q.
the best feature of all -- it's only FIVE BUCKS for the pro version... i once mixed a show with MS on my phone using my car stereo -- the main outs were running patched to an FM transmitter as the band was playing before a drive-in movie during the pandemic...
😁
great review
Nice! Haha that’s awesome!
Brilliant;)
My Sweetwater rep recommended this video after I purchased a new mixer and downloaded the Mixing Station app...glad he did. Great video
Nice! Glad to hear that!
2 Best points of mixing station are custom layers and Re-Gain (on paid license). Re-Gain lets you adjust gain and will automatically adjust monitors/aux and FX the opposite way to compensate if the gain is in between the red lines. ((Basically you can tun up/down the gain and the monitors stay the same)) To use Re-gain press and hold gain to access gain window, then hit Re-Gain and adjust.
Yeah regain is amazing!
Mixing Station was the very first thing I got after getting my XR-18. In my opinion, it is ESSENTIAL. Must have. WORTH. EVERY. PENNY.
Back when I was in a band, we used the permissions "personal monitor" feature so other members of the band could use their phones to connect and only get a specific bus mix. That way they could tailor their monitor mix the way they wanted it (more me!) without bugging me to do it for them, and since they could only see their bus (or whatever permissions you gave them), they couldn't accidentally screw up the main mix, other bus mixes or other settings.
Great vid as usual!
Yup! I can’t live without it now!
Scott. Been meaning to say this for awhile - I absolutely love the gear you cover on your channel. So hard to find coverage of this kind of gear. Keep up the amazing work!
Thank you 😊 I really appreciate that!
I've been using this app for years and had no idea you could do custom layers. Genius!!
Custom layout is available only in registered version.
Took some time over the last few days to learn MS. It took awhile to wrap my brain around it, but I am pretty comfortable now. Saving is still a bit of mystery, but I think it's clearer now. I love that you can use it on any device!
Nice! Yeah it’s so great once you start using it
Dose the mix station app offer presets for quick Chanel set up? Say for acoustic guitar or vocal mic. Fir us that aren’t that mix savy yet
Thanks, brother. I just purchased the Midas MR18 and have watched many videos on how to operate it. Most of the videos use the Mixing Station but only a few mention it. However, NONE of the videos, that I came across at least, showed you how to use it, let alone as thoroughly as you did in this video!!! Thanks for putting out all these very useful videos! They have helped me tremendously.
Thanks! Glad I could help!
Lazy git as I am, I've had this app for ages, but never bothered to look into it. Thanks to your excellent video I finally did and now I'm using it with my SoundCraft UI mixer. Thanks a bunch and keep up the good work 😎
Nice! Glad to help. Enjoy the app 😊
I love this app with the XR16. The customizations are endless. It's so much better than the other app. Keep the awesome videos coming!
Thanks! And I agree completely, mixing station is the best app for these mixers
Each time I watch this video I wanna like it again, one is not enough 🙌🏻
I started with the XR18 back in 2017 and upgraded to the X32 Rack in 2019 and have been using Mixing Station since way back then. Earlier this year I decided to pay for it to be able to customize it. I've made some good custom layouts for 2 of my bands and will be brushing up on more of that soon. Thanks for sharing this with the rest of your viewers who may not have know about it. It really is just about the best thing since sliced bread :)
Yeah man, it’s seriously the only app I use now. It’s so good 🤘
Scott, have watched many of your videos, and when this one popped up, I knew it was time to go to school. I specifically bought a Soundcraft mixer because it doesn't require an app to control, just a browser, and much like you I work in a lot of different lineups, projects, with varying musicians. I didn't want there to be another step of them needing to get an app, but now seeing the power of Mixing Station, I'm thinking it's time to make a switch to an X32 and have everyone use this app to control. I've also run out of channels on the UI24R so growing pains for sure. but this app is a gamechanger, look how far we've come!
Thanks! And you can use this with the soundcraft as well actually. Soundcraft does make great stuff as well! I definitely love my behringer though. But the app works with both 🤘
Thank you, Scott. This is a great tutorial. I’m using MIXING Station, but didn‘t know how mighty it is. Your tutorials are are so cool.
