thank you. i have had a x1204 for well over a decade that i used as a PA mixer in my home studio. I sold the house 8 years ago and haven't used it since. Just before December 25 i was asked to supply the sound for our village community lunch, of course i accepted but had forgotten how the x1204 worked. Your video helped a lot !! thanks again
Nice breakdown. Since I mostly do studio work these days I use my mixer as an interface to go into my computer. I use control room and sub mix outs to go to effects and samplers, and bring their signals back in on main channel. Never enough aux out or effects sends for me!
Thank you so much! That mixer's interface is not so obvious to understand than others that I used before (Mackie, Soundcraft ...) and I was really confused when I tried to send signal to ALT 3-4 with that Behringer. Best wishes!
Thanks for the informative video. I realize it made several years ago. Question on the color-coded diagram: It shows the mixer being connected to an external Zoom R24 recorder, but the in and out arrows are misleading. It shows the Zoom's mic/instrument inputs being connected to the mixer's three outputs for speaker/pa listening/monitoring. Just to clarify: I presume you connected the Line out jacks of the Zoom to a stereo (left/right) line input on the mixer, which can then have whatever's coming from the Zoom be routed to any of the mixer three outputs. In other words, whatever is connected to the Zoom recorder's inputs is not connected directly to the mixer's outputs (as the diagram would indicate), rather, those inputs can be heard thru the mixer and its outputs via the Zoom line out jacks which serves as the interface between them.
Thank you very much for this. It was very helpful and taught me some things I wasnt even aware of. Do you have anything available on setting up stage monitors with Behringer mixers?
Deb...just got a BEHRINGER 1202 ONTO A b-1 CONDENSER MIC. Your video just demystified the whole '2 track out/control room' thing. Basically I have two stereo channels out, do I not? THANKS again & stay safe dear lady......TJ the DJ...
Great video, I learned a ton! The configuration you setup spawned a question though. The output that goes to the crowed is configured to the control room output. You mentioned it would be better to use the main output (XLR). I understand this, but at least with this mixer, it would not work, which is probably why you are not using the main output for the crowd in the first place. Reason beeing, the most versatile output is the control room/headphone output. Here you can add + remove all inputs you have created. In other words, with this mixer, you cannot create: main output, all instruments=> crowd while control room (two instruments only) => band member 1 alt 3/4 (other two instruments) => band member 2 Do you know any mixer that could do that? Preferrably even more mixes, e.g. alt 5/6, if that is a proper term. It would be awesome to have a mixer that allows for creating more mixes that just two and on top making them available individually to the headphone/control room for creating/assembling them without affecting the main mix.
all of this is true. Usually, the bigger the mixer, the more outputs you have. Something like this will give separate outputs for each input a.co/d/itAKGZ3
@@DebErney , thanks a ton for your reply. Do you happen to know whether behringer is the only one offering this "feature"? The "enyx QX2442USB", that you shared, is quite large.
@@DebErney thanks a ton for your reply. I'm wondering whether Behringer is the only brand that enables such granular control. I was looking at many different brands, but it seems that configuring multiple mixes through headphones while not influecning or listening the main mix at the same time is rather rare. I recently tried the Mackie profx12v3+ and it was impossible to detach the main mix from the headphones. You could route the USB input from the computer to the headphone, but that's about it. The Behringer has an incredible control mechanism to seamlessly switch between main, alt, two track, either in isolation or together, however you like. That is a feature, I would really like to have. The mixer that you shared, the enyx QX2442USBenyx, it's just a little too large for me. are you aware of any other brand that has such fine granular control?
Hi Deb, nice to meet you, this it's my first time here. I need to kon how to connect my analog equipment trough my xenyx x1832 (compressors, delays, multi fx, reverbs) also I have a ultrapatch behringer and a v amp pro, and a u-phoria umc404hd. Best of my regards. Cristian from argentina
Thats tuff 👌🏼 question, Is it possible to control the level of each channel for those alt outs is listening to? I see just the "send to alt" buttons but not the level of send on each channel, The doubt in me is because of the typical case in which the musician asks for more volume of something specific.
Brilliant video. Thanks Deb. Have you happen to have worked on a Zoom Live Track L-12 Mixer? I am a novice with it all. So would be interested in watching that video to learn more.
