LEARN HOW TO MIX ON AN M32 X32 CONSOLE with Lee Fields | MxU NOW 

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It's almost as if getting amazing source tone makes life so simple as a mix engineer. Who knew!? lol Great video Lee!

Can we take a moment to appreciate the clean raw recording! Those mic placements do show up and make the mix engineer’s day.

Great vid! Few additional pro tips: 1) Eqing a kick drum 2:16 - Put a HPF there @ 30HZ. Your PA is not able to reproduce this subbass frequencies, by doing so you get a more tight response from them and get a bigger headroom on subs too. 2) When done with Kick, bring the overheads to the mix. Those mics capture most of the drum kit. If you would to bring snare, toms, hh and other contact mics first, the overhead mics suddenly add a lot of new information that is really hard to decipher (should I eq out the harshness in the OH or on the snare mic?) and phase issues are nearly impossible to address. Phase issues happen when there are is more than one mic picking up the same sound source resulting in different sound when both mics are on. So: Kick, then overhead, and then bring the other mics one by one as in the video. If the sound of your snare (tom, hh...) is strange after turning on the contact microphone, try swhitching the polarity and or delaying it a bit. 3) AG dissapearing in the full band mix 29:43 - This happened to me a lot. The quick solution is to make the comp slower (raise the attack to something around 20ms). I am a 901 lover too! :D Personally do not like to use gate as default plugin, rather using it as a tool really only where it is needed. In most cases when EQd right, the kick and toms do not really need it. Thanks for what you are doing!

I work in the corporate AV world and see these a lot for events. Your video helped me out as an A2 aspiring to move to an A1 position. I have a big gig tomorrow and was doing some brushing up on this board the night before...thank you

Well spoken, easy going nature and highly skilled mixer=great teacher. I cant wait for more from Lee.

Wow. This is just so satisfying taking unprocessed audio and making it sound like an album with only a few simple steps per channel.

This also goes to show you that great sources can make a budget console shine.

This video helps A LOT! Thank you Lee for sharing and teaching us how to build a mix from scratch! 🔥

I just got onboard as a Sound Engineer, at my church, about a month ago, and I'm really getting up to speed with the M32. After watching this video, I can definitely look at the mix that is setup and really get an idea of what the Lead Sound Engineer mixed.

well done Sir Lee.. this was simply what i could not do in 4 hours you did under 30mins, God bless you

Wow man. This is amazing. I just finished my 4th gig at a big local venue with an M32. I grew up running analog I did not want to learn the digital stuff. I cut my teeth on the Mackie DL32r but never tackled the m or x32 Every show I've ever done on either of those digital mixers I've always been running around with my head chopped off hoping that the settings from the previous guy are going to work and only feeling comfortable about halfway through. Last night after my third gig there I watched the first half of this video and learned so much about the board. And especially how to properly use a gate. Gates have always been hit or miss for me and I usually didn't use them but watching you and zooming in to see your settings REALLY helped. Tonight's gig went SUPER smooth and so many of the things I didn't know before already feel like second nature. Thanks again! Watching the rest of the video now.

Loved the way you made it look so simple even though it boils down to how we hear the sounds. Not dependent on what you saw most of the time but mainly on what you heard. Thank you MxU & Lee Fields.

This video is worth more than money to me. The knowledge you get from this single video is priceless. Love it!

Grreat job bro, really helped me out on a crash course of moving fast. Set me up well for a worship practice I'm mixing tonight on the M32. Have 6-7 years on a CL-5 but never this one. Blessings sir!

Lee you dont now how much i really wanted to hear and see how you do your mixes... woow mxu u rock indeed for me.. all the way from the other side of the globe. Great job man

Thanks for posting this Lee, we are in the process of training up some of our volunteers in the Spanish church and this was a great way to show them that in 30 minutes you can dial in a mix. I was going to make some snarky comment about not enough 18K air on the kick drum :)

I keep coming back to this. So helpful

I have been dying to have one of this for my church in Ghana it just sounds awesome

Great job coming from someone has made a career of touring with CCM / Secular artist alike in churches to stadiums and everything in between doing audio. Thank you for this!

