Thank you! great demo, exactly what I was hoping to find

@hakonsoreide

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. It's nice to hear that you found it helpful. These were exactly the kind of things I struggled to find an answer too before I bought my first mixer, and I kept getting questions about it after I made my EPM6 overview video.

Thanks Håkon. Very useful. Need to watch a few times to understand it better.

@hakonsoreide

3 жыл бұрын

No problem. Since you have the mixer, I would suggest just trying things out on it and see what happens. By the way, the manual is quite good, if you have it. And it's not too long. I can recommend reading through it.

Great video. Thank you!

@hakonsoreide

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Nice to hear you liked it and hopefully found it useful - or at least interesting.

Great video

@hakonsoreide

10 ай бұрын

Thanks again.

I thought this video was excellent. And like John said, I am also going to have to watch it a few times. I’ve been looking for a good demonstration on these sound craft mixers. I believe I have the EFX12 sound craft. It has some built effects but I am trying to understand how to route sound to an external effect and this was really helpful. So I really thank you for some knowledge Hakon.

@hakonsoreide

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I am glad to hear you found it useful. Not being used to mixers either, audio routing was something I found a bit confusing too before I bought one, and making this and the overview video of the features of the Soundcraft mixer has taught me a lot too. I find the best way to learn something is to try to explain it to someone else. If I remember correctly, the EFX 12 has two Aux sends, but one would be normalised (connected by default) to the internal effects processor, unless you plug something else into the FX output. The principle of how it works would otherwise be the same. I see they have dropped in price now and are amazing value for money too. I might have got one like that, but wasn't sure if I would get on with a mixer, so wanted a cheap but good entry level one as my first one.

@jasonlehr4203

3 жыл бұрын

@@hakonsoreide Again you just taught me something I didn’t know about the internal fx. I never knew that about the two different fx processes. It probably does talk about that in the manual and I agree that it is a really good manual. But sometimes to when I read it I find that they explain things pretty straight forward but I still seem to have confusion so I really appreciate just getting a second opinion and seeing how others go about using mixers and see if I am doing things wrong I guess. So thanks a lot man you are lots of help with the way you broke it down and simplified everything. And I love how you say just try different things you’re totally right. That’s what you gotta do.

I do make several mistakes in this tutorial. While I could easily have edited them out or combined this take with another one, I decided to leave them in. Why? Because this video is aimed at beginner mixer users, like myself, they actually demonstrate some of the things that can go wrong when working with effects, and so I think they make good learning points.

Hi! Please enlighten me about something: the rec out RCA level can be controlled or is fixed? and if I plug an efect in the master insert, it affects the RCA out? Thanks for the video!

@hakonsoreide

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. The RCA (record) output is a copy of the L and R mix. There might be a different impedance as RCA connections usually are higher impedance than XLR outputs, but if that's the case, the manual doesn't specify it. In any case, the master level and inserts would affect the RCA the same as the main outs.

Hi, thanks for the video. Does the Aux 1 out send a stereo signal if sent from one of the stereo channels? Or would it be a summed mono? Sorry, my knowledge is minimal ha

@hakonsoreide

3 ай бұрын

The Aux channels are mono, and when sending from the stereo channels, they will only receive a summed mono signal. No reason to apologise. When you're not used to them, mixing boards are rather strange things that it takes a little while to wrap your head around, which is one of the reasons I made a few videos about it when I got one - as an exercise in understanding it myself by trying to explain it to others. In a way, I was trying to make the videos I wish I could have found to watch before I bought one, but they didn't seem to exist at the time.

@willsoul007

3 ай бұрын

@@hakonsoreide thanks for the swift reply. Ah yes, I assumed that must have been the case but couldn’t find it written anywhere. Thanks so much 👍

Hi what connector you use to send signal using the line input? I used mono tr to 3.5mm jack from my phone but the only left channel is the only channel that is working..

@hakonsoreide

3 жыл бұрын

Hello, thanks for watching and for your question. On the mixer, all the input jacks are mono, so if you want to get both channels from your phone into it, you will need a Y-split cable that has a 3.5mm stereo (TRS) jack on one end and two 6.35mm mono (TR) jacks at the other. Something like this: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0837NC34L

bom dia, muito bom, eu tenho uma dessas. como uso cada canal como direct out pra poder gravar minha bateria na minha placa de 8 canais?obrigado

@hakonsoreide

3 жыл бұрын

Hello, and thanks. In order to record the input of each channel, you need a TRS plug for the insert where the tip and the ring has been shorted together. That means the signal still passes through, but you get a parallel signal you can insert into your audio interface or recorder. Page 15, point 3, second paragraph in the manual.