You are brilliant, not just because you understand it so well, but because you explain it so well. I noticed on another mixer that I have that when I tap my PC speakers out with TRS 3.5mm to stereo into channel on my mixer, verify that I have the full sound out of my PC using headphones to monitor, yet when I try to do a FX Send or Aux send out of the mixer I have a low quality sound which is as if both stereo signals not going out. I don't care about the separation, but I expect all of it to be there since my Aux Out only has one out. This is a new Yamaha, which I think may be a balanced/unbalanced issue. Your thoughts? I was going to go get the Behringer you have in this video, hoping I don't have same issue. I'm compulsive some about dropped sound quality, or partial sound loss.
@@DebErney I got a tremendous deal on a price match for the Behringer X2222USB for under $300. It has no such issues. On the other mixer I tried every cable in the world, but checking with headphones and RU-vid stereo checker video that on the Yamaha mixer it was perfect going into mixer and when it came out the aux it was bad.. it's how it got summed in the mixer because with a mixer similar to yours it works fine. Thanks again for your great help. Cool that I thought I heard you playing a Dylan song too!!
An excellent explanation of using the outputs on the Behringer QX1204usb. I wonder what advantage the Behringer QX1622usb offers with its Sub outputs instead of the Alt 3/4 on the QX1204usb?
I prefer the effects on the older Behringer X mixers. The X1622 has a few more outputs that you can control volume and output. ALSO a little trick with the separate track “INSERTS” on the rear can be used to output separately for each track using a TRS cable and only plugging into the first click. I really liked the X1622. As far as the Alt 3/4 vs Sub there isn’t a difference that I could tell.
Hi Deb, I have the same mixer of yours. Would I able to plug in passive speaker cables to the control room out directly without amplimer? Thank you very much for your well explained and detail video.
This is a great video, very well explained! I have a question for you though. I have this exact mixer and I have it mostly figured out. The one issue I am having is that when I monitor myself using headphones (main mix sent to phones/ctrl rm) and headphones plugged into the phones port, the condenser microphone I use sounds really loud with a ton of ambient noise picked up. The recordings, however, sound rather nice, with almost no ambient noise. I'm glad it's not the other way around, but this makes me not trust the way my microphone sounds on headphones. Curiously, I tried plugging my headphones to the control room outputs, and the sound is heard exactly the way it is recorded. I am now considering using a TRSF stereo to dual 1/4 adapter so I can plug my headphones to the control room outputs, but I'm still annoyed at why the headphones sound so loud on the phones port. Sorry for the long question...
@@DebErney thanks for your reply! I'm using Audio Technica m50x headphones, they don't have volume knob. The only way I have found to control headphone volume is through the "phones/ctrl rm" knob on the mixer, and it is always at around 25% (pointing straight left, 9 o'clock), even at that level I find it extremely loud. As I mentioned, if I plug the headphones to the Control Room output, it sounds great, just as the recordings do. Thanks again for your reply! I appreciate any insight you can provide.
@@JoeyTeckno Hi Joey, I have the same mixer and Audio Technica headphone but m40x, as well as the same issue. Your question help me to solve mine as well. Now I plug my headphones to the control room out. Joey and Deb, Thank you
There really is no hard set rule, but generally the main output is to the speakers or for clean recording in put ant the Control room is more for monitoring, or can be out to front output. You really have to play with the inputs to see what does,what you want.
Hi, I have just bought a pre-owned sister mixer to this (the Xenyx 1204FX) and am trying to work out how best to use it. This video has been really helpful for that, but I am wondering what is the best way to connect to my PA system? I have two speakers, one which is powered and a passive speaker which is powered by other. This means I only have one 1/4 inch input option on the powered speaker, as opposed to being able to connect left out from the mixer to one speaker and right out of the mixer to the other. Any thoughts would be appreciated, thanks.
Deb I really enjoyed and learn from your very detailed and explanatory video, I still have one doubt, I use a Mackie 1402-VLZ3 for podcasting interviewing people via Skype, but every time I'm going to record I just unplug the Main out cables that goes to the speakers because I do not know which bottom or knob would silence the speaker and still be able to listen thru my headphones. Any help or solution you may know would be very appreciated. Thanks for what you do.
