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<blockquote data-quote="Chris Wadden" data-source="post: 107447" data-attributes="member: 2583"><p>Using the X32 Compact</p><p></p><p>Did a gig last night where the versatility of the X32 really made things so much easier. </p><p></p><p>I mix shows for a group of guys I've been working with for a while. 5 dudes, each with Sennheiser G3 handheld wireless mics, and a laptop using virtual DJ to play backing tracks for them to sing over. Super easy stuff. They use 3 powered wedges in front for monitoring, though they prefer to have them as one mix, again super easy. 2 powered 15's for Mains. </p><p></p><p>So I show up to the gig last night to find another group of guys are playing as well. It's a 3-piece act, with a drummer, keyboard player, an iPad running backing tracks, and a single vocalist. Within the act the vocal switches between a male singing Frank Sinatra and a female singing Barbra Streisand. </p><p></p><p>The venue we were at had a built in system, thought not setup like your typical PA would be. It's a function hall type setting, with four 15" JBL EON G2's suspended up in the ceiling facing downward to the floor in each corner. A little strange for performance use but perfect for DJ's or simple background music. </p><p></p><p>So I get to the gig and the band that actually hires me says, "They're not running through our system!" They had no idea this act was going on either, so they were a bit pissed about it. The venue wanted the Sinatra band to go through the venue's PA and the group I work with to use theirs. </p><p></p><p>Problem is, the house venue doesn't have a mixer. They simply have two female XLR plates that run straight up to the JBL's. They expect the groups to bring their own mixer. Guess what? Sinatra didn't have one. It became apparent that they were going to have to run into my mixer one way or another. Which worked out in the end because I ended up recording both groups and getting more money out of Sinatra to make a CD for him.</p><p></p><p>So in the end I was literally able to use the X32 Compact like a true split console. First 8 channels for one act, the other 8 for the other. Routing to completely different destinations, and making everybody happy. I had all the tools I needed to provide the best sound possible. Because the acts alternated, I simply setup mute groups and with one button literally switched between two completely different sets of inputs and outputs. It was pretty badass. </p><p></p><p>I get too excited about this stuff.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />~:-D~:grin:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chris Wadden, post: 107447, member: 2583"] Using the X32 Compact Did a gig last night where the versatility of the X32 really made things so much easier. I mix shows for a group of guys I've been working with for a while. 5 dudes, each with Sennheiser G3 handheld wireless mics, and a laptop using virtual DJ to play backing tracks for them to sing over. Super easy stuff. They use 3 powered wedges in front for monitoring, though they prefer to have them as one mix, again super easy. 2 powered 15's for Mains. So I show up to the gig last night to find another group of guys are playing as well. It's a 3-piece act, with a drummer, keyboard player, an iPad running backing tracks, and a single vocalist. Within the act the vocal switches between a male singing Frank Sinatra and a female singing Barbra Streisand. The venue we were at had a built in system, thought not setup like your typical PA would be. It's a function hall type setting, with four 15" JBL EON G2's suspended up in the ceiling facing downward to the floor in each corner. A little strange for performance use but perfect for DJ's or simple background music. So I get to the gig and the band that actually hires me says, "They're not running through our system!" They had no idea this act was going on either, so they were a bit pissed about it. The venue wanted the Sinatra band to go through the venue's PA and the group I work with to use theirs. Problem is, the house venue doesn't have a mixer. They simply have two female XLR plates that run straight up to the JBL's. They expect the groups to bring their own mixer. Guess what? Sinatra didn't have one. It became apparent that they were going to have to run into my mixer one way or another. Which worked out in the end because I ended up recording both groups and getting more money out of Sinatra to make a CD for him. So in the end I was literally able to use the X32 Compact like a true split console. First 8 channels for one act, the other 8 for the other. Routing to completely different destinations, and making everybody happy. I had all the tools I needed to provide the best sound possible. Because the acts alternated, I simply setup mute groups and with one button literally switched between two completely different sets of inputs and outputs. It was pretty badass. I get too excited about this stuff.:D~:-D~:grin: [/QUOTE]
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