That lady validating the mix made me smile😄 All your hard work is paying off now Chris! No one deserves this like you do brother. Enjoy the mixer as we will enjoy watching you teach us about it. Rock on 🤘
Another pro tip; I use a wireless headset microphone to communicate with the band (old Shure 183Mhz unit that interferes with nothing). The receiver pack has a "Mute" button. The mute button is how I control my TB. I can be on the other side of the room, unmute my headset mic, and communicate with the band very effectively without yelling. It also keeps your hands free, so I can talk while moving things, etc. If you're at the console, you solo their monitor channel in your headphones, you can mix monitors very effectively, hear what they hear, and when they speak into their mic in a normal voice, you can hear them. Because you have a headset mic, you don't have to deal with proximity effect on a TB mic. Ergo, you can speak in a normal voice and communicate back and forth very effectively. Bonus; If the club owner needs an announcement made, I just move the TB fader up and now I'm part of the public address. 20+ years doing it this way. It's flawless. Bonus 2; People see you with a headset mic, they tend to leave you alone because they can see that you are part of the band and are busy. Best of luck. Still enjoying your video!
@@drummerdonniedotcom Never thought about using a wireless for a TB. Could come in handy if I’m not physically at the console. When I activate TB it shows up on channel 40 or something, then I just assigned that to local 24 where my mic was plugged in and that worked easily.
I use wireless IEMs at mix position for Solo. I can be anywhere in the room on an iPad and pop ears in and solo something to investigate. Also, works when you bio break mid set. Just solo L/R Mains and be careful to not drop the iPad into the toilet. lol!
@@toddleach1108 The apps I tried to mix on the X32 were so buggy I didn’t bother with an iPad. Hopefully the wireless Wing apps are a lot better. I’d gladly utilize that to mix monitors on stage during changeover.
That's the guy from X32 club, still using physical knobs on the EQ instead of direct touch. But I think it is absolutely necessary to include it, LCD disasters are definitely not fun. My previous experience with QU, I couldn't tap phantom power because the LCD was damaged by water droplets. Thanks for the great video Chris! Cheers...
I’ll never get fully used to or trusting of touch screens despite how neat they are. I purposely won’t buy a new car because I want actual buttons. But then again, this new Wing console is so awesome and I can’t justify saying I’m sticking with an X32 even though I know every inch of that board and can operate it blind.
The Wing was tied with the Digico S21 for my favorite console I got to use during my Entertainment Tech program in college. The FX and routing are some of the easiest to use on the market imo! Great video as always Chris! Happy to see you continuing to kill it with content!
Just heard you say you work at Dingbatz, I interned there in my early days when Freak was still alive. Great dude, taught me a lot. Glad the venue is in good hands.
Props to you for getting one so fast. I ordered a rack on sweetwater a few days ago. They r saying like December. Can't wait any longer! Ughh. I do sound for a band in South Jersey! This is gonna be a nice upgrade over our m32c.
On the output buttons, I see there is a User option. Does that allow you to do assignable controls? For example, could you move your Tap tempo to one of the 1-16 buttons on the "User" layer? Appreciate the review! Yours is the first hands on review I've seen!
From the way it was explained to me, yes that’s right. I could be wrong though. I’m used to doing everything manually. Thanks for watching! All of the videos I’m releasing this week are all hands on real world use.
Also, if they make it as flexible as the fader layers, you may be able to fully customize and alter the functions of the buttons on the BUS, DCA, and MATRIX pages as well, not just the user page. The Fader layers are fully customizable, so you can put the channel 20 fader on the channel 1-12 layer by replacing one of the 1-12 channel strips with channel 20 instead. As far as I can tell, the only actual difference between the user fader layers and the others is that they come pre-assigned by default, and the buttons have different labels printed on them. Otherwise they are just as customizable as the user fader layers. On the full size WING I use regularly, I have fully re-mapped nearly every fader layer, so I'd honestly be surprised if that type of flexibility was missing from those buttons on the right side of the compact console.
Great job Chris - love the Wing stuff! Just wondering if you would consider using the wing as your DAW controller/interface for that more tactile and "live sound" feel to your studio set ups?
Plenty of reasons. First - I don’t have an iPad. Second - I filmed this video about a month and a half ago, so I didn’t want people approaching the console to take pictures of it. Third - Every single app I did use on an iPad (when I had one) to mix remotely on the X32 bugged out after moving away more than 10 feet and it wasted more time than saved it. Finally - I didn’t want to leave the console unprotected in case some drunk idiot approached the stage.
5:00 one of the best features of the full sized Wing is that you're able to configure any channel or bus as stereo in the config tab. So no need for linking faders like on the X32 because the one fader will just control both inputs. Is that not a thing on the compact?