Not familiar with your mixer but you might consider attaching the main speakers to an output that has volume control. That way you can control volume to speakers without effecting the other outputs.
Dear Deb, Thank you for your video, I use this console the same way you do (recording 4 separate channels and want to hear it as well over a P.A. system), but I can't seem to get it right, there must be a setting or two wrong, so, everything I have here in front of me is set up the way you do in your video, now only when I press the button AUX SENDS Solo, I get sound over the PA...is that normal? I cannot see if you have it pressed or not. Thanks, Erik
Hi Great video! I have same mixer but it produces same noise as in your video whenever you increases volume Is there any solution for this hisssss noise or I have to live with it! Please need your expertise on this
I assume your trying to run amp outputs into mixer? I would try using the amp outputs into mixer with volumes off then adjust accordingly. If your amp has no outputs you’d have to mic them.
Hi Deb, I have this mixer as well and use it for teaching guitar online. I have my vocal mic on line 1, my guitar signals in stereo on 2 and 3, and a headphone out from my computer into line 5/6. This way I can blend vocal, guitar, and things like backing tracks from RU-vid together and mix it all into Zoom. My output is via USB to Zoom, etc, but also to powered monitors which are connected to the mains via XLR. My issue is that sometimes I would like to mute the monitors without turning them down or unplugging them and listen to the mix on headphones while maintaining the same signal out via USB. Thoughts on achieving this?? Thanks for a great straightforward and informative video!
so your pushing the mute buttons to activate the alt 3-4, do you need to push some thing to switch between mute and alt. My understanding is if you push mute it kills the sound for that channel. So how does that channel send a signal to Alt 3-4. Im a DJ who usually plays along side a sax player and drummer. Sometimes the sax would like more sax on her monitor and the same with the drummer and the dj (plugged into stereo chan 5/6) would like even mix of both sax and drums and Dj together.
This is an amazing video, I just have a question when you use your headphones do you hear the effects that you set up, because I have a problem, I am using the same Mixer, however on my output behind it I can hear my microphone effects and all, but on the control output and on headphones output I can't seem to hear any of the effects.
There is a “send effects” button on your mixer. Make sure it is selected for which ever output you want them to go to. Headphones will listen to main outputs so make sure the effects selector (right side, middle of mixer) is properly engaged or disengaged.
Can you record 2/3 guitars and a keyboard oh and the drummer at the same time Deb? And how would you route it to the pc using reaper or Audacity? I would like to record the band on stage etc. I am eyeing off the Zoom LiveTrak L-12 Digital Podcast Mixer & Recorder Thanks heaps.
The live track maybe a good options for you. My experience using live and computer anything has never been good so I like to record to sdcard then mix later. You can run the mixer outputs into interface. Most analog mixers will only give you a stereo track. I record live with zoom rc 24 running separate outputs into the 8 channel recorder. You can pan hard right and left then use the different outputs ie main, 3/4, aux, whatever you have on mixer.
Can you use a mixer to do the same thing that a di box does? If, for example, you had multiple instruments, say, a classical guitar, a steel string guitar, a mandolin, and a ukulele - my understanding has been that you would ideally have a di box for each one that would run to a balanced input on a mixer. I'm still trying to understand some of this stuff, sorry for my ignorance. Anyway, could I just plug each of these instruments into a small, non powered mixer and then used the outputs of that mixer like a di box that ran to the main mixer? Does that make any sense?
Until you understand your mixer I would not worry about a DI Box with your mixer. Usually the DI box is used with an acoustic guitar to curb a certain tone or frequency. I’ve not heard of anyone using it to tone the mixer frequencies. Most mixers have EQ, balance, volume with should take care of what your wanting the DI Box for.
My new 16 channel behringer is playing the CD fine but when I put a new blank when I put a new blank CD in it's not reading when I'm on record CD burner is waiting for some sound but not getting it what do you think is not right
I just recently got a Behringer Xenyx X1204USB mixer for my birthday a few days ago. Everything is connected, I’m just trying to figure out, how I can route the audio from my computer into the mixer and back into the computer so people can hear my computer audio like music and such over Skype, teamTalk, etc. I have the inputs and outputs set correctly on my computer as USB audio codec. Is there something I have to enable on my Mixer? Just to be clear, I’m using a Mac for this.
