Video was very informational and I liked it but what if you have a PA speaker that is running off of the black and red cable connectors and you’re trying to hook it up to a receiver, that supposedly the PA speaker itself runs anywhere from 10 to 500 Watts would that be fine. I know nothing about pa speaker or hooking them up so any more help. Would be greatly appreciated.
is it possible to have a sub mixer for keyboard and another sub mixer for drums and both connected to main mixer? so that the players can hv full control over their mixing
Bought a Fender Acoustasonic 15W Guitar Combo Amp...the guitar Amp says Channel 1 & 2, Input 1 and 2. One is made only for XLR and the other for the 1/4 inch jack. It does not say what to use for either Inputs. Acoustic/Electric OR Solid body Guitar works in both - via the XLR one (with the Adaptor) and also directly in the 1/4 inch jack. - somehow the JVC 600 ohms Mic., Shure etc. Mic with a 1/4 inch jack, only works via the XLR Adaptor and not Directly with the 1/4 inch jack? Why? Guitar works Directly and also when plugged in the XLR via the XLR Adapter? The Adaptor is a Male XLR to a Female 1/4 inch Input.
I connect my keyboard to a ZMX52 mixer and my laptop to the headphone input , I can hear my keyboard but when I try to record using any software like Mixcraft or Audacity I can not record anything coming out my keyboard . I can record my voice when I switch sound device . but the line in never works , I'm very confused now spent almost 3 hours to record sth . any ideas ?
I have a Behringer xenyx 802 mixer, and I'm trying to connect a powered speaker, in addition to a wireless microphone, dj controller and laptop. How do to I connect all three? I'm only running sound through one speaker. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Idk if you guys still run this channel or not. But I was thinking about buying pa speakers for my room. Because I want more bass. What would be better? Pa speakers or better home speakers
I have almost an identical board, a Mackie ProFX12. When I use the rca "tape in" I get sound through the board no problem. But the fader at the bottom of the board has no effect. I can adjust the volume via the main, and a "tape level" control knob. But shouldn't the track 9/10 fader work on rca?
Jackson Blankenship Sort of. Since we're only plugging in a microphone that is a mono input, the mixer can only output mono. However, if you plug in a stereo input, only one side of the audio will be outputted with just one speaker connected. It cannot audio output in mono by itself.
sorry for the veeeery long delay in a response, the issue may be that the music you are playing might be recorded in stereo, is the 3.55MM lack a tip ring sleve?
evan wallace The XLR end was terminated incorrectly. The red and one white should be soldered to pin 1, the blue and the other white should be soldered to pin 3, and the ground wire (usually silver) should be soldered to pin 2.
Not sure if this is the right place for this question but on the system I have been working with the monitors and the gain have been my only means of controlling the volume as the volume controls per channel have not been working. It is not my system and the owners of the venue have been adamant about not messing with their layout. Is there something simple that I am overlooking that is not due to the layout or is it a problem with the system itself?
Hey, sorry for the delay in our response. Controlling the volume by gain only is unfortunately a terrible way to handle it... If you do some research on gain structure and how preamps work you'll quickly learn it's absolutely not ideal. I'm not positive with the specific problem you are having, but there is no real way to just skip that volume process.
jojo jet That is correct. However, powered mixers also have regular outputs which you can use with powered speakers. Just don't use the powered outputs!
Hey Jerome, If you are using Passive Speakers, You'll plug the XLR cable into the amplifier instead of the speaker. You'll then have another cable that will go from the output of the amplifier to the input of the speaker. Depending on your amplifier, the type of cable will be different.
Hey, this a yes and no answer and it gets a little detailed. Yes, technically you can plug guitars directly into the 1/4" jack and they will play through the mixer. Ideally for acoustic guitars or other instruments of that type, you first want to plug it into a Direct Box to bring the level of the guitar up to the correct impedance. Look up DI boxes and that should answer the rest of your questions!
+Brad Grimm in my case, it's NOT how to set a PA up as everything was hard wired and installed within a building, so I had to solder a lot of connectors and wanted to know the wiring configuration for the speakers and what sort of speakers I needed to suit my existing amp
+James Walker Then the video you would have been looking for is an install video. This is a video for the start up "DJ" or a "house party". Amps, speakers, even wires all have different specification *Ohm ratings, frequency specs, amp ratings, etc.* it would be hard to make a single video on these installs. If you are having install issues you may want to hire someone qualified to do the installation.
I did sound around the US and Canada for about 12 years, biggest show was 13,000 in Canada, I'm sorry man but bad video, seems like you are a new to all this because you don't call anything by its correct name and give bad info.
I am sorry you found this video "bad". Could you actually reference something that is a "incorrect name"? What is the bad info? We can help you understand it better if you give us your references that make it a "bad video". I can tell you I have been doing this all over the US for many years. I have heard many techs, 30+ years in, use MANY different terms for similar things in this video. If you are going to call something bad, at least give an actual example. Anyone can say it is wrong, or bad, or incorrect, without actually stating or correcting the information. Going on your 13,000 people show, who was it? I have done headliners of different musical genres from Yin Yang Twins to Gretchen Wilson. Yes we did sound for them, and Beamworks itself has done many more.
