Understanding Routing On D Live Mixers

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Understanding Routing On D Live Mixers
Getting signals in and out of the mixer is basically the most important skill you can have. If you have no signals to mix or you can’t get that mix to the speakers, there will be no gig.

Analogue mixers are pretty simple, if you plug an XLR into channel 1 then you can push up channel 1 to hear the sound. Digital mixers are a lot more flexible and with flexibility comes complexity. It’s easy to connect an XLR and still get no sound.

D Live mixers are really popular nowadays, the compact C1500 is especially popular with touring acts and rental houses. Though they are quite intuitive when you get the hang of them, there are a few excentricities.

In this video we’ll cover:
How digital mixer routing works, so that you understand how to solve problems conceptually
How D Live mixers process sound differently from other digital mixers
How to make sure your mic gets to your channel input on D Live
How to get your mixes out and to the speakers
How tie lines and the virtual soundcheck features work

By the end, you’ll know everything there is to know about every tab on the I/O routing screen.
00:00 Introduction
00:46 D Live Input Routing
07:57 Creating& Customising Fader Layers on D live
09:07 Surface Inputs on D live
09:54 D Live Output Mix Routing
12:25 Placing D Live Master fader
13:57 D Live tie Lines and Virtual Soundcheck