Thank you - how would you add a stereo compressor/distortion to the full mix and then reroute back to mixer ? I’m struggling with this and have similar mixer... thank yiu

@hakonsoreide

3 жыл бұрын

I presume you want to add it only to the final mix and not feed it back into itself, in which case you would normally add it as inserts on the master mix bus (the jacks just below the XLR outputs in the upper right corner.

@Matthew-px9nu

3 жыл бұрын

@@hakonsoreide Thank you , and do you bring the inserts back to two channels and mute the others?

@hakonsoreide

3 жыл бұрын

​@@Matthew-px9nu An insert is, by definition, brought back at the same point it leaves. (see page 15 in the manual, paragraph 3). An insert on the master bus is thus just added right at the end before the output of the mixer and is not meant to be mixable in the mixer itself. Any signal or effect balancing would have to be done in the insert effect modules. On a TRS plug, the tip sends the signal out, and the ring returns it, so you need two TRS to dual TS cables, one for each channel. Plug the tip part of the Y-split cable to your effect input and the Ring to the output. If you plug the output from your compressor/distortion back on normal channels, it would not work as you'd create a feedback loop. Now, if you ALWAYS connect your compressor/distortion at the end of your signal chain, and you can monitor the pre-compressor/distortion signal by putting the effects in bypass mode, it is also possible just to take the output from the entire mixer and send it into the compressor and distortion before sending it into your recording equipment or PA system, monitoring the entire mix from the recorder rather than from the mixer itself. It all depends on how you like to work and what is most convenient for you. Regardless, it is useful to have a few TRS to dual TS cables around which gives you the option of using inserts.

@hakonsoreide

3 жыл бұрын

@@Matthew-px9nu If you want to be able to adjust the effect of the compression or distortion from the mixer, you would normally connect them as auxiliary outs and plug the returns back either in the stereo channels or on normal channels (depending on what's available), being careful not to feed the signal back into its own Aux bus.

@Matthew-px9nu

3 жыл бұрын

@@hakonsoreide This is great thank you sir!

Hello. question: I have behringer line 2 usb cable + otg cable for android phone live facebook transmissions. where do I insert the two behringer line2 usb jacks into the soundcraft efx 8 mixer? thanks.

@hakonsoreide

2 жыл бұрын

I refer you to the answer I gave you when you asked me on the other video.

do you know if this mixer can handle eurorack modular level input voltages?

@hakonsoreide

2 жыл бұрын

According to the specifications, the line inputs of the mixer can handle a dBu of up to +30, which means it can handle a super hot signal of more than 24 volts, so I don't think that should be an issue regardless of what signal you manage to plug into it from a Eurorack system. I understand Eurorack outputs that haven't specifically gone through a final line level mixer usually are +13dBu, which is quite a bit hotter than pro line audio at +4dBu or consumer audio at -10dBu. Just make sure all level knobs are all the way left before plugging in a potentially hot signal to be on the safe side.

@Bestmann3n

2 жыл бұрын

@@hakonsoreide Thanks for the detailed answer and btw great video! I think this mixer will be perfect for me.

So I have a 16 channel mixer. I want to use an Aux to send to my analog heat to add a bit of dirt to certain tracks. I have aux but on only single jack points. How do I go from aux 1 (single try jack - stereo in ) on the analog heat? No matter what cable I use its only coming through on either left or right channel...

@hakonsoreide

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, and for a good question. The problem is that the Analog Heat, unusually, uses a single stereo input jack instead of the more common dual mono inputs. Many stereo effects units with dual mono inputs allow you to plug something into the Left channel, and it will double it internally to the right channel too unless you also plug something into the Right channel input. The Aux outputs of your mixer are mono, and so, in order to get stereo into your Analog Heat, you need to connect it to both Aux1 and Aux2 with a Y-split cable that is stereo TRS at one end (for plugging into the Heat) and dual mono TS at the other for plugging into two Aux outputs. If you are using a mixer with only one Aux output, you would have to connect the Heat into your audio chain _after_ the mixer, either to its main output, the monitor output or the record output, again with a Y-split cable to get both channels into a single stereo jack for the Heat, and then you would have to connect your headphones, recording device or whatever else you needed to enter the audio chain after the Heat to the Heat instead of to your mixer. If you actually want to get a doubled mono signal into your Analog Heat, you would probably need to make your own special cable that goes from TS mono to TRS stereo by connecting both the Tip and the Ring on one end to the Tip at the other, plugging the mono jack into the mixer and the stereo into your Heat. I'm not sure if you can get anything like that ready made. It's possible. Anyway, I hope that was a helpful answer to your question, and that you manage to get it connected eventually.