Thank you 😊
Amazing vid, and perfect timing! Literally just bought an XR18 and you saved me hours of time. Thank you thank you thank you.
Nice! Glad to help!
Great overview of Mixing Station, Scott. I've been using it for a couple of years now; but, a lot of people were driven to it by the X-Air app being broken with the release iOS 16 (which has since been fixed... mostly). MS is a great app, but the documentation lacks a lot of detail on its use. I think this app is going to help a lot of people who have been struggling to better understand how to customize it.
One suggestion I'd add for folks is that, when you're using a tablet where you have a little more screen real estate, if you add the "meter bridge" to your layout, you can use it select other channel groupings (e.g. mix busses, FX Sends, etc.) so you don't have to create specific layers for them.
Once again, though, excellent review and overview!
Oh nice! Thanks for the suggestion, that’s a good one for sure 🤘
+1 for the meter bridge
Almost every time I watch your videos, I decide to click subscribe. And then I realized that I had already done it. And so on, 13 times so far :D
Hahahahahaha 😂😂 I appreciate it 🤘
@@ScottUhlMusic naah man, i appreciate your videos. I learned a lot from you, so BIG thanks n keep it up!
Thank you so much. The first video you made about Mixing Station that introduced me to the app was awesome. However this video blew my mind about the possibilities. 👍
Great to hear! 😊
I learned Mixing Station by working with another sound engineer that doesn't use anything else, so I had to get use to it. As with everything there's a small learning curve, but once you get it, it's great. I still go back and forth between the M32 app and Mixing Station, but that's just how I learned. I do have one issue with Mixing Station and sometimes it's why I prefer M32, and that is that there is no tap delay button. I believe there is a hack to add some sort of tap delay, but it's not an intuitive hack. If you know how to add that in, that would be a very useful video to put out. Great content, thank you!
I think I’ve seen a tap tempo button when you make a custom layout, but I’ve never used it personally
If you run across a solution, please share.@@ScottUhlMusic
Gibt Tap in Mixing Station. Du kannst auch einen Button generieren meine ich. Nur global Tab habe ich noch nicht gefunden. Klick oben rechts die Icon durch, dahinter stecken die Tabs. Habe nachgeschaut stecken oben im Quadrat das in 9 Kleine Quadrate eingeteilt ist.
Ist bei den Effekten versteckt. Beim Quadrat mit 9 Quadraten. Gibt leider keinen global Tap. Bzw. Habe ihn noch nicht gefunden, Auch nicht auf dem Pult.
It's been added in the mutegroups page
My comment was on the screen ! I'm part of a Scoot Uhl video! It's the little victories that make it all worth wild hahahaah😂😂😂
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Ihadto pick this up when I updated my iPads and the XAir app no longer works. Took a bit of time to sort out but now that I'm used to it I love it.
Yeah any change from something you are used to takes some time. But after switching I could never go back!
Thanks Scott, this is so timely. We just got our X32 mixer. Information much appreciated.
Glad to help!
Just caught up to the SOF background part of the video (commenting as I listen) and this was something I liked about X32 Edit and didn't notice it for MS! Awesome!
Yeah I found out about it while doing research for this video actually. It’s so useful!
WOW! I didn't know this app existed! I do live sound for music festivals, and most of the time I prefer to take my own Behringer X32, but there has been times where I've had to use whichever digital mixer they had at the venue....and since each one is slightly different, I tend to spend some time getting re-aquainted..this app could totally eliminate that step (obviously as long as the mixer works with it ) Thanks so much!
I use X32-Edit to mix from stage using my laptop and am comfortable with it.. but I'd bought Mixing Station for the X32 a few years ago to use for just IEMs.. but I never explored it that much.. this was a great eye opener.. thanks Scott!
