Aw thanks John - that's lovely. Like you I hate jargon that makes things harder not easier to understand :).

​@@SamanthaSingerThank u so much bruhh. Love from India💕

@@gabrielisaac1821 No problem - glad you found it useful.

My pleasure - glad to help :).

Thank you for you kind words and glad it was useful.

Thanks Michael for your kind comments. I'll be doing one on the different ways of setting gain/volume sometime.

That's very kind of you to say so, thanks :).

Glad I could help :). Have you seen my 5 minute sound-check video - also on my channel.

My pleasure - glad it was useful

So pleased it helped Michael.

You're most welcome, Clive. I'm glad it was useful. If you think others might find it useful too please consider sharing it :).

@@SamanthaSinger No problem...

You're welcome - glad you liked it.

Hey, so glad I could help :). Will be doing a simple explanation of gain-staging sometime :).

@@SamanthaSinger please do... That would be wonderful 🤙🏻🙌🏻

​@@SamanthaSinger yes please

I'm very glad it was helpful.

Thanks Joe, I agree, when I was shown this I thought it was a great simple tip and I'm happy to share it with everyone else :).

Thanks so much for your lovely comment. Glad I could help :). Have you checked out my related video - 'How to Sound check in 5 minutes'? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n5-hfMqWqdXdknU.html

@@SamanthaSingerI just did watch it and its just as amazing 😊 and you both are perfect duo of a teacher ❤️🤗 and can you also please make another video just as your dad talked about "how to increase the volume using the mixer" like to focus on the gain or the channel fader or the master fader 🥶

@@paulson2008 Yes that's planned to do in the next week or so. And he's my partner! BIG age difference between us - haha :).

Glad it was useful, Paul :).

Thanks :). It has to be simple for me :)

Thanks, Ruby. I can see there are some advantages to digital but so far I haven't found them worth worrying about - analogue works fine in 99% of situations :).

Thanks :). The Yamaha guy I learnt this from mad a good argument for always cutting instead of boosting (to reduce mush and increase clarity and separation). But I'm no expert - I just pick bits up here and there :).

@@SamanthaSinger The explanation and video itself is very clear, so thanks for sharing!!

My pleasure to be able to help you.

My pleasure :)

Thank you - glad to have helped.

Glad it helped - I found the same when I was first discovered it.

My pleasure :).

Thanks for your nice comment - glad to help.

Great news, Frans :).

Thanks John, so glad you found it useful.

You're welcome.

Thanks Barry, glad you liked it.

Thank you Senthil, I'm glad it was useful.

Glad you liked it. Sadly I'm a singer as my main job so I don't have time to do a full tutorial :(. I'm sure there must be one on YT somewhere?

Thanks. I keep promising to do 'Gain-staging' sometime - must get round to it.

Thanks Anton - glad it's useful :)

Glad to have helped :).

Thanks glad it was useful.

Thank you :). Glad it was useful.

So glad it was useful :)

My pleasure, Tim. When I come across useful tips it's great to spread them around :).

Thanks Samuel, glad you liked it.

You're welcome. Jim. Let's all help each other any way we can :).

Very glad to have been useful :).

Glad you liked it :).

You're welcome

Glad it was useful :).

Thanks David.

Do you mean specifically mid-sweep for different instruments?

Thanks Karthi.

You're welcome :).

Thanks, glad you liked it. And yes, we will do gain staging sometime - excellent idea :).

Thanks Dennis.

You're welcome

You're welcome, Nathan.

Thank you :)

Ah well, I tried :).

Hi Guz. Theoretically it doesn't make any difference. However we do the mid range first because we think it's easier to do - when you hear a sour spot it's fairly easy to identify and so reduce/eliminate. Once that's done the overall sound is then closer to 'best possible' and any problems with the upper/lower ranges should be easier to hear and adjust. Did that make sense? :)

@@SamanthaSinger it's as clear as crystal. It does make sense as you say. Thank you very much for this info now I'll be able to face the board at our gigs & church and know more or less what I'm doing thanks to your layman's explanation. P.S. You have a wonderful voice.