Absolutely loved this!! I've been looking for something with such detail for a while and I'm glad I found this. Thank you!

This is a real test drive of what this desk is capable of. I think the engineer done a great job!!! Im the owner of the 1970s Midas console from tin Pan alley Denmark street. Was after a digital desk just sent back the presonus 64s conversion was nasty. Hopefully the Midas M32 is gonna be the one for me

This is the best mix of all the videos on youtube that I have watched (listened ) a very good job!

Had to come back and study Master Lee , So much to learn ! 😀😎👍🏽

Great video, incredibly helpful with understanding workflow!

Thanks Lee, I’m getting X32 in a couple weeks I guess you just helped me out with some headaches

Finally some really useful drum mixing tips!!! Earned a sub! Thanks for sharing!!!

Great detail and info captured here Lee, I am headed to the audio shop for this model 😎 Peace, and more Grace to you

What a great, straightforward video. thank you

Great video! You made it that guickly, I'm impressed! :) Thank you so much for this video, it will help a lot in our church to show them how professionals do it. :)

This was super helpful, Thanks MxU!

This is Amazing! Thanks a lot, helps me very much!

Thankyou sharing m32 mixing your teaching is helping most of the sound techntion ihope iwill see more

This is so much helpful. I couldn’t hope for better than this ❤

I do really enjoyed it nice one MxU thanks so much for this.

Thanks sir. I appreciate your teaching it has been helpful in my mix

Excellent Video and Great Sounding mix. Nice work sir.

Such a great video! would love to see a video of Lee or Jeff going in depth with the X/M32 with the built-in effects and inserts. Keep up the great helpful content!

Really good video..my band just got the m32r for stage monitoring/ in ears… hope I can achieve such a great sound with it. Greets from Germany ☺️

Thank you Sir. Helped me a lot. Have a good one

simply and fascinating . Great job

what a BEAST!!!!!!! thanks man, this explains alot and helps in ways you dont know!

Excellent walk through. You know your stuff. I'm not religious but this efficient walkthrough is a godsend. 🤣

This is like watching Bob Ross paint. Your ear is dialed in sir. Good stuff.

Am very much happy to learn, i Midas mixer in my church, it's a nice product

Thanks for this!

Sounds good listening through my Ath M20x headphones 👍🏽👏🏾

Cool mix! I really enjoy your lesson. I felt distortion in main vocal or I wrong? Great drum sound. I like to know the another mics in your band. Thanks for take your time to show us your job!!

I just stumbled into a gold mine! thanks for that content.

i like your drums sound, great!

Great sounding sir!

where can I download that multitrack?

Awesome mixing video!

Great Video - helps learning this desk massively - Can I ask would it be possible to get the tracks so we could follow along ourselves

Here’s me watching the whole thing on my iPhone, thinking “yeah, that sounds pretty good!”

Finally get to see a worship mix with an e901 as the main kick 😂 been wondering if I made the right decision in purchasing it, because I love the tone it gives. Definitely love this video and am going to implement a ton of these tricks into my youth setup

This is so ingenious and masterclass. I've learnt so much. Please do more of these videos. Please, please

Im grateful for you video..thank you from indonesia...

Nicetrack though! And nice work Man. And very nice feed ! I I never get them that clean from stage to console !

So good, Lee! Very useful

Wow beautiful song also! :D well done

This is gold!

we both have very similar mix approaches...nice !

Off-topic question: What LED lights are you using in that video? You did a great job on that lighting!

I mix on the Midas MR18. Great tips. 🙋🏽‍♂️

Well, I was thinking that my workflow is slow on this one. Now I see that there is not much space to speed up :D Thanks for great video :)

Great video thanks

Love your videos! Is this multitrack recorded with the m32 or on the Yamaha?