Nice! Thanks for sharing and for watching 🤘
We run our X32 for wireless IEM and have been using mixing station since we got it and it is sooo amazing
Yeah, I have one guy who just won’t download it and keeps using the old M32 app. And he always asks “why won’t mine load?” And I tell him “the solution costs you $7 and I’ve already told you the answer” lol
I am using Mixing Station for quite a while now but I didn't know it’s can do such a lot of things! Great app
Yeah I barely scratched the surface I feel in this video haha
Great video! Always happy to get some feedback for the app
Thanks! I love mixing station, it’s such an amazing app 🤘🤘
so I just finished washing your video. SPECTACULAR EFFORT!
really superb dude. as I mentioned in a previous post I've been using the XR18s and know them pretty well. I haven't looked at mixing station in depth till now, but it looks absolutely amazing! I'm going to have to check it out with the soundcraft I just picked up. I wish I had taken the plunge with this when I was using XR18s it would have been a lot more fun to do what I do then with the XR18 app.
Yeah this app is definitely better than the xair IMO 🤘
Yessss!! Been waiting for a more straightforward video on Mixing Station! So if I'm seeing this correctly, you use the same layout for multiple bands? You just change the snapshot to show/hide different elements? As always, thanks for the great content Scott!
Yup, that’s correct 🤘
Well put together "snapshot" of Mixing Station. I love this app and have been using it for the last couple of years on an X32. I find being able to customize the control surface brings so much more functionality to the X32 that it's a must-have.
Great video! Very concise. I am looking for a digital mixer. This app is a major value add to any mixer that Mixing Station works with.
Normally, I am a Allen Heath user, in our church we have Behringer X32. This mixer have no touch panel. So I’m faster to work with the Mixing Station App. You can make on Behringer a DCA channel Spill. But with Mixing Station and individual Layer and an Special Layout, it is to work Easyer.
Thanks for this excellent explanation.
Just want to say thank you for all the info you shared I just got my MR 18 👌👌👌😊
Thanks! And enjoy your new mixer 🤘
this video helped me a lot! I review it periodically. Thanks a lot!
Great to hear!
Love these videos! A new thing I added was another separate channel just for my in ears of my vocals, with an occlusion EQ on it. Really helps cut through. And another bus out eq for the in ears for pilot tone stuff. Drew Brashler did some videos on it. Make a big difference!
This video is extremely helpful! I feel ready to tackle our show this week, and I've learned a lot of ideas to mess around with for future setups. Thank you!
Dude..... Sooooooooo gooooooood!!!! I wish you did ALL videos on youtube.... sooooo clear and concise!!!!! well done!!!!
Thank you! I appreciate it!
Brilliant video Scott. I actually was so impressed that I bought a windows based laptop just to run with our ui16. I prefer the laptop simply from a visual point of view because I am playing while running the PA and Stagetraxx 3 off an iPad. The only issue I have is that when I switch on sometimes it connects right away, other times it tells me the mixer isn't in range but usually connects anyway when I tell it to ignore.
Wow! Thank you so much for explaining how to use it, amazing app!
Glad it was helpful!
This is a great video and resource! Learned a lot about Mixing Station. My band is just starting to use the app with our mixer. Tons of customizations and control!
Mixing station is awesome. I've been using the paid version for the X18 and X32 for years.
Definitely!
Is this app compatible with X18 or only with XR18. Cheers
@@jerish-guitar747 It works just fine with the X18.
Thanks for this video. Saving layouts is a lot easier than when I last messed with the app.
Thank you so much for this tutorial. It helped me a lot.
Glad to help!
Game changer for our xair! Thanks
You won’t regret the switch! 🤘
Thanks Scott for another great video. I realize that it’s difficult to go through all the features and set things in a short video. I am a new user to the XR 18 and this video definitely shows the power of Mixing Station. However, because it’s so customizable it’s a little overwhelming for newbies. Any suggestions about where to look for some tutorials?
Thanks! And I would get to know the mixer more so than a mixing station video. Once you get to know the mixer you are using, switching to mixing station makes a lot more sense
Hey Scott! Thank you for all of your videos. You’ve helped me a bunch of times.
