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Content About... 3 Compatible Mixer:... 3 Quick start... 4 Start View... 5 UI Elements... 6 Knobs... 6 Fader... 6 Main View... 7 Channel Overview... 8 Channel Gate View... 9 Channel PEQ View... 10 Channel Dynamic View... 11 App Setup View... 12 Layers... 13 Layer Overview... 13 Reorder an item... 13 Add a new item... 13 Remove an item... 13 Layers Overview... 14 Reorder a layer... 14 Show more channels per layer... 14 Add a new layer... 14 Remove a layer... 14 Save a layer setup... 14 Restore default... 14 FAQ... 15 Page 2
About Mixing Station is an Android app to remote control the Behringer X32 and other compatible mixer. The project started October 2013 and all development is done by one person in his freetime. Also I want to thank everyone who helped with beta testing, new feature ideas and general feedback! Compatible Mixer: X32, X32 Producer, X32 Compact, X32 Rack, X32 Core / starting with firmware version 1.15 Midas M32 Page 3
Quick start To connect Mixing Station to an X32 a Wi-Fi router is required. There are many ways to setup a network so the following guide is only one of many solutions. 1) Open the configuration page of the Wi-Fi router and activate the DHCP server. Write down the start IP address of the DHCP range, we will need that later. 2) Change the IP address of the X32 to be below the DHCP address range. Example: IP Router: 192.168.1.1 DHCP-Range: 192.168.1.20 192.168.1.200 X32 IP: 192.168.1. X (X must be less than 20 and more than 1) X32 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 X32 Gateway: 192.168.1.1 (IP of the Wi-Fi router) 3) Connect the Wi-Fi router to the X32 via an Ethernet cable. If your Wi-Fi router has a Wan port make sure not to use it. 4) Connect your android device to the wifi network. 5) Open Mixing Station, select your desired access mode and press Search. After 1-10 seconds a new entry should appear with the x32. Click on it to connect. 6) If no console is found try to enter the IP address of the X32 in the X32 IP field and press Connect. 7) If you got trouble setting up your network see FAQ. Page 4
Start View When starting the app you will see the start view. Here you can enter the IP of the X32, change the different access modes and go to the power management setup of the app. Buttons - Search: Searches for an X32. If multiple X32 are in one networks, all of them are listed. This function requires a broadcast capable wifi router. - Connect: Connects to a X32 at the IP Address in the X32 IP textfield. - Offline: Starts the app in offline mode. Some functions will not work in this mode (e.g. channel link). - Setup: Opens the power management setup of the app. Mix-Access This function limits the access to the X32. If you select anything else than All you access will be limited to the item you selected. Page 5
UI Elements Knobs The knob is used by dragging your finger into any direction. The image on the left shows the different axis and their influence on the current value. A combination of two axis is possible: A drag to the top right corner increases the value faster than dragging only to the right. Touch and hold the knob to get a horizontal fader popup for more precise value changes. The popup will only open if the value of the knob has not been changed by a drag since touching it. Fader The fader is used by dragging the white knob to the top or bottom. If the Fine Mode is enabled it is possible to start dragging at any position. Fader popup / GEQ fader: A double tap on a fader resets its value to default. Depending on the accuracy of the touchscreen a small value jump might occur when starting dragging the fader knob. Page 6
Main View From the main view you can reach every other functions of the app. Channel Strip - Press the channel button to edit the channel. Hold to edit the name and color of channels - Optional channel strip items can be hidden/shown in the App Setup view - Hold the Solo button to clear solo on all channels Sidebar - Fine: Enables/Disables the fine mode for the faders. When fine mode is enabled you can drag the fader from any position and it will be less sensitive to your finger movements. - Mute Enable: Enables/Disables the mute buttons - Snd->Fader: Enables/Disables the sends on fader function. - Bus Spinner: Selects the mix bus that should be used for the sends on fader function. - Layer buttons: Press to change the current visible layer. Hold to edit the layer Menu - Depending on the screen size of your device more or less icons are visible in the top bar. To access the other menu items you need to press the menu button of your device or the top right item with three rectangles. Page 7
Channel Overview Open by pressing the channel button in the Main View This view shows an overview of a channel. Note: The fine fader mode and the mute button at the channel strip are always enabled for channel views. Buttons - Config: Opens the Channel Config View - Gate: Press to open the Channel Gate View. Hold to toggle the gate on/off - EQ: Press to open the Channel EQ View. Hold to toggle the eq on/off - DYN: Press to open the Channel Dynamic View. Hold to toggle the dynamic on/off - Sends: Opens the Channel Sends View - Main: Opens the Channel Main View Menu Items from left to right - Left arrow: Go to previous channel. If Layer channel usage is enabled the previous channel in the current layer is used - Mutegroup: Opens the mutegroup popup - Right arrow: Go to the next channel. If Layer channel usage is enabled the next channel in the current layer is used Page 8
Channel Gate View The channel gate view displays all parameter for the gate processing of a channel. Buttons On: Press to toggle the gate processing on/off. Type: The type spinner can be used to change the processing type of the gate. The timeline diagram can be turned on/off in the App Setup view. Threshold and range values can also be changed by dragging the green circle in the diagram. Page 9
