Having had some negative experiences with latency issues on a few other budget-priced digital consoles I thought I'd go for broke and implement as many equalizers, compressors, gates and such as I could get away with, but it made no difference-the 40-bit floating point DSP appears to have that issue covered. The first song the band fired into came out slick and powerful, full-bodied and punchy-I ran the X32 through its paces trying to make it run out of preamp headroom and could never get it there. As I started pulling up band inputs, I honestly couldn't believe it-the console sounded great the band inputs were exactly what I would expect to hear from any large-frame console. I should note that the only system equalization used was from one of the X32‘s 31-band graphic equalizer inserts, and it reacted perfectly-clean and precise. When I started tuning up the PA, it was immediately apparent just how smooth and silky this console sounded. The 800 x 480 color TFT display was easy to see and it took no time at all to have everything configured, labeled, and ready to rock. After getting familiar with the thought process used to lay out the various screens and controls-it was a breeze to get going. Admittedly, I was a bit apprehensive about using a “budget” console for this job, but forged ahead anyway.īefore heading out to the field, I set the console up in a controlled situation and spent an hour or two getting to know it a bit. We were using a large TurboSound PA and had to create maximum punch and SPL out of the mix as we were pushing the sound a pretty good distance.
#BEHRINGER X32 EFFECTS FULL#
The gig was for a professional pep band for a high school football game: full drum kit, bass, guitar, and keyboard rigs, eight horns, one vocal and 10 aux mixes. Going straight to the deep end of the pool, I slated this board to be used for a full band gig that would max out most of the inputs and outputs, and put most of its considerable assets to the test. Vaguely reminiscent of the knob on the Yamaha PM-1D.īeing quite skeptical of most new gear, especially when the Midas logo has been slapped on it, the proof for the quality of the X32 would be in the mix. It also feels like Behringer has paid a considerable amount of attention to the layout and design of the user interface-dare I ask if Midas had a bit more influence on this design than just the preamp? Additionally, it incorporates a 100-mm fader, eight DCA groups, and rotary control knobs that have LED collars-these collars are a nice touch because you don't have to actually view the knob control on the screen before making an adjustment.
What throws this console into another category completely is the implementation of Midas programmable preamps on each input channel. The X32 is a 32-channel digital mixing console with 16 discrete outputs. With the exception of the interesting built-in iPhone holder, the X32 has a much more sophisticated feel about it than the price point would suggest. Right out of the box, this didn't resemble a console from any manufacturer boasting a street price of just $2,899.99. Having always been quite partial to full-frame Midas consoles, I was interested to find out what “powered by Midas” meant in the description of the X32. When I was approached about giving it a test-run I jumped at the chance. There have been considerable advances with small-frame digital audio consoles, but lately I've become quite intrigued with the buzz surrounding the Behringer X32 digital console.
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