Do you prefer this over the Air app?
Absolutely! I only use mixing station now
Hey Scott! ✌️ so I’ve been using mixing station for xr18 and M32 on the xr I use the hardwired method from your video sometimes my iPhone seems to have less connection issues the only thing was to be playing and try and press stuff was a little hard so I figured a way to control it with a wireless daw controller (Bluetooth) midi mapped it and works awesome even to my iPad when it’s hardwired, I’m using the m wave smc mixer its perfect for running monitor mixes too
Great vid, thanks Scott, I was hoping there was a way to back up your settings but I watched till the end and couldn’t see it, I think you just went a bit fast during the custom layout part of the vid at the end. I’ve migrated from pc, touch Osc to st3 and mixer station. I’ve got them in split screen mode on my iPad 10, usb c straight in to the x air. Thanks for your hard work mate
Hi Scott, I’m going to duplicate my settings on my multiple pads manually, and then see if there’s a tutorial elsewhere on saving settings and layouts etc, but if you do get a spare minute, I’m sure your followers would love an in-depth guide of what gets saved where and how you transfer it on cloud etc … cheers hope you are well.
Gonna try it... I'm currently using the X32 app...
It’s worth it imo 🤘
love MIXING STATION , in my experience it also dosent disconnect from the mixer as much as the official app. works better every time
I agree!
really helpful. best education for this app ive seen
Thank you 🙏
You are the best! Thank you for this video!
Great video. Super content. Thanks!!
Thanks 🙏
@@ScottUhlMusic I am just getting into the world of digital mixers for home recording and band use. Your videos have so much info packed into each one. I learn lots.
Amazingly detailed and useful video! Thank you very much for the insight!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank You. You answered my permissions question in the first couple minutes.
You’re the best !!!! Thanks for this incredible tutorial !
Thanks for watching!
Cool! Will start to use this app on our Soundcraft mixer. Gr8 Tutorial, Scott. Thank's!
Glad it was helpful!
Hey Scott is there a way you can make a quick tutorial on how to set up a live stream mix on a X Air 18? I wanna do a band live stream and I wanna make sure what I can do with it! Thanks
It’s funny, I never really did that. My singer was the one to set up live streams during the lockdowns. He handled all of it and I never really learned how to
Thanks for always making the best videos dude sooo helpful
Glad you like them!
Tip for Custom Layouts. You can have different things happen based on Portrait or Landscape orientation. On the phone or tablet, you can switch to each mode (by rotating your device while orientation is unlocked) while in the layout designer in order to design for it. On a PC (and I'm assuming other desktops/laptops) you can resize the dimensions of the Mixing Station window to create a Portrait or Landscape aspect ratio and it will switch accordingly.
Oh nice! I didn’t know that 🤘
@@ScottUhlMusic on second thought you might have to set the app's orientation lock, but there is definitely the option to design one layout file in which you have different controls depending on orientation
Great job! Thanks!
Dam I'm in Love with these videos. I'm currently watching to buy the XR 18, so this is perfect! Another great video Scott! Cheers from Portugal
Thanks Gil 🤘 xr18 is a great mixer!
@19:06 - that is such a great feature that I really miss on the Behringer software! When the faders do something completely different than controlling the main output - I want them to look completely different so my slow brain keeps up with the action..! Though I must admit I haven't taken the leap from Behringer to Mixing Station yet - perhaps it's about time now!?
Very well explained 👏👏
Thank you 🙂
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Outstanding Video Thank you
Thanks!
WOW! I needed this TODAY!
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Random side question - that I expect you to know or care to answer - we got the MIDAS MR18 and it doesn’t show up on the app list or in the license menu. Any ideas where to go next?
I’ve connected via the wifi and the computer app but I’ve never been able to pass a signal. We’re trying to use it as a mixer for live or as an interface for recording with our music therapy clients for an adaptive rock band we have (folks with special needs). Any guesses on the best way to connect and pass sound? Tried a few tutorials - don’t want to have to return to Sweetwater but if it’s too fussy I don’t know if I can work with it.
