How to EQ Your Room with the Behringer X32 (or Midas M32)

If I may make a suggestion, you can do this without an iPad and without jumping back and forth between the ref mic channel and the main mix. Under the RTA screen, use the first encoder knob and rotate to select the 'Use RTA Source' option, and then use the last rotary knob and select your reference mic channel. This will use the ref mic as the RTA for EVERY EQ overlay on your board. That way, when you are adjusting your main mix, you are actually looking at the reference mic RTA instead of the main mix RTA. Whenever you are done, you can deselect the 'Use RTA source' if you want. It is nice to have on during a performance though, but if you are making changes to individual channels it becomes a little harder to use. That is where the 'Solo Priority' option can come in handy (same rotary knob as the 'use rta source' knob). If you solo a channel, you use that channel's RTA again instead of the reference mic. It is really a personal preference thing, but for tuning the room, using the source RTA is really handy and makes the process a lot smoother. I personally do not use a reference mic during a live mix, so I turn those settings off. But for tuning a room, I turn on 'Use RTA source' to make it easier to tune. Couple of other pointers: adjust your Decay to use RMS (average) instead of the peaks, and adjust the Decay time to like 3 sec. This will smooth out the frequencies as 1s usually you see them bouncing around a lot. This will make it easier to see where your true peaks are (averaged out over your decay time) instead of trying to focus on the frequencies bouncing around all the time. If my written notes are hard to read, Drew Brashler did a video showing all these settings and how to enable them. He does most of Behringers X32 and xAir training videos now. Here is the section where he covers setting up the RTA: https://youtu.be/Kez1LIHbevY?t=1m59s Lastly, I recommend people start using Matrix 1/2 for their main outputs. You can do the same 4-band EQ on that as you can your main mix, and then that gives you options later to send your main mix to other outputs (for example, a video output, recording, lobby, etc.) If you adjust EQ on your main mix, then all of those sources are now using that EQ. Remember, you are adjusting EQ for your room, not every output. Also, 31-band EQ for more advanced system tunings. You get 8 effect inserts, 4 are stereo returns to your FX bus, 5-8 you can insert to any channel. I set up a stereo 31-band to my matrix 1/2 to mix my room.

Just got our X32! Can't wait to use your tips for our church! Keep up the good work!

This video is right in my zone of proximal development, as they say in education circles (sorry). In other words, it's in my sweet spot. It's perfect. Thank you!

great video. Can you do one on how to measure the R60 values in the worship space?

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Would you be able to make tutorial about setting corporate audio? Using wireless lavalieres and wireless hand held. With X 32Compact or Yamaha TF. Thank You

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Hi there..... i managed to eq main LR output during live ...thanks. .... May I ask if I can use this also if I use my X32 in the recording studio? I can calibrate the room coming from the main LR output. But for some reason the control monitor seems like not calibrated? Is the control monitor can be link to the EQ set of the main LR? Or maybe I am not doing the right thing. please help... thanks

I use the x32 stereo graphic EQ in the effects rack, I assume the process is the same for flattening out the EQ and then following the rest of the process while adjusting the graphic EQ?

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I love the way you explain this topic. My question is can give me a close result to what SMAART will give? Knowing full well that I do not have SMAART, not planing to get one and do not even know how to use it. Once again, thanks for the great vid

Thank you so much.

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Hey Kade! Is there a way to do this with an analog mixer? Thanks for all of the resources you put out. They're extremely helpful!

I agree with the discussions however I would like to know how you proceed to align your subwoofer?

Thanks Kade for sharing your knowledge. My question is I have our mains assigned to matrix 1/2 and our subs to Matrix 3. Should I have the subs on when running the pink noise through the mains and will the pink noise come through the subs, as I have a high shelf turning off the higher frequencies in my subs. If the pink noise do come through the subs, would I do the sub EQ separate of the mains or do them together?

I hope you don't mind commenting on an old video. I just discovered you channel and enjoying it. We currently use an iPad during services instead of the X32 itself. I'm not sure why this is, but I'm curious if you recommend this or not, or if it matters.

Hey kade! Great video. I’m wondering if we can use any reference microphone or if that’s the one we need. My church isn’t really on a high budget so I was looking at the behringer ECM8000 and was wondering if you think that mic could get the job done. Thank you and God bless you.

hi, is the x32 rack mount unit can also do the room calibration? do you have a video tutorial on that too? thanks!!

Is it recommended to use the auto EQ option in the DBX driverack PA2 instead of the regular pink noise process? the downside of using the regular process is that it makes too much noise and sometimes it can be very annoying for the audience at the event if you dont have time to EQ before they arrive Thanks