Channel PEQ View The channel peq view shows the peq processing of a channel. If the channel has a lowcut, it will also be shown. Depending on your firmware a RTA overlay will be shown. Buttons On: Press to toggle the peq processing on/off. Lowcut: Press to toggle the lowcut filter of the preamp on/off. RTA Channel: Press to change the signal source of the RTA RTA Follow: If enabled, the RTA signal source will always match the currently shown channel. See X32 RTA for more information about the RTA. RTA Post: If enabled the RTA source will be post peq. For each peq band a control circle will be shown. A selected band is indicated by a white circle arround the control circle. Each circle can be manipulated by dragging it the desired position. To change the q factor of a selected band use two fingers and do a pinch-to-zoom gesture. Page 10
Channel Dynamic View The channel dynamic view displays all parameter for the dynamic processing of a channel. Buttons On: Press to toggle the dynamic processing on/off The timeline diagram can be turned on/off in the App Setup view. Threshold and ratio values can also be changed by dragging the green circle in the diagram. Page 11
App Setup View Open via the menu in the Main View : Menu->Setup->App This view is used to change basic app behavior Buttons - High Contrast: Changes the app color scheme to a high contrast version. It should be enabled when working outside in the sun or other bright environments. - Show PEQ: Shows a small peq preview in the channel strip. - Show Pan: Shows the pan control in the channel strip - Show Info: Displays a small indicator at the top of each channel strip to indicate the status of the processing. - Show Solo: Shows the solo button in the channel strip. - Blinking SoF: If enabled the sends on fader button will blink when in sends on fader mode. - Gate Timeline: Enables the signal timeline diagram for the Gate View. - Dyn Timeline: Enables the signal timeline diagram for the Dynamic View. - Peak Hold: Adjusts the peak hold time. - Layer channel change: Use the layer channel order for the previous and next menu buttons of a channel view. - Orientation Lock: Locks the display orientation. If the selected orientation is not available for a view, the screen will rotate to the orientation that fits the current view. Page 12
Layers A layer is a collection of channels with specified order. All layers can be fully edited, saved, loaded and deleted. To edit a single layer press and hold a layer button (see Main View ). To edit the order of the layers, save or load the current layer configuration open the Layer Setup by the menu: Menu->Setup->Layer Layer Overview The layer overview shows the name and all channels of a layer. Reorder an item The order of the channels can be changed by dragging a channel strip to the desired position. The name can be edited by clicking onto it. Add a new item A new item can be added by pressing the Add button in the top right corner. It s possible to add a blank channel to create a space between the channels in the layer. Remove an item To remove an item simply press and hold the item to be removed. A context menu will appear with an option to delete the item. Page 13
Layers Overview The layers overview shows all layers that are currently setup. Reorder a layer To reorder a layer simply drag the item at its drag bar on the left side to the desired position. Show more channels per layer To show more channels per layer click onto the Visible channels per layer spinner. Add a new layer A new layer can be added by pressing the Add button in the menu. This will directly open the Layer Overview of the newly created layer. A new layer will always be added to the end of the layer list. Remove a layer To remove an existing layer just press and hold onto the list item. A context menu will appear with an option to delete the layer. Save a layer setup To save the current layer setup (this includes all layers as well as the visible channels setting) press the Save button in the menu. If the current layer setup should as default just override the default setup. Restore default For quickly restoring the default layer setup press the more button in the menu (or the menu button on your device) and select Restore Default. Note that this will instantly override your current layer setup. Page 14
FAQ I can t connect to the mixer. How can I make it work? First of all check if your network is setup correctly. To do so download the app Fing - Network Tools onto your device and ping the IP of the X32. If you can t get a response, your network is not setup correctly. If you can see the IP of the X32 but still can t connect send me an email. Will you make this app compatible with android < 4.0? No. It would be too much work. Which firmware versions of the X32 are supported? >= 1.15 Which X32 models are supported by Mixing Station? See About Can I use my android device as a wifi inear solution? No. It s not possible because the X32 can t send audio via a IP based network. Also the latency would be > 30ms because of the wifi connection and encoding/decoding of the audio stream. I found a bug! Not a question but if you found a bug you can report it here: https://bugs.dev-core.org/ Just click on Open a new Task anonymously and write down what happened and how it happened. Please make sure to leave your email so I can contact you in case I need more information. How can I request new features? See I found a bug! How many lines of code did you write? Currently the source code is about 33.000 lines long (excluding empty lines and comments) Can I have to source code? No sorry, the app is a closed source project. But if you got any questions about the communication with the X32 or how to call certain commands feel free to as: david@dev-core.org Page 15