Long story short - if you want to do a virtual lesson via zoom we’d be interested in paying for your time for that.
It does work with the Midas. Under the “behringer midas” column, the 2nd option 👍
@@ScottUhlMusic okay I’ll give it another go!
@@ScottUhlMusic the one that say X/M air?
Hey Scott! I would love to see a video on how to set up a simple bluetooth midi foot controller with Mixing Station. I would love a footswitch to mute effects for speaking, mute/unmute all the channels (except aux), mute/unmute aux for set break music. There was a video briefly posted in a facebook group (now gone) that showed this setup with a M-vave Chocolate pedal, but they didn't show how to do it. There is a severe lack of information available! Thanks!
I need to look up midi for mixing station, I haven’t messed with it. It might be midi for the mixer itself
I was able to get it working with the mixer with the addition of a bluetooth midi dongle for the xr18, but it was a pain getting everything to talk to each other.
Makes sense for Behringer users. Any Soundcraft people using this? Wondering why / are there any advantages i’m not seeing for SC mixers? Great stuff Scott!
You can use this with soundcraft for sure!
@@ScottUhlMusicIndeed - i just don’t see why you would - i understand the advantages in on Behringer ( phone etc ) - just wondering if any advantages / extra features for SC users that the SC interface doesn’t already have. 👍
I try to use it on a soundcraft ui24r tonight in our band's rehearsal. You actually don't really need id since the Soundcraft "control" is webbased. You can access it with every device. After connecting, you just choose big screen (laptop, tablet) or small (phone).
Yeah i use it On my Soundcraft UI 12 mixer. The web based control is not very stable or responsive This particular mixer was not made the best but mixing station makes it way easier to operate. The wired connection only works with certain older android tablets.
Supposedly for midi control, like an Xtouch or Faderport adding motorized faders to the control of the Soundcraft UI mixers. But I'm not having any success getting it to work. @ScottUhlMusic - any tutuorials of how to integrate these midi controllers for control would be awesome!
Wow !... there's so much you can modify. I personally would need a week to figure it all out by trial and error and what changes they all do. thx for taking the time to explain what this app can do. I'm just too far out of touch with technology.
Yeah it can do so much. It’s worth getting to know imo for sure
Thank you so much for that!!
Thanks for watching 🤘
Another great video. Thanks Scott
Thanks again!
Awesome video! Can you share these layouts and setups with your band members or do they each have to build it themselves ? Thanks !
I believe you can share layouts, yes 👍
Thanks for another informative video for all us working (and sometimes not working) musicians.
If you say the secret phrase in your response I'll give my pups a free treat today😂
Cheers from the PNW!
Hahaha thanks, I appreciate that 😊 always gotta take care of the pups!!
Great video. Thank you ❤
Wouldn't you want your gain to be there as well 10:46? Or is there a way to add gain to what we can see in the Layer side/Left side?
You could if you wanted to for sure 👍
Hi Scott. My band still has an old analogue Behringer mixer & 20+ year old eq & feedback destroyer etc which I bought in the late 90's. We still use it in our practice room but want to update & buy a new digital mixer & set up a rack to get ready to gig again. We rarely have more than 8ch so a 16 would be plenty big enough. I already have 2 sets of NUX B-7 wireless in ears (because of your demo) but we want to add a couple more so all 4/5 of us have a good monitor. Do digital mixers have good enough in built EQ/feedback adjustment for the FOH so we don't need separate rack mount gear between the mixer & powered FOH?? What brands/models of mixer can you suggest that I look to buy since I am starting from scratch. Thanks very much in advance, Mark.
Thanks! And side note I do highly recommend watching these two videos: Choosing the Right WIRELESS SYSTEM - A Comprehensive Guide
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For your wireless IEMs.
And I love the behringer x32 and the xr18. Those are the ones I use live all the time and I love them 🤘
The Allen & heath CQ series has feedback detection.
