How Do I Set Up A Matrix For A Delay Column/Tower Or A Remote Zone Mix - Behringer X32 User Manual

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X32 COMPACT DIGITAL MIXER User Manual
To load a preset from the UTILITIES screen, adjust the rst encoder to select
which aspects of the selected channel you wish to recall, then press the 2nd
encoder. A con rmation screen will pop-up, asking you to con rm you wish
to load a preset to the currently selected channel. Use the page left/right
buttons to con rm or cancel.
Press the LIBRARY button to go straight to the "libraries" screen, where you
can scroll through a list of stored preset libraries.
Use the 5th and 6th encoders to import/export presets to/from an attached
USB drive.
5.14 How do I set up a Matrix for a delay
column/tower or a remote zone mix?
The X32 COMPACT console o ers 6 separate "Matrix" outputs that allow an extra
level of functionality when routing any of the 16 mix buses out of the console.
These Matrix outputs are particularly useful when working with separate "zones"
of speakers, such as a delayed group of speakers in an alternate location.
1. Press the SELECT button for a mix bus you wish to assign to a matrix output.
2. Page right to the SENDS page, where you can adjust the 6 encoders to
send the selected mix bus to the 6 matrix outputs, at the desired levels.
Alternatively use the controls in the BUS SENDS section.
3. When sending a group of mix outputs into a matrix send, you may wish
to adjust where in the signal path the insert point for a mix output occurs,
and also re-con gure the order that the mix output's EQ and compressor
occurs. To adjust these setting, press the SELECT button for the desired mix
output, and on the HOME screen that appears, use the 3rd and 4th encoder
to adjust these settings.
4. Press the MATRIX button on the console, then press the SELECT button on
the rst output fader. The main screen will display settings for the matrix
1 output allowing you to do all your EQ and dynamics settings for this bus.
In general, time alignment is very important in larger venues, because when
groups of speakers are placed at varying distances to the audience, the sound
from them arrives at the listener's ears at di erent times. By applying a
digital delay to the speakers that are CLOSER to the listeners, it has the
result of delaying the sound to align it, in time, with the sound from further
speakers whose signal take longer to reach the listener. By performing
this "time-alignment", the live sound mix from the di erent speakers are
presented as a more clear and cohesive audio signal, without the comb-
ltering or anging sound you might otherwise experience. You can enable
and adjust any physical output's delay on the 'Routing/analog out' page.
Select the output that is fed from the matrix you wish to delay by turning
the 1st encoder. Use the 6th encoder to set the delay, which is displayed in
milliseconds, meters and feet (based on speed of sound in air at 20° C).
5. To attach an output to the matrix you have set up, press the ROUTING
button, then page right to the ANALOG OUT page, then use the 1st and 4th
encoders to assign the matrix output to your rear-panel analog output of
choice. Adjust the amount of delay if necessary with the 6th encoder for each
output individually.
6. In some situations, you may wish to create a matrix mix that is actually a
mix of some output buses and the main LR output. To do so, simply press
the SELECT button above the master fader, then press the HOME button,
then page right to the SENDS page. On the SENDS page you can tap the signal
from the main LR bus and send it to the 6 matrix outputs, the same way you
have with any of the 16 mix outputs.
7. Like all other mix buses and main LRC, the matrices feature six-band
parametric EQ, which is often useful in live venues where room resonances
need to be tamed.
8. The matrix EQ can also be used for setting up a frequency crossover,
for sending distinct frequency bands to separate loudspeaker systems which
may even get individual dynamic processing.
Lets assume Matrix 1 is supposed to drive a woofer system, while Matrix 2
is driving the tops. Select Matrix 1 and press the EQ View button, then press
the LAYER down button until 'Mode' is displayed above the controls. Turn the
6th encoder clockwise until the Mode display shows either BU (Butterworth),
BS (Bessel) or LR (Linkwitz-Riley) with 6, 12, 18 or 24 dB slopes, and choose
the desired lter characteristic. Note that the adjacent 5th band has
disappeared to allow for the crossover function. In the equalizer section,
switch the EQ on, select the HIGH band and use the FREQ control to move the
low-pass lter where you need it, e.g. 200 Hz.
Now select the Matrix 2 and adjust the mode of the rst encoder in the same
way until the desired characteristic is displayed. Then press the equalizer
LOW button and use the FREQ control to adjust the rst band to the same
frequency you had chosen for band 6 in Matrix 1, i.e. 200 Hz.
As a result, the frequencies above 200 Hz will be cut o from Matrix 1 and the
frequencies below 200 Hz will be cut o from Matrix 2. By sending the same
signals to both matrices, you have e ectively split up the signal in two paths that
may be put out on separate XLR outputs feeding separate speaker systems.
9. When using the matrices in a crossover mode feeding separate outputs,
it may sometimes be necessary to invert the woofer signal for correct phase
alignment. This can be done by selecting the matrix and using the phase
button in the CONFIG/PREAMP section.
TIP* As of rmware 1.10, the matrices can also be fed from pre-fader sources,
which may be useful when using a matrix as a recording feed. When you
select a bus 1-16 or Main LRC that is to be sent to the Matrix, open the bus
sends view and check if the signal tap is set correctly for your application.