Gosh, this is awesome! The most informative tutorial on gain structure I've come across. Thanks so much!

Packed full of info. The type of video I can watch again and chew over. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for sharing your experience with all of us!

You are great. Thanks for your informative videos. Love you. Keep posting and educating small engineers.

I love graphs! So I like digital mixers....... The picture that displays when adjusting compression, gates or EQ us super helpful for me.

I discovered your channel like two days ago and I looove you vids, your tips are awesome. And it would be amazing if you make a video with pro tips on ear protection when mixing live FOH, thanks for uploading such good videos !

Great vid again James, thanks!!

I hope you keep all these awesome videos coming. I appreciate the fact that it's always about "Live" engineering on your channel. You're my reliable source of information for Live Sound environment. (even though it happens I might already know about a given topic) I watch it anyway, always something to take away. Most of the other channels cover the same topics, but in a studio context :( Anyway, just a word of encouragement. Keep going !

Thank you for sharing your knowledge & experience

Picture is getting polished! Attaboy™, James!

I love ur videos .. keep posting new videos 🔥 much love

Hi James, I love and always look forward to your new videos. I'm jus wondering and looking forward to a video on broadcast/livestreeam mix. The ins and out of it.

Hi James.. hw r u? I really loves ur videos. A huge thnx for great videos. I just wanna tell u please make a detailed video on how to mix with 32 channel analog consoles (Eg. Yamaha MGP32X) with inputs, outputs, compressor, effects, gain structure graphic eq and all other essential parameters & facilities which we found on a analogue console. Hope for your positive responses. Thnx again.😊

Thank you for this video

Great video. Lines up exactly and simply with my knowledge from 40 years of working with PA and recording systems. Unfortunately I'm now in a band where the leader and sound guy don't seem to understand this. I am using a Yamaha MX61 and after forty years of playing organ, I have a sound guy who is demanding I not use the swell pedal. I am running direct two stereo outputs into a Boss stereo volume pedal. Have been using it for five years. Anybody that actually plays organ will tell you how essential a swell pedal is. It's my belief the simple solution to any volume problems in the house mix would be fixed by simply setting the gain with enough headroom to account for my swell pedal increasing the volume, which is what you mention in reference to guitar pedal boards. Anybody else have any thoughts on this? This new sound guy doesn't seem to want to adjust because he wants total control over my volumes. Should I also let this guy control when I use my mod wheel to use Leslie speaker effect? Thanks for any ideas and glad I found your channel!

Exciting indeed ! I'm a newbiein sound mixing just can't get it in full, maybe be 10% 😃🤣

Thanks, info is very useful

Awesome Tips!

Great info James. Back in the day of everything analog, we still had plug-ins. I mean how else did you power it? I started my Church audio technician path on a Mackie 24 channel analog. Now I'm using a Studio One DAW to mix for the Livestream.

I love the way you explain stuff super awesome video probably the best one on KZfaq explaining gain structure

Good stuff. And I wish I had that SSL lol

Thanks

Thank you for this info. I continue to have an issue that that has been an issue ever since I can remember. It's with the pulpit microphone. When I set the gain like normal it's too hot of a signal for my house . Feed back with not enough volume for the people to hear clearly. But I have good signal to the Livestream aux. When I bring that down to address the feedback in the house then I have to max out my Livestream aux and sometimes that still isn't enough for some people speaking on that mic. I've tried ringing out that channel but it always comes back to the same issues. Any help?

I started out sending uncompressed, unprocessed direct-outs to the monitor mixers, which meant that the musicians were isolated from everything I might do on the console other than changing the pre-amp gains. But recently, I've realized how hard it is to keep an in-ear mix in balance on the stage with no compression available, especially if you're having different singers taking turns leading out on various songs, or the drummer/guitarist/bass player gets way more excited in worship than s/he did in sound check. So, I've taken to sending post-compressor versions of the channels to the on-stage personal mixers because they need compression almost as much as the FOH does. My next step would be to use a several mix busses as sub-groups to add some bus compression to various groups before sending to the stereo mains, as I suspect some subtle bus compression could be all that is needed to get the musician's in-ear compression into the shape I want it for FOH. This latter idea was inspired by watching your Gain Structure vid, so I can't report how well it works yet, but I can't see how it would be a bad thing. Do you have any comments about that?

Venue Main EQ is always my biggest challenge. I’ve used all the DBX and other units. Ear still works best but there’s still room for improvement and remains my last big hurdle or challenge at a gig.

Hello I have a little request: what is the information needed to get started in live sound technology. thank you.

Hai sir give suggestion .. cani conect wireless microphone receiver to audio mixer thru audio isolater

Hey James. How do i set the volume of powered speakers?

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Do you add eq & compression to main L/R channel?

Good day sir, I have a question, When I use an analogue mixer, the master fader level meter reaches almost at around -3db , in the yellow range, But since I started using the Si impact, it only reaches the 3rd fader - 24 dB from buttom Although I've set all Gain to normal yellow strip gauge on the input. Is that normal with the SI, or it's something I'm not fixing right

Hi XR18 user here.. What if gain on the channels are set to around -18 (no way near clipping), but now I’m pushing my faders way above unity to get decent volume ? I’m talking +5 or +8 Should i just readjust my gains by turning them up more so it starts to hit the orange colour, that way I can bring the faders back down? I noticed you mentioned something similar around the 6.10mark about dialling in the amps, but I think my digital mixer has the amp built in ? Sorry I’m not a sound engineer so sorry if that last comment made no sense lol

Where do you put your faders when you start setting gain?

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#singtojesus

Jesus prefers analog to digital. He likes the warm natural distortion. Though He does admit, that digital tech has its' place. Jesus rocked.

Can clipping cause damage to the mixing console?

VCA's vs. DCA's. I always thought it was the opposite. You can send eq,dynamics, fx to VCA and DCA's you can't.

I like analog consoles.

so normally singers dont listen to any compression on their vocals in their iem mix ?????????having a lil wrestle with this thease last days helppp

Every church ever: Volume knob = Gain bro same

Quick correction: You can't clip internally in most digital mixers (even though they indicate clipping, it's not actually clipping the signal). On any modern digital mixer the only relevant points for clipping are A/D and D/A since internally mixers sum with 32bit or even more

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Add subtitles in Russian pls

It is so informative and usefull, but why are u in such a hurry? Wouldn't it be better, to speak abit calm and slow, so everybody can grasp what you say ( if u intend to do so). If u can take a bit more time, these videos will be more use full. Cheers!

Funny, but the audio of this video is extremely bad

Love ya but you speaking Chinese. I hear you talking but I don't understand

Hey another nice usefull video. But u speak way too fast. Just do it slower and easier even an non english-speaking person can understand it. That would be more helpfull to absorb everything what u wanna explain to us. Please consider this.