I've been posting lots of questions relating to the x32 rack and IEM system my band got. I have another question and I'm sure I'm going to get lots of opinions and I want to hear them all. We are probably going to evolve with our sound setup that we are going to take our x32 rack/IEM with us when we play so we don't have to worry about spotty venue sound setups. This means we are planning on using our own mics, plugging them all in to the x32 Rack. What I don't know and am curious about is what outputs should we be ready to give to the venues and what would be the best way to accomplish it? The band guy who buys all the stuff bought us an S8 mic splitter which we are plugging in to, sending one set of the outs to the XLR ins 1-8 on the x32 Rack and the second set is plugged in to a Hosa PDR-369 patch bay.
I have zero experience using patch bays. We have used pretty much all the outs on the x32 rack for the IEMs (we still have XLR 7 and 8 "free" (the default main L/R and aux 5 and 6). I feel like we have enough inputs (we really need at most 12 or 13). If a venue wanted to have control of our sound with their own mixing equipment without messing with what we are putting through the x32...how could we get more outputs for them? As I'm sure there are many options to accomplish this I'd really love to hear all opinions. We aren't using any of the effects in the x32 rack at this point so not worried about them screwing up how we sound, I just want to know how to have enough outputs for the venue so they could have FOH control with their equipment.
I have zero experience using patch bays. We have used pretty much all the outs on the x32 rack for the IEMs (we still have XLR 7 and 8 "free" (the default main L/R and aux 5 and 6). I feel like we have enough inputs (we really need at most 12 or 13). If a venue wanted to have control of our sound with their own mixing equipment without messing with what we are putting through the x32...how could we get more outputs for them? As I'm sure there are many options to accomplish this I'd really love to hear all opinions. We aren't using any of the effects in the x32 rack at this point so not worried about them screwing up how we sound, I just want to know how to have enough outputs for the venue so they could have FOH control with their equipment.