Monitor Mixing - How to Ring Out a Floor Wedge - Ringing Out Floor Monitors

Monitor Mixing - How to Ring Out a Floor Wedge - Ringing Out Floor Monitors_1

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Monitor Mixing and Monitor Engineering is often a topic not spoken about a lot. This is the second video in my new Monitor Engineering series dedicated to teaching you how to set up and optimize your audio console for monitor mixing.
In this video I show you how to ring out a floor wedge. Ringing out a floor monitor is a key skill to aid in the reduction of feedback.
Learn more about my X32 Fundamentals course at: course.drewbrashler.com.
Products shown in this video:
Behringer X32: sweetwater.sjv.io/g1RvM9
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:14 Overview of Ringing Out a Floor Monitor
01:57 Delay the Monitor When Testing
03:23 What EQ for Ringing Out A Monitor
04:29 Using a GEQ for Ringing Out A Floor Monitor
06:12 How to Ring Out A Floor Wedge
13:23 Conclusion

Пікірлер: 66

@cheereebus Жыл бұрын

I’m a big fan of swinging the mic past each driver, starting from afar and slowly getting nearer as you build up a feel for how stable the system is. Really shows off general trouble frequencies without being dependent upon the qualities of my voice. By swinging, the mic moves through the output field of the driver fast enough to not build a sustained feedback, and with practice you can get great control of the interaction between mic and driver as you progress.

@hashv712 11 ай бұрын

Outstanding video. I followed this step by step and was able to ring out an intermittent feedback that had been plaguing us for months! Thanks a million Drew.

@yaye606 Жыл бұрын

great as always drew!

@stevendierkes6028 Жыл бұрын

Great explanation! Thank you!

@sigurdroos8802 8 ай бұрын

Continue this series please!!

@djgibbs1945 Жыл бұрын

Thanks alot Drew 🔥

@dowwjonez 9 ай бұрын

Great video, thank you!

@mickeymiguel2726 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video 🎉

@ambotlang Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@TheDoodostudio Жыл бұрын

Super useful tutorial, Drew, thanks again!! By the way, for those of you who use the iPad app like me, the "SPEC" option to make the RTA (real-time analyzer) showing "stacking" bars is available in the Setup button (top-right of the screen), then tab GLOBAL, section "RTA Preferences", and then button "SPEC".

@chriskcdriver3274 2 ай бұрын

You just made my day!

@TheDoodostudio 2 ай бұрын

@@chriskcdriver3274 My pleasure!

@robertharker Жыл бұрын

Great 100ms tip

@xforeverwarx 9 ай бұрын

Would be great if you could do a ringing out video for the Wing, too!

@getsmarter5412 2 ай бұрын

Want to safely ring your PA and protect your ears and speakers? Drop the threshold of a downstream limiter (with no auto gain) to it's minimum. This will choke all the volume out of any signal coming through, both vocals, and feedback. Quite magical to see and hear your PA feedback at a controlled -40. Want to reduce the chance of feedback? Throw every other front line vocal mic out of phase. Rather than the loading of multiple mics increasing feedback, this will help stabilize your PA. Your welcome.

@kessler172 5 ай бұрын

Nice video if you own an X32 mixer and the expertise.

@superjinx 11 ай бұрын

Trend for recent years are people in meeting rooms and classrooms who want to live monitor their own speech. They use ceiling mics with a few ceiling speakers in a room size of 10 x 10 metres, with zero acoustics. Then blame the mic for not being able to amplify the voice loudly. A.k.a voice lift. 😢

@cheereebus Жыл бұрын

For everyone but percussionists I got in the habit for bar gigs where everyone is piled on each other to keep a 20ms delay in the wedges. Seemed to help but it’s been a few years since I last had a bar gig.

@mexstrat96 11 ай бұрын

This is intersting

@_a.z 10 ай бұрын

Don't forget flipping the phase as an option!

@stephenotens1865 Жыл бұрын

Please do a video on how i can take sound from my laptop into the x32 console via usb thanks

@samkini 9 ай бұрын

Drew: I like SM 57 as an instrument microphone. SM 58 for vocal. Just sharing my view. I tried SM 57 after watching your video.

@sang77777 11 ай бұрын

Drew!! Thanks a lots for doing this great videos!! Question: What’s the best way to EQ Delay Effects from Behringer x32 Thanks again God Bless you

@richardbelisle4807 Жыл бұрын

If you know your frequency’s ….and wedge type is it bi amped tri amped ? To change x over points and volume…. No problem

@enochbenoit3111 2 ай бұрын

When you make adjustments do you find that the vocals get thinner? If so how do you correct that?

@DJCRUZcruz 8 ай бұрын

How do I make the bats color?

@djlu6282 18 күн бұрын

How to connect left and right outputs

@josepheludoyin2105 Жыл бұрын

Quick question. Was that graphic eq insert pre or post mix and which you say is better?

@TinoSchulz1990 10 ай бұрын

Doesn't matter for EQs

@aurora-a1901 6 күн бұрын

I would like to ask if the 100ms delay should be canceled after the adjustment is completed.

