Lesson Description
Becoming familiar with your hardware on TouchMix
8m 39s
In this video we’ll get familiar with the hardware on the TouchMix Family of mixers; inputs and outputs (I/O), buttons and touch screen.
Video Transcript
Becoming familiar with your hardware on TouchMix
8m 39s
00:15
QSC offers 3 models of TouchMix Digital Mixers;
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The TouchMix 30 Pro, the TouchMix 16 and the TouchMix 8.
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No matter the size of your church and your stage setup, there is always a TouchMix perfectly suited for your purposes.
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Let’s take a look at the hardware on each of the TouchMix Family of mixers.
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First we have our inputs. The TouchMix 30 Pro which is the flagship of the QSC mixers features 32 inputs.
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24 of those are mic/line inputs. This is where you might plug in things like your instruments and spoken word microphones.
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4 of these inputs are XLR/quarter inch combos,
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meaning you can plug in an XLR or a quarter inch jack straight into these inputs.
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There’s 6 balanced 1/4 inch TRS inputs.
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In House of Worship applications these would most likely be used for things like your presentation computers.
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On top we have an 1/8 inch TRS jack which is perfect for playing music from any smart devices.
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This mixer also has a stereo USB input, which is perfect for mp3 playback.
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The TouchMix 16 features a total 22 inputs.
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16 of those being mic/line inputs with 4 of these being XLR/quarter inch combos.
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There are 2 stereo 1/4 inch TRS inputs and a stereo USB input for mp3 playback.
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The TouchMix 8 features 14 total inputs.
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8 of those being XLR mic/line inputs with 4 of those being the XLR/quarter inch combos.
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There are 2 stereo 1/4 inch TRS inputs and a stereo USB input for mp3 playback.
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Let’s take a look at our outputs. The TouchMix 30 Pro features 14 XLR aux outputs.
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These might feed things like your stage monitors, a broadcast mix for live streaming
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or send signal to other spaces in your church like an entrance area, cry room or outdoor patio.
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There are two 1/4 inch TRS outputs right on the mixer for in-ear-monitors.
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These are paralleled to auxes 11/12 and 13/14.
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There are 2 cue outputs; one right here on the back and one right here on the top.
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This allows you to cue and listen to whichever mix or individual channel you would like.
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Right here are your L/R main outputs, which will feed your main loudspeakers.
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These right here are monitor outputs where you can either listen to a duplicate of the L/R mix
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or choose to cue any output mix or input channel you would like.
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In some HOW applications the monitor outputs might feed a pair of near field loudspeakers right at the mix position
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so the operator doesn’t have to put headphone on to cue things.
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The TouchMix 16 features 6 XLR aux outputs, which are perfect for stage monitors.
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Here is your L/R main outputs, which would go to your house loudspeakers.
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Up here we have 2 TRS 1/4 inch outputs for stereo in-ear-monitors.
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There is a TRS 1/4 inch out for headphones and another stereo output for a monitor mix.
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The TouchMix 8 features 4 XLR aux outputs, again perfect for stage monitors.
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Here are your L/R main outputs, which would go to your house speakers.
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Right here we have 1 TRS 1/4 inch output for stereo in-ear-monitors.
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This is paralleled to aux 3/4.
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And right here we have one cue/monitor output for headphones.
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Next, let’s take a look at the physical screen and buttons.
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The screen on the TouchMix 30 Pro is a multi-touch capacitive screen. It accepts up to four touch points simultaneously.
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Which is convenient if you want to do something like a cross-fade with your faders.
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The TouchMix 8 and 16 use a single touch capacitive screen.
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Take advantage of multi touch capability by pairing your TouchMix 8 or 16 with an ipad.
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This here is the encoder wheel that can be used to easily and accurately adjust any parameter that is selected on the screen.
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We call this the “Touch-and-turn” workflow technique.
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When pressed down it will give you fine control level adjustments in half dB increments.
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These buttons here and up here with a U on them are user buttons.
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You can program them to perform certain custom actions.
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This button here is the 0 button. When an input fader is highlighted, pushing it will return the fader to 0.
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When an output fader is highlighted it will return the fader to unity.
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Here is the headphones button.
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Selecting this allows you to control the volume of your headphone mix.
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Right here is your talkback button.
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Press this one to talk to your band through the monitors on stage.
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Press this Monitor button to access its control screen.
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Here you can control the monitor volume and select which mix you would like to listen to.
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The Mute Groups button gives you instant access to your mute groups page to edit and create your own mute groups.
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This button here is the Mute FX button. It mutes and unmutes all FX when you press it.
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This Aux button brings up an overview of all your aux send levels.
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This Wizard button give you access to the FX, Gain and Tuning Wizard.
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You’ll find these super useful especially if you're still learning and growing in your understanding of audio engineering.
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This button here labeled Mic 48v brings up an overview of which input channels have phantom power enabled.
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You can easily enable phantom power from here for multiple channels at once.
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This Info button is your user manual. Anything you need to know about the mixer can be found here.
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This RTA button gives you instant access to your real time analyzer.
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You can easily select which mix you would like access to view the RTA.
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This button that says anti-feedback gives you instant access to the Anti-Feedback Wizard.
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If you’re not quite sure how to get rid of offending feedback frequencies.
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This wizard will do it for you.
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This Rec/Play button access the record set up screen.
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This makes multi tracking to a usb drive simple.
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DAW capability on the TouchMix 30 Pro would be accessed by pressing this button as well.
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The Menu button gives you access to various other set up functions for your mixer.
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This button right here is the all-important Home button.
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It brings you back to your mix window.
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If you’re ever lost in another menu press the home button to get back to your mix.
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There are a few instances where the home button functions as a page back button.
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In those instances, just press it one more time to return to your main mix window.
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Aside from the additional functionality available on the TouchMix 30 Pro
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the buttons and screens on all the TouchMix Family of mixers are very much the same, making the transition between mixers seamless.
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And there you have it.
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Hardware, buttons, knobs and dials on the TouchMix family of mixers.
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Becoming familiar with your hardware on TouchMix
8m 39s