Thanks for clarifying that Scott... I'm a Mackie user, it works for me. I understand it, and find it intuitive... I thought I would try this figuring maybe, it took Mackie to the next level. I thought it was a free app, as you pointed out here... now I know, you have to buy it. I get it, the cost of a cup of coffee... I purchased the Mackie years ago, and the app is free. The limitation of the Mackie is in the hardware, so this isn't really that useful for me. Phone, ipad, android, all work with mackie, of course, limited features.
Thanks for the info. Did you do a tutorial on how to set this up with backing tracks from other apps on the iPad? If so, where?
If I remember correctly, I did in this video: th-cam.com/video/uUb3M-hYtE4/w-d-xo.htmlsi=yuQgThcV2W0_8k6w
@@ScottUhlMusic Thanks much. I seem to remember watching this. Do l then connect Tracks to Mixing Station?
Yessir!!! Nice video!
Is it a one-time payment of $5-$8, or is it a monthly payment??
One time 💪
great video
Thanks!
So you use this to control your Behringer? Is that because you can have just what you need to be visible on your iPad or iPhone instead of a screen with all the faders? Just curious.
Excellent video. You absolutely do the best job out there with your tutorials.
Thanks! And yup, it’s the best app for controlling my xr18 or x32 rack
I've been using this app for years, its my go to for behringer/midas stuff. Now, If only they would add Presonus mixers.
That’s the one I was really wishing they would add!
Same
Hey brother great content! This is very new to me. Thanks for the work put into this, and for clarity in some areas.
Some suggestions if I may….
Your content would be much easier to follow and digest if it was consistent with the “helper arrows, or animated circles you use”. While you might naturally talk fast and your brain may capture this quickly, as an educator or someone sharing this info, it was a bit challenging to follow at times.
The impactful portion occurred when you took time to go through the content. I saw you placed some useful animation in, but for sure being consistent with those would help. That coupled with how fast you zip through some of this content (not a complaint, just observation) that made it challenging.
I still subbed because this will be very useful, but think you can totally improve on some areas for sure. Hopefully you see the above as constructive criticism not negative complaints.
Keep up the great work 👍🏾
I appreciate the suggestion 🤘 I do edit my videos fast because I personally cannot stand slow tutorial videos, so that’s a preference. I’m not actually a fast talker in general haha so that’s editing. But consistency in animations is a good idea. I try to color code things as much as possible, and some animations work better than others for what I’m trying to do. But consistency is a good suggestion. I appreciate it 👍
@@ScottUhlMusic absolutely sir. And thanks for the content again. I just went ahead and set up our board and iPad to do some of the suggested. Really appreciate the insight for sure. Look forward to more of the content ✊🏾
Pause and replay....easy peasy
I think it may also be possible to cable connect to a router so you can still use an iPad or Android device remotely. I don't have the adapter yet but I presume that may work. Have you tried that option?
Yup: ADAPTER For Your DIGITAL MIXERS - Lightning/USB C to Ethernet
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Hi Scott. I am learning a lot from your mixing station overview. Do you or any other followers know what video/section would show me how to customize each BUS to say a person name (like Scott Ears)?
It’s the same way you change the channel names, you just scroll down until you see the BUS channels 👍
@@ScottUhlMusic Yay! That’s what I needed. Thank you.
Really appreciating your content, Scott! Quick question as I am just learning to work with backing tracks. How do I pull in a backing track from my iPad simultaneously while I'm using the Mixing app to mix my band? Using XAir 16 with iPad.. thx!!
I do both at the same time. Stage Traxx and mixing station. Just switching between opening them usually isn’t a problem. But once things are set, I don’t need to adjust the mix too much
@@ScottUhlMusic thank you!
Hey Scott, i Like the SoF Background Feature. It's working for the Channels wich routed to the physical Bus Outputs. I routed three stereo in ear Mixes to the physical aux Outs . The SoF Back Funktion ist not working for this Channels. Is there a workaround to have the SoF Background feature on that Channels? Very cool Video learned allot. Like Always.
That I’m not sure about
Great, and efficient video. Thank you much!
