Behringer X32

I know I am a little late to the game on reviewing the Behringer X32 but I have been a huge fan of this line of consoles for over a year now!  In my opinion, this line of consoles literally changed the game of quality audio.  You can get the X32, X32 Compact, X32 Producer, X32 Rack, X32 Core and soon the X18.  All of which use the same concept and have most of the same features, just less analog inputs.

Like anything, there are parts that I don't like but they are so minor that I believe they do not really matter.  I also believe that this line of consoles are perfect for churches.

Lets start off with what I don't like....

I am not the biggest fan of the iPad app.  Not really the functionality of the app, just the flow.  It is a little odd at first but there is so much in the app that once you learn it, you can literally do anything from the app that you can do on the console.  And now with version 2.0 the app seems better!  I still wish the EQ portion was a little more user friendly... (I really like the Mackie DL1608 version of EQ)

I wish I could pair odd even or even odd channels, but if I really care that much I could simply soft patch the channels to an odd even pair!

 Probably the biggest thing I love and yet don't love about the board is the versatility...  You can set it up to do anything you want in many different ways to make it super easy to use on a regular basis.  But, if you don't know what you are doing when you set it up, you will cause yourself a lot of extra work for nothing.


What I love about it!

Compressors, Gates, 8 Stereo Effects, Ducking, Keying, Remote Gain Control, Scenes, Assignable Encoders and Buttons, Motorized Faders, Recording Straight to USB on the Console, Multi-track recording, and the list goes on...  This board gives you the tools that used to cost thousands and thousands of dollars and its all in one console.  It has a great clean sound, and is incredibly useful!

After all that I really really love the price!!!!!  You can get all this for $2,800 or less street price! It is incredible that all this is cheap enough for anyone to afford!

All in all I love this board and think that they really changed the game for live sound. I would not hesitate to recommend this to anyone!

Read more about it here!  Behringer X32

Pirate Studio LLC Nashville TN- Advanced Acoustic Solutions Design/Build

Just before Thanksgiving of 2013, we met with the owners of Pirate Studio LLC.  After deliberating and some preliminary design, on December 16, 2013 we (Advanced Acoustic Solutions) were tasked to design and build a vocal booth, 2 master editing suites, and a video editing suite... By February 10th of 2014 on the third floor of this building in downtown Nashville!

Pirate Studio LLC location

Pirate Studio LLC is an extremely talented group of people!  The chief engineer has a voice that will blow your mind!  Here is an example of the work they do!
Pirate Studio LLC Miranda Lambert Tour





To start the project, we began by sitting down with our architect to figure out a way to fit a "Pirate" theme into a modern studio design. As most know in the industry, architects are very good at making things look good, but they are not always as critical of sound as an acoustic consultant!  We are fortunate to have an architect that loves sound and is willing to work very closely with us in the design aspect to make sure the sound is perfect, and the look is perfect! We quickly landed on a design scheme that incorporated a dark rustic feel that also incorporated a little bit of a modern taste.  Because of the unique time frame and budget, a large portion of the project could not be pre planned.  Most of the details had to be calculated on site!

Control room A concept

Control room A seating area concept

Vocal Booth design concept

Jan 1st began the construction phase. AAS was responsible for all of the demolition and construction minus high voltage electrical work.

By mid February, we were finished.  There we several construction complications throughout the process and a lot of 16 hour+ days of work!

A lot of the design parameters were preset.  We had a little play, but in was only 1 dimension usually in a room that we could adjust. So we got creative with angles and clouds!  Without getting into to much detail, the sound of the rooms came out great!  There were a few small issues in the main room due to its length (non changeable) in the bass frequencies but compared to the previous location was a night and day difference in quality.  The vocal booth (even with all the wood) is a nice quiet location with a decent amount of space and will be great for multi use purposes!

Studio