@hakonsoreide

3 жыл бұрын

I mention how to connect something like the Analog Heat with a stereo jack input in my new video about mixer effect loops. Others have been asking me questions relating to that, so I thought there was a need for another video on the subject. kzread.info/dash/bejne/h4CfqsV-mrnZj6w.html

The send is always mono? Even if you send the stereo track?

@hakonsoreide

6 ай бұрын

Yes. Unfortunately the send channels don't magically turn into stereo when used from the stereo channels. Actually, the main intended purpose of the two stereo channels is to function as returns for the aux sends. On many mixers, they are called return channels and don't even have sends themselves. If you want a stereo signal split into a stereo effect input, you would have to plug the left and right channels of the source into two separate mono channels, send Aux 1 to one channel and Aux 2 to the other. I usually just use end of line effects on the main output without returning it to the mixer, which means I get separate left and right signals also from the stereo channels.

@WalyB01

6 ай бұрын

@@hakonsoreide yeah thinking how to set up my looper after the stereo effects

I use an efx12 but I don’t know where to plug in my effect pedals. Could you help?

@hakonsoreide

3 жыл бұрын

What are you trying to plug in?

@hakonsoreide

3 жыл бұрын

There are three basic ways to add effects: The default is to plug your external effects into "AUX 1" first of all. That will allow you to send from all channels to your external effect or to the internal effects, adjusting how much by the AUX send knob. The return from the effect would then need to be plugged into the mixer, either in the stereo return channels, or on separate mono channels if you have them available, taking care not to send an effect back to itself if you want to avoid feedback. If you don't need your internal effects, you can also plug something into "FX send" which will send to a second external effect (or a second channel on your first effect) instead of to the internal effects. If you are using internal effects, FX send is the mix that is sent to those. If you want an effect on one channel only, you can alternatively send it as an insert, in which case you'd need a suitable cable for that (TSR cable into a dual TS Y-split). Using an insert is just after the input, though, and before faders and EQ, so in a way it will process the signal coming in in such a way you might also just run the line from the instrument through the effects before going into the mixer. If you want effects to apply to the entire mix, you can add it as inserts on the master output, or you could run the entire master mix through an outboard effect before running it into a recorder from that effect. So, there are many ways to connect effects. Your basic one still remains connecting it as a return to AUX 1 send, taking the outputs from the effect back into the mixer on the stereo return so you can mix the dry and wet signal easily in the mixer itself.

@MrDaigoRiki

2 жыл бұрын

@@hakonsoreide Thank you so much, I am using an OTO Boum.

hvis man har 2 like kompressorer. ville du koblet de til insert på master for masterbuss komp?

@hakonsoreide

3 жыл бұрын

Hei. Dersom du har tenkt å bruke kompressor på masterbuss, vil det ofte (men ikke alltid) kunne være mest praktisk å koble den til som insert. Om du har hodetelefoner eller andre monitorer koblet til mikseren, vil du da kunne lytte på effekten kompressoren har på miksen i tillegg til å kunne lytte på kanaler enkeltvis, for eksempel. Alternativet blir å koble den til _etter_ mikseren, og så koble signalet videre fra kompressoren til lydanlegg/monitor/opptak, eventuelt til andre mastereffekter. Det kommer an på hva som er mest praktisk for deg. Selv pleier jeg alltid koble hodetelefoner til på siste enhet i kjeden, på lydopptakeren. Jeg kunne naturligvis koblet monitoruttak på opptaker tilbake på mikseren, men siden jeg ikke har bruk for å lytte på kanaler enkeltvis mens jeg lager musikk, fungerer det best for meg å lytte på det som faktisk blir tatt opp.

@palla-bee

3 жыл бұрын

@@hakonsoreide hei tenker jeg bruker de på insert på master og kobler master til interface

Please hindi video

@hakonsoreide

2 жыл бұрын

I am sorry, but I can't make videos in Hindi, because I don't speak Hindi. You will have to ask someone else.

Nice but not hv fx

@hakonsoreide

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. The mixer doesn't have fx, no. That is exactly why I made the tutorial to show how you connect it. The principle is actually exactly the same for one with built-in effects, except one of the aux sends would be replaced with an fx send that routes the signal to the internal effects bus if nothing is plugged into its aux output, and then the internal effects would have their own mixer section.