Hello Lee, I have the same console at my church. And there are some features that I don't understand. Like when you say that you are going to trim it. the attack, release, hold feature and some more. I am really not good at what i am doing but i am looking forward to learn from where ever i can find some help. I would like your help if possible. I really appreciate this video i really learn something from it.

How are you creating, or from where are you getting, the "dirty bass" feed?

Thanks for this vidéo. U're the best

awesome video! Would love to see a part-2 Q&A from comments. Q - would love to hear Lee's thoughts on vocal effects. I see that he set up the plate reverb in a normal way but the tap was coming through ch32 - what's going on there? AIso, is one vocal effect feeding the other, or are they separate?

Nice sounding virtual sound check. How can you do that setup from your laptop to the M32 mixer?

WOoow!! Good demonstration! how did you plug the computer to the console! and wonder if it's possible to have the sound mix for training! be blessed!

Great video! Can we use FX individually in each channel instead of using the FX Buses? Or are we always forced to use the FX buses for using effects? Thanks and sorry for my ignorance.

Would love to see this on the SQ-7. Very interesting to observe thank you so much.

I have the M32R. Its super nice...

Would be nice to see how you set up your outputs and speakers!

I LOVE IT. THANKFULL

Thanks for the great demo! May I ask where from did you get input signal? DAW program on the laptop?

Great job bro ....lov from India

Great Video Thanks.. Quick question.. how are you adding Effects on Drums "Ambience" from Aux 1 Knob??? Can you please explain

Wish our church would have a a band like that :)

What song is this. Love this mix!!

Thank you for this instructional video I have some questions. Does the x32 have a trim feature?? Also I use a ql5 for church it has a analog and digital gain. Can I use the digital gain as a trim function??

Love the vid! Helps me get a better idea working with our M-32. Dumb question, how do you change the UI to the "dark" theme instead of the default blue?

Thank you for putting this out, lots of great tips for a volunteer like myself. The mix sounds amazing, I’m assuming a lot of that has to do with the quality of the source material coming into the board, correct? In a situation where you may have a lot of over-ring/resonance coming from a kick drum, will the gate help me reduce it or am I going to the drummer to find a way to tame it? I believe ours is leaking into the vocal microphones and seems to be the source of some feedback.

Do you have a recommendation on a sound board that's upgraded in channel count from the x32? We are already running waves with the Behringer so we were thinking the LV1. Wasn't sure what else was out there that was comparable in price. Thanks!

That is a really great vide0. Is the a link to the multitrack of the song so we can try our hands on it?

Can you comment on the -15db trims applied to playback? Was it recorded really hot or did Tracks Live add too much upon playback? I've seen a need for -4 to -6 for reaper but my free version of tracks doesn't need so much neg trim (X32 not M32 - could preamps be an issue?) For vocals, I've moved to the Fx rack's "Vintage Reverb" and like it. We use plate for instrument reverb and had been using hall for vox, before Vintage.

Hey, thanks for sharing this content, helped me a lot! I have a question though, what's the difference between reduce dBs by gain and by trim?

what are software are you using for those tracks and are you connect to to the console ?

Nice one!!!..what application you use in multi track to mix in my soundcraft si..and where can i download a multi track sample..thanks

Hi Lee, I love mix. i want to learn more from you.

What is the best way to practice mixing if I can’t get into my churches auditorium during the week?

I'm waiting patiently for the midas heritage d hd96 mix to appear, best regards

Amazing vid!!!!!

personally i'd gate first before eq, i've done it eq first and found i got too distracted by audio bleed from other drums. but what works for one doesn't work as well for another

Nice...wow..thank you sir...

Excellent!!!! Thanks some Of these techniques I use so I guess I’m following the path of lee fields....the only thing I have not use or practice a lot is the clean and dirty bass technique maybe due to the nature of music I’m mixing