@@guzglez3071 Thanks Guz - glad to be able to help. And thanks for the voice compliment - three years training!

Glad you found it useful, Anil.

thanx for shear the video it's really helpful for newcomers 🌹

You're very welcome. New video coming soon on how to sound check in under 5 minutes.

We are a rare breed :).

Glad to have you on board Abner. 'Gain staging' (or 'Why the heck are there three different volume controls?') will be the next mixing video.

Thanks.

On this mixer the effects controls should not effect whether you have feedback or not. To avoid feedback follow all the usual advice - don;t have mics facing speakers, etc. But the best advice I can give for feedback is to use top quality equipment. I use DPA mics and Dynacord (same company as EV) speakers and RCF monitors -and I've never has feedback once in any venue in 8 years of touring. I'm convinced it's the equipment that makes that possible.

@@SamanthaSinger Thanks 😊 for the tips.

It's a Soundcraft EFX. It's considered old-fashioned now because it's not digital but I think it still does the job well. All Soundcraft mixers are good.

Glad you liked it. When someone showed me I thought it was useful too so I wanted to pass it on :).

@@SamanthaSinger please make a video on how to record over a instrumental track(any track from youtube)what we need focus on it🙏.. I just got interface next step laptop😁then headset like that I've to collect (buy)things like birds make nest 😂I'm making my lil studio

@@TurTlelyrics605 That's a really good idea! It's something I've done a lot and there are easy and difficult ways of doing it :). I'll do one so if you subscribe it should pop up soon.

@@TurTlelyrics605 Just googled 'home recording' and there are loads of videos that would help you. I'm not sure I could add anything that hasn't already been said!

@@SamanthaSinger yes their are plenty of video.I got about the vocal part but I want to know how can I enhance the musical track.think something 🙏🙄

SOrry, can't help with that :).

Which mixer do you have?

Ah yeah. My partner bought the case second hand and adapted it to fit the mixer. they are really expensive if you buy them new to fit a particular brand, aren't they!

Without the abitlity to adjust the frequency that a knob is increasing/reducing there's very little you can. I usually listen to each channel in turn and try to decide if I think it sounds trebly or bassy (or both) and turn those down if I need to. Then play with the mid range up/down and see if I think any setting improves the sound.

@@SamanthaSinger In the end, you can only twist the knobs that are actually present 😃 Thanks for replying!

Thanks Rakibul.

I only have this one mixer, so, no I can't demonstrate with a DYnacord. However if your Dynacord has a 'Hi', 'Mid' and 'Lo' EQ knobs (e.g. 600 series) then you can't use this procedure. But if it has 'Hi,. 'MId', 'Lo' AND 'kHz' (1000 series and above) then you can use this procedure and it's identiacl to what I describe for the Soundcraft.

Yes it should work on any sound. When checking for an instrument use a repeated 'typicla' chord in the middle of the guitar's range for a performance and make that sound best. It's not ideal because the sound will change a lot during a performance and what's best for hat 'typical' sound won't be best for all of the guitar's range. But it's the best you can do :).

@@SamanthaSinger Thank you so much.

Thanks - glad you liked it.

That's a good question. If you just have one button for the mid-frequencies then it means the manufacturer has decided what frequencies that button controls and has fixed them so you have no flexibility with it. You can only use it like the high and low frequency knobs - turn them up or down and see whether you like the change in the sound.

Aw, thanks Eddy :).

Exactly the same - you just do it twice - once with each mid.

@@SamanthaSinger thanks 😊

Haha. Glad you watched to the end. Spoiler alert! ... it's a single man of large fortune and he will be in possession by Michaelmas.