Do you have experience using a hardware controller (nanoKontrol, MPF mini) to control mixing station? As a drummer, I hate grabbing the iPad faders. Mixing station is way better than the behringer app, but I still prefer a physical fader. Beyond that, I'm also trying to use a physical controller to control some parameters of the XR-18 that Behringer doesn't allow for( I have the midi implementation list). I've been able to get some things to work, but the midi is a little confusing to me. Any thoughts or experience with this?
Thanks! And I haven’t tried that. I don’t believe mixing station itself can be controlled with midi
This is more pure gold! Only hitch I've had with XR-18 is the MUTE won't show per channel strip even with it enabled on Channel Strip edit and with Mute Enable on or off it never appears. There is a blank space there for it though. Weird.
Hmmm that is really weird…
@@ScottUhlMusic I reached out to the developer, who responded very quickly and was very helpful. He sent me this "You're in sends on fader mode and have the 'mix mutes' option enabled. Since the X-Air mixer does not have dedicated send mutes the app shows nothing. So best is to disable 'mix mute' or disable sends on faders."
@@scottbakernc Nice! Behringer is usually great about helping out for sure
Great Video
If someone wouldn't mind answering more of a bird's eye question about digital mixers (and how you control with Mixing Station)... In an acoustic duo configuration, where both players are on IEM, does one or both of you monitor the "mains" or FOH output in your IEM? Without assistance from someone, what's the workflow if you want individual monitor mixes + a properly balanced main mix? Can you easily toggle between?
I keep an ear on FOH, but mostly for an acoustic duo I pretty much set it and forget it. I don’t have to make many adjustments once it’s set properly
Thanks @@ScottUhlMusic - Enjoying your channel!
This is so cool. We have a Soundcraft UI16 and this could be handy for everyone to set up their in ears. They can set up their own screen to adjust their settings without having to go to the web app. A couple questions, can people set this up offline on their phones and then connect to the mixer later? or do they need to be connected for the settings to take effect. If its the latter, then what happens to conflicting settings? I love this channel. I've bought so much gear and software based on your recommendations. You also explain stuff really well.
You would need to be connected to the mixer in order to set it up 👍 the mixer will save the settings and people connect to the mixer. And thank you 🙏 glad you enjoy the channel!
Just remember, everything gets saved on the mixer. You download what is saved on the mixer when you connect to it with any device with the app installed.
Great videos Scott. Love the channel. Could you address what digital tablet controlled mixers you like. Particularly for someone with a Tascam Model 12 or other non tablet controlled and how they play together ?
I personally use the x32 rack and the xr18 by behringer. I love them
@@ScottUhlMusic OK I was looking at the soundcraft ui16 that had a few bells and whistles that the xr18 didn't. And open box at $409 is alot less. Anything you prefer on the behringer? I think the 18 can record separate tracks. Not sure the Ui16 can
I’ve just always used it, and I really like it. Soundcraft are supposed to be really good too!
just had two behringer XR18s crap out on me. One of them was hardly used. it seems like they deteriorate just by sitting in the air. anyway I've used my phone to tweak these systems out forever since I had the XR18s so the phone absolutely works with the XR18. however caveat for all behringer and Midas owners these guys are arbitrarily discontinuing models including the XR18 and the behringer MR18 from what I've seen so far. Don't bother with them. I just jumped into a soundcraft which cost a few more bucks but the reviews are much better. haven't set it up yet but I'm sure it'll be fine.
btw I was operating the behringer with the behringer app I haven't tried this one yet but it's on my list.
from the specs I read the soundcraft should operate on my phone just like the XR18 did but it does it with a browser instead of an app. anybody have any experience with that that they can share?
Man my xr18 has been a tank. I’ve taken it to Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Cancun… and it’s a beast. I’ve never had a problem with mine
Awesome video. How do I change the effects? Say I have a vintage reverb and I want to change it to something else like a delay. How do I do that? I thought there were all kinds of effects available. I am using the Android app.
Yeah it should have the FX tab in the upper right 👍