@karsmemelink770 4 күн бұрын

U prob do want to delete that yes. Hahaha your singer gonna have a fun time if u don’t gna gna gna

@albinapa 11 ай бұрын

But the frequencies that feedback depend on the roundtrip latency, in addition to pickup pattern, speaker's polar response and room acoustics. So if you add latency to the signal it will alter the feedback frequencies. What am I not getting? The same with flipping the polatiry of a mic that feeds back - it will alter the frequency.

@indianajim 10 ай бұрын

100 ms latency sitting right in front of the speaker makes a negligible difference as far as which frequencies are feeding back in a monitor. If you’re ringing out the whole room you probably use a different method.

@Alex_Martz 11 ай бұрын

The very FISRT step to avoid feedback o a floor wedge is to MEASURE it with a calibration mic before even starting to apply any EQ!

@mjrausch 11 ай бұрын

I suppose that’s a good start, but I would say that someone who is watching this video is not going to be as sophisticated as to have a calibration mic and RTA and also know how to use it.

@Alex_Martz 11 ай бұрын

@@mjrausch Then that person should also invest some time in learning how to do those procedures otherwise they're headed for trouble as they will start applying EQ to a system which they ignore their frequency response

@_a.z 10 ай бұрын

Just use the actual mic, it'll tell you more about potential problems

@indianajim 10 ай бұрын

Right because singers are always using calibration mics to sing. This is a perfectly suitable method for most non-professional applications.

@Alex_Martz 10 ай бұрын

@@indianajim "non-professional" like YOU 😂

@16LiveRecords Жыл бұрын

I can hear the feeding back still even with eq enabled. With dynamic vocal mic, I would rather go for -10db gate on that mic, because feedback most time apears, when there is less noise from speaker or on the stage.

@indianajim 10 ай бұрын

Yes you hear some with the mic on axis but remember he’s sitting at ~90 db. You just want to reduce them a little to avoid any sudden major spikes and increase a little headroom without killing the tone.

@marktomlinson3448 Ай бұрын

Using a gate to coverup feedback tendencies is a dangerous practice, because it can give you the false impression that more gain is available, and then you raise the gain. Then once a feedback DOES start, it will very quickly go out of control, and you won';t be able to stop it fast enough to avoid a disaster. Ask me how I know this . . .

@giverworshiptv4761 Жыл бұрын

So .. how much distance you set the speaker delay on feet?

@indianajim 10 ай бұрын

You wouldn’t because ideally you’re right in front of the speaker when doing this.

@kaditFFXI 7 ай бұрын

Do you have a how to on how to run online worship music from PC into the Behringer? I know some churches just use KZfaq, others proclaim or like type software. Still something for a complete novice would be helpful.

@IWorship_The_King_of_Kings Жыл бұрын

Hi Your videos are very helpful 👍🏽 Can you make a video with waves live plugin on Allen & Heath SQ5 ? Thanks a lot

@supermutt007 Жыл бұрын

On h😊hyy ❤

@kojoXAppau Жыл бұрын

How do we use pink noise on the x32 or m32 to tune PAs or Stage wedges

@djabthrash 6 ай бұрын

You can sweep the frequency until you hear some that sound way louder and then cut them a bit with EQ.

@johnisraelcatubig3991 10 ай бұрын

is it possible or common to add/insert effects (verb or delay) to your auxed out subs?

@indianajim 10 ай бұрын

Why would anyone add verb or delay to a sub? Usually you only have the low tones of the bass and thump of the kick so any processing you would add at the channel level, and I can’t think of any reason for verb or delay on bass or kick.

@0oTHEJACKo0 9 ай бұрын

After all that you basically mostly just did a gain reduction with the EQ. There aren't many frequencies left untouched. You could have just dialed the volume/fader down. Almost the same effect. Correct me if I'm wrong!

@anthony_basta Жыл бұрын

I really like your videos but it would be nice to have a change of scenery because it's easy to think that you're using the old videos that you repost when in fact they're new, thank you for all your work, it's great.

@sanjayjpr1981 9 ай бұрын

Hi I am sanjay from India Please try to speak slowly so we can understand because my english is a little weak 😊 🙏

@djabthrash 6 ай бұрын

You can slow down the speed of the videos on YT.

@ohnomedia 10 ай бұрын

I really wish Drew looked at the camera every once in a while.

@AllenPendleton 5 ай бұрын

The best way to avoid feedback in a wedge is not use them in the first place. In 2024 everyone should be using in ears. Even the garage bands down the street have their own in ear rigs.

@markdanielmusic Ай бұрын

Wedges aren’t going away any time soon

@RybergNikolai Ай бұрын

I agree to this. However, some people prefer loud wedges

@philx2897 16 күн бұрын

Our worship leader doesn't like things on his ears . He says they mess with his glasses, so we have wedges.

@justingarnell8355 10 күн бұрын

@@philx2897I’m an audio engineer & 1 wear glasses with IEMs. Lots of my musicians wear glasses with IEMS. He has to learn to adapt. No excuses.

@karsmemelink770 4 күн бұрын

@@justingarnell8355 nope. Your here to serve the artist. If they require wedges, wedges they get!

@Dawgley 11 ай бұрын

bro cut out all the frequencies

@TinoSchulz1990 10 ай бұрын

A 32band EQ doesn't show all the frequencies. Of course you could be more surgical with designated EQs for ringing out monitors, however remember that each EQ adjustment you make, also affects the phase correlation of a signal.