Hey Thomas. The upper of the mid knobs is the centre of the frequency range the cut/boost knob will act upon. The width of the range and the highest and lowest frequencies that form the centre of the range varies from mixer to mixer. It's not really necessary to know exactly what frequencies you are dealing with. It's just an auditory process: sweep across the whole frequency range available and find the worst-sounding one and deal with that. More expensive mixers sometimes allow you to vary the width of the section of frequencies you are sweeping over (if you see what I mean - it's hard to describe without diagrams!). Digital ones all allow infinite control, of course :).

@@SamanthaSinger Thank you samantha for the kind replay. I just look at the pic I took from the mixer the HM and LM both has different frequency range like u said the mixer we have is Allen health GL 2400. So when u begin testing is there a position to start with for example I can start from 12 0 clock position. Last service I was getting some feedback from the system. I believe EQ play a role ? Any suggestions to fix the feedback issues. I will try to do EQ for each singers with their voice. Last questing did u ever did facebook live from the mixer to the iPhone any suggestions on that ? I tried doing quarter inch to phone jack didn’t help heard about IRIg also someone says there is an apps which can use as an interface. Thank you so much.

@@thomas9469 I always start from extreme anti-clockwise to extreme clockwise (about 7 o'clock to about 5 o'clock). But it doesn't matter as long as you cover the full range of frequencies to identify the worst frequency and reduce that. If you push the top knob of the pair as high as you can until just on the point of feedback you will most easily find any dodgy frequencies. Regarding feedback, I guess you have done the obvious and made sure none of the mics are facing (or can pick up anything coming out of) a speaker. You can buy EQ boxes specially designed to plu into a single channel or the overall output to kill a narrow frequency that is feeding back. But I don;t like those - I like to remove the problem at source. The best way I've found is to use speakers and mics of equal (ideally high) quality. If you have excellent speakers and a cheap mic (to me that's anything under £300) then the mic is likely to cause problems. And vice-versa. My mic is £850 and my speakers and subs are £4000. I have never had feedback in 10 years since I bought them! Even if I put the speakers behind me!! Obviously not every situation justifies that expenditure, though. But it's an example of how the better the equipment, the less likely is feedback. I'm afraid I have no knowledge of using phones as a broadcast method - I've only done that by laptop - so I can't help I'm afriad.

@@SamanthaSinger Thanks again the headset wireless mic is a cheap one we have the priest using I got a feeling that cause the issue also the the feedback speaker sitting on the side of the alter but someone standing front of it. Quality mic is important. Also use the method you show on the video when setting both high mid and low mid correct.

@@thomas9469 Yeah definitely tackle the speaker/mic placement first.

It's a Soundcraft EFX. It's considered old-fashioned now because it's not digital but I think it still does the job well. All Soundcraft mixers are good.

What is your mixer make/model?

@@SamanthaSinger yamaha Mg 166 c

@@peteryousef5177 I don't know that mixer or the Behringer P16. But I can see that your mixer doesn't seem to have a 'mono out' - which is a shame. Is your output from the mixer mono or stereo? If it's a band, the sound is often the same in bith Left and Right channels to the main speakers. If that's so, then it's easy - just take one of the monitor outs (below the XLR STereo Outs) and use that. Otherwise I'm not sure. The four Group Out sockets might all be stereo> Send every channel to Group 1 and use that? Beyond that I can't advise a simple solution. Of course an I/O box like the Behringer UM2 will take two stereo jack inputs and send them out as mono - but that means spending money :(.

@@SamanthaSinger i did not get you ?

@@peteryousef5177 I'm sorry, I don't understand.

If you have a question - fire away :)

@@SamanthaSinger I do Samantha but my mixer isn't as great as yours. I had quite a few questions actually...but I dont want to take much of your time so will just ask one. Im getting the boys around for a jam tomorrow... can I connect a Microphone into the 1/4" input as one end that connects to the mic is XLR and the other end 1/4". Its for my friend to do backing singing, hes not very good anyway. The reason I cannot use the XLR inputs on my Mixer is (I only have 4) they are all taken for guitar 1, guitar 2, bass, main vocals...thanks Samantha.

