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WING RACK Quick Start Guide
WING RACK Overview
1. Introduction
Congratulations on purchasing the ground-breaking WING RACK console. Read through this Quick Start Guide (QSG) to get an overview of WING's functionality and
visit behringer.com for tutorial videos and guides.
Before you start
It is recommended to check behringer.com for firmware updates, as new features and bug fixes will be released regularly. Please refer to Chapter 7 in this QSG for
details about the update process.
Our development team is eager to read your feedback on ideas.behringer.com and surprise you with new improvements and features.
Source and Channel – a new routing approach
WING has introduced a new way of labeling signal sources with names, icons and color together with their physical parameters. WING Sources can be fed into one or
several channels for signal processing or routing to buses or main buses. They can also be patched directly to any physical output when no processing is desired, such
as in recording setups, or when sharing audio with another console for independent mixes.
2. Sources, channels, buses and outputs
External Sources
Any audio input into the console is called a Source. An input can be an analog signal via the XLR or 6.35 mm (¼") TRS connectors on the rear panel, or digital signals via
StageConnect, USB, AES50, installed expansion cards, etc.
WING Sources include the following information:
• • Identifying characteristics like name, color, icon, and tags.
• • Physical characteristics such as gain, mute, phase inversion and phantom power
• • Mono/stereo/mid-side configuration. All 40 channels on the console can process either mono or stereo signals. Analog and digital stereo signals can be fed into a
single channel in the console. See Chapter 5 – ROUTING for more information.
Internal Sources
WING also features User Signals, User Patches and the Oscillator that can be used just as any external Source, but they are in fact signals taken from other places in the
console's audio engine.
2 Oscillators
There are two independent mono test tone generators that can be configured for sinewave, pink noise or white noise output. They can be routed to any channel or output.
24 User Signals
These are signals derived from any of the 40 input channels, 8 aux input channels, 16 buses, 8 matrices or 4 main buses. They can be tapped from the respective
channel's pre- or post-fader tap points, and carry either the left or right channel, or a sum of both.
24 User Patches
These are also signals taken directly from any of the external source signals. User Patches allow you to create stereo combinations of raw input signals that don't
belong to the same Source Group. Possible applications are:
• • Combining two signals from different Source Group interfaces into a stereo or mid-side configuration.
• • Combining non-adjacent signals into a stereo or mid-side configuration.
• • Apply different gain to each channel of a stereo or mid-side configuration.
• • Apply phantom power to only one channel of a stereo or mid-side configuration.
48 Mono/Stereo Input Channels
The channels on WING RACK allow for extremely powerful and flexible processing of the Source audio, before mixing them into buses or mains. Each Input Channel can
accommodate a Main or an Alternative Source. They can adopt the Source's customization properties and automatically use the Source's mono or stereo configuration.
Unlike with other consoles, there is no need for linking two mono channels into a stereo pair — all channels can process mono or stereo signals.
Channel audio can then be sent to buses or mains for mixing, or it can be tapped individually and routed to the outputs directly.
16 Stereo Buses and 4 Stereo Main Buses
The 16 buses are typically used for effects processing through sends, monitor mixes and applying group processing to sub mixes. Buses can be fed into the 4 main
buses, to the first 8 buses or to the 8 matrices. The 4 main buses can only be sent to Matrices or Output destinations.
8 Matrix Buses
Matrix buses have full processing and can be sent to any Output destination. They are often used for sub- or zone mixes that need processing or time alignment. Matrix
buses can be driven by aux or main buses. They also feature two additional Direct Inputs that can be taken from any of the Input Channels, tapped pre- or post-fader.
Matrix buses can be used for creating so-called Mix-Minus buses, by phase inverting i.e. subtracting the Direct Inputs from the mix. This is often applied in broadcast
situations when a moderator should hear everything but his own voice in the mix. They can also be fed back into input channels.
3. Hardware Descriptions
Control Section
WING RACK has a specially optimized section for quick access to the mute, solo and fader level controls of all channels. Mute groups, custom controls and transport
controls of the USB and WING-LIVE player are also accessible here.
INPUT/AUX
Press the button to toggle between the following layers:
• • Input channels 1-40.
• • Aux channels 1-8.
The channels are organized in groups of four with their respective level, mute, and solo controls.
Navigate the channels with the and buttons . Holding down these buttons immediately goes to the first and last page, respectively. The current page number
is indicated by the LED screen above the and buttons.
Pressing the VIEW button toggles between the OVERVIEW and FADERS screen for the active layer. Holding it down opens its CONFIG screen.
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Quick Start Guide