9 times out of 10 though, an XLR cable for a monitor means that it's meant to go into a powered speaker (has an onboard amplifier - two connections to the speaker: a speaker cable and a power cord), which _should_ be okay for your submixer (although it'd be running a line-level signal through the microphone preamplifiers, so you'd still have to set all of your gains + levels pretty low). This type of signal would generally not be sent on an XLR, but it's possible with some cable makeups to get there. If it was a signal that was meant to go into a passive speaker (one without an onboard amplifier - the only connection would be the speaker cable, not a power cord), then it would be way too hot for your submixer. When you say your mix was blown out - was this the monitor mix coming from the front of house, the sounds from your SPD-SX, or both?įor the question about the powered output / speaker load - I'm trying to figure out if it was coming from an amplifier or not. Aux / monitor output of FOH mixer -> XLR (x2) -> Channel 1 and Channel 2 of your submixer Headphone output of SPD-SX: 1/4" TRS -> "L" channel of input 3/4 on your submixer Main output of SPD-SX (L/Mono): 1/4" TS -> DI Box -> FOH mixer
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Thanks for the details - just so I can get a better picture, can you confirm that the set up was like this: I appreciate any help or input you're willing to give. I'm not sure if any of this is making sense, but it's very difficult for me to explain. I was running the SPD SX Master Out to FOH and the headphone jack out from the SPD SX to the mixer line 3/4 and had my in-ears coming out of the phones jack from the mixer.Īre there any specific buttons on this mixer that could've caused this? Does any of this sound remotely familiar? I'm truly stumped, somewhat embarrassed, and horrified all at the same time. No complaints from anyone out front or other band members. I had two XLRs coming into the Behringer mixer from FOH (lines 1 and 2) instead of a wedge and was running one 1/4" line to the house DI - from the engineer's standpoint everything sounded great (at least that's what he told me). It was a frightening experience, BUT somehow it worked.
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Thankfully, I knew the material well enough that I basically played the show by myself without hearing a single note from the bass, vocals, guitar, etc. The Good News: No one else noticed but me. I have another gig like this coming up in a month and absolutely have to solve this problem before then, whether it means buying new gear or figuring out what went wrong so I can be assured it will NEVER happen again. I honestly don't know if there was a limiter of some sort that was cutting everything off or where the source of the problem could have been. Everything coming through my mixer to my in-ears had crazy high levels and effects on them and sounded nothing like anything I've ever experienced. PROBLEM: I couldn't get the levels right on anything coming into the mixer and ultimately had to turn them all down to the point I couldn't hear anything at all except what my actual ears could detect from the room. It was likely the best venue in the state and a room I've played over 100 times (just not with in-ears except for twice). To make things worse, it was a sold out show totally packed house. I've used this setup 4 times successfully and never had any problems, until now.
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I had an unfortunate experience using my Behringer Eurorack Mixer / In Ears / and SPD SX setup alongside my full kit and could use your help identifying the problem. It was one of the best and worst nights in my 30 years of gigging. Hello all, I've put this in the Electronic thread due to the SPD SX, but it might need to be in the General section.