Never used this mixer for this setup. Sound like you’d be better off with dedicated usb in/out mixer. Usually mixers that need generic usb drivers have usb as an after thought and very limited to 1 stereo in or out.
Deb Erney ok... so what do you recommend I do? I really don’t want to return this mixer, because I got it as a birthday present. I have a friend, and he has a similar mixer to mine, and he was able to do it.
Bought one of these to use as a mixer for mulitple wireless mics and putting to three differnt output. One to a Black magic web presentor to livestream the event, to a PA system for the panel and one to a H4n Zoo Digital recorder since I want a clean audio recording of the panel discussion. Can you suggest the best sete up for this. I am a new to thise.
This mixer is going to be pretty limited for what your wanting to do as it only has 2 true outputs with L/R. You can route main outputs to 1 source, and you can route 3/4 outputs to 1 source which you could hard r/l for separate channels, then record from the CTRL/Headphone output with all. But this mixer really doesn't have enough individual outputs without panning hard right hard left then separating each output. A better option would be the Xenyx 1832, which has 6 separate outputs for 1-6 tracks (channel input) as well as 2 Aux, sub 1-2 and main outputs which would give you many options.amzn.to/2BleCn2
great video, thanks..how would I connect 6 keyboards though ? would I just send them in as mono inputs which I guess comes out of the 2 speakers, so not stereo ?
Your mixer has to have at least 6 tracks.Connect each keyboard with 1/4" output into the channel inserts that are also 1/4". Start with very low sound then turn up gradually, avoiding clipping. if you want to use a Y adapter (two inputs/outputs to one) you can.
Mark Willis i can use my electric Fender Tele that has no pre-amp. I think most mixers have some sort of pre-amp??? There is also the Hi-Lo switch for a little extra on a few tracks. Found an article at #sweetwater that may help a little. I think your just going to have to try it and see. Your keyboard should have enough juice to run it. Try it and see. www.sweetwater.com/forums/showthread.php?46741
5:00 could you add the USB Input to the control room output with the red button on top? Or would that mute the alt and main mix in the control room output?
Hello Deb i am new subscriber on your channel i have a problem i have a xenyx 802 mixer and a sony receiver i hook the mixer main out to receiver cd channel the sounds comes out okay but the mic I don’t hear and when i speak to the mic main mix light green but don’t have sound coming out to the receiver i i am using my mixer and receiver for Karaoke purpose what do you think to that problem thank you
Hey deb so I want to buy presonus live 16 and my question is can I connect 3sets of power studio monitors? I am just a rookie but I want to connect each speaker using balanced cables
You need to check for “OUTPUTS”. That will tell you how many outputs you have. Check the specs and make sure it has the amount of OUTPUTS you are looking for.
Hello Deb, where do I hook up my monitors so I can hear myself through my monitors and my main and be able to send only selected inputs to the monitors?
That depends on what mixer your using and whether or not the monitors are used with PA system. If your monitors are stationary and use only the monitors for output, use your main outputs. If you need more control over sending different tracks to different sources you may want to use any of the other outputs on your mixer that can be selected/adjusted per mixer.
Just a bit of knowledge to add: 2:54 the piano sounds weird because you are sending a stereo signal into a mono balanced jack, which you can't do (unless you're going for a crazy weird sound). You can't plug a stereo signal into a balanced jack and get good results UNLESS you set the source of the audio to mono.
@@DebErney Point taken, just wanted to help out. I had a lot of trouble figuring out balanced/unbalanced, mono/stereo stuff when I was learning them. Thanks for making the video. Cheers. :)
Truthfully, I don't use these. My understanding has been that they are primarily for effects in and out. I usually don't use external effects. according to the manual; return path for the effects mix generated using the post-fader aux send. This is where you connect the output signal of the external effects device.
Could be a lot of things. Dust in your controls, loose connections, bad cables. I’d start by replacing cables and using can of compressed air to clean out sliders and controllers.
you can connect output from amp to any input on mixer. BE CAREFUL. TURN VOLUME ON AMP ALL THE WAY DOWN then gradually increase. Depending on Amp you probably have a MONITOR OUT?