It’s exactly the same as the full size. When I plug the two cables in for thr OHs and set up one of the channels as a stereo, that works, but the channel where the other cable is plugged into is now essentially a dead channel. I’d rather just have the 2 faders than one fader though.
@@chrishammillaudio It probably helps if you think of it as the pre amp inputs just being inputs or sources as Behringer calls them and not channels just due to how the wing system is. That way you aren't necessarily thinking, "oh i have a dead channel" or something like that. I guess i never really got the feel for using two faders as i started on the wing instead of the 32. Also i do know some people actually run two mono channels fully panned out LR as stereo on the wing for more precise control over elements if you really care (Lee Bataller in one of his videos talks about an advantage to actually doing that but its very minute). Just gotta deal with manually setting levels
@@chrishammillaudio hey, I get the confusion. I said and thought the same way till I had my hands on the (full size) wing a little longer. When using the wing (full size, or compact) you have to look at channels and inputs slightly differently than before on x32. As the user above stated. one channel (fader) can control two Sources (Inputs). So if Cymbals are Input 7 and 8 on the back of the board (or digital snake), you can make channel (fader) 7 OR 8 stereo and control both Overhead left and right with One Fader(Channel). Took me some getting used to, but it saves space on your board, so more faders (channels) at your fingertips For example...lets say you have a band with two keyboards and two guitarist, and everyone wants stereo signals you can do this: Keys stereo Left and right lets say input 9-10 for main keys, 11-12 for top keyboard, 13-14 for stereo rhythm guitar and 15-16 for stereo lead guitar. you can now make the last 4 faders on right of your wing compact control those inputs. Channel 9 main keys...channel 10 top keys...channel 11 rhythm guitar....channel 12 Lead Guitar. Everything can be controlled by 4 faders(channels) instead of 8!! including processing....makes mixing sooo much easier! Just realized how long this response was lol
@@JayBratton31 I get that. I have no problem with getting used to one fader for 2 inputs. Like I said already, if I use channel 3 as my stereo OH channel, channel 4, where the second xlr is plugged in, shows up as a channel associated with 3. Both channels say 3/4 stereo. I cannot use the fader on channel 4 for bass if I wanted to. Unless I’m missing some tiny detail in the routing menu. Thankfully the console allows me to easily copy all of the settings from one channel to another so if I get OH L sounding right, just copy the setting to OH R and manually set the 2 faders.
Just one comment -- that's not a headphone out on the back, it's a GPIO (general purpose I/O) port. You can use it to connect footswitches for control input, or control external switches / relays.
@@chrishammillaudio AFAIK, the headphone port is a separate port -- it's under your thumb and revealed at 3:30. The GPIO port is the one near the MIDI DIN connectors. I don't know any to send audio through a GPIO port.
@@BrandonPaluzzi There is a dedicated headphone port at the bottom of the console below the faders, but weirdly the console has a logo labeled "phones" directly above that GPIO port. Behringer advertises this as 2 headphone ports and said to me you can have 2 different headphone sends, so that will have to be something I look further into.
@@chrishammillaudio I _think_ the second headphone jack is the one that's "upside down" underneath the top deck (it's under your left thumb at 3:28, and is uncovered at 3:30). (Also want to make it clear -- really appreciate your videos, and not trying to be "that guy" at all) :D
Of course! I know you’re not “that guy”. The headphone port is for sure on the bottom right of the console just below the faders. That for sure is a the headphone port lol
What a beautiful little home studio you got! Are you the dude who mixes over at dingbatz? I used to live near there and your little loft reminds me of my old place.
OMG I never realize that WING FX work like a DAW.....You can insert directly on your channel without sacrificing you FX Buses...I always thought WING is just a nicer version of X32
@@chrishammillaudio and @pakcikpingu3751 Gate/EQ/Comp can all use built in emulators without an FX slot. Also under each there are some alternatives that can be used if you dont need the gate/eq/comp. For example, there is a pre-amp that can be set up instead of a gate that can add saturation/drive, or a single band dynamic eq that can fit in that Gate Slot as well.
I thought on the wing every fader could be set as stereo and use two channels, no need to link two faders. Maybe I am wrong on that but might be something to look into.
Anyone who asked about the console and motioned to take a picture I just said it’s a legal issue and I can’t have any photos of it. Plus I’m wearing my camera on my head nearly the whole gig. Helps with preventing people from approaching.
It takes all of one additional second to get to mute groups which is something I would actually use every day. Other than that, this console is flawless imo. You can set custom user faders to be physical mute groups but I’d rather do the former.
@@chrishammillaudio I have a guess that the user assignable buttons on the right can be programmed to be mute group buttons, as well as a tap tempo etc.
@chrishammillaudio I'm really enjoy knowing new features on old or new gear ⚙️.. think about new capabilities and uses, solving problems 🤔. Thanks for the opportunity.