@@number1Don Important question! Usually the 1/4" jack inputs are for 'powerful' inputs such as guitars and keyboards where the signal the mixer gets is already fairly loud. Whereas the XLR inputs are for quieter inputs such as microphones which send a very weak signal to the mixer. So you will be better off, if you can, putting guitars and bass into jack inputs and both vocals into XLR inputs (if you have enough of each type).

@@SamanthaSinger Dont worry Samantha I wouldn't waste our time asking you an unimportant question! ;) Thanks for your response....all our guitars go into a DI box so we just usually go XLR female (DI box) to XLR male on the mixer. However as he wants to sing its ruined everything. So what I will do, is put the 2 x MICs XLR to XLR on mixer, 2 instruments XLR to XLR and then one instrument XLR to 1/4 jack (TRS) on the mixer. If you are curious I have a Alto ZMX122fx. Not bad for my first mixer...(I think). I have a second question if thats okay. The mixer has main out (PA) and CTRL room out (Monitors). So as far as I understand, the CTRL Room out just does what the main out does except the monitors face the band instead of the audience. However, as the singer I want to hear what I sound like....so do I use the AUX out to connect to either in ear monitors or a monitor wedge to then kind of increase the vocal level and decrease the other inputs so I can hear myself sing? Thanks

@@number1Don Yes, exactly that for the Aux. I find with my band that I can use aux for the whole band monitors and my own. Even though the mix is set to my preference as the singer, it seems to give the band better sound to listen to in their monitors than just hearing a copy of the front-of-house sound. But if you find FoH in the band monitors and a different Aux balance for yourself works better then that's fine too - just a different way. Of course the big set-ups have many aux outputs and then each band member can then have their own preferred mix! Honestly, Alto is a budget brand so I'd upgrade when you can afford it. The worst thing to happen is for your mixer to pack up during a gig! I use my Soundcraft for gigs but I always carry a spare (cheaper) one in the car just in case. You can around most other failures but not a total mixer failure.

Soundcraft EFX8

If you have more than one mid-sweep function on a mixer the process is the same. Start with any mid-sweep and find the sour spot. Cut that frequency then move to another mid-scweep and find the next-worst frequncy and cut that (probably cut that less than the one first frequency that you found to be sour). And so on depending how many mid-sweeps you have. I hope that was clear!

@@SamanthaSinger no I only have a low mid and high. I essentially have a British eq mixer. So no low or high mids

@@jasonjellie9342 I'm not quite clear from that what you have. The simplist arramgement is a single knob for low frequencies, abother for mid and another for high. The next level up is the same except that the mid frequency knob has another one associated with it (like my video shows) to alter the part of the mid range upon which it acts. The next level above that is two mid frequency pairs of knobs. if you have the simplist type then there's nothing clever you can do except adjust each knob up and down until you think it sounds best (not very helpful, I know). There are suggestions on KZfaq and elsewhere about adjustments that certain people think work best for certain instruments but that takes a lot of research and it varies with every venue and particular instrument so best of luck sorting all that out :). Personally I find it doesn't make much difference unless you find the need to strongly boost/cut the highest or lowest frequencies. For example, I have a very trebly voice so I cut the high end severely. But the low end makes no noticeable difference on my voice.

@@SamanthaSinger so all my mixer has on each individual mic input is an volume control fx sends, low, mid and high, and gain control. I believe the music industry commonly refers to it as British eq coz it doesn’t have a low mid or a mid high in between the high and mid ranges like the one in your example

@@jasonjellie9342 Ah OK. So like I said, there's not much you can do except experiment, listen and see what sounds best to you.

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Hi Erik, glad you followed it OK. If you have any extra tips to add please do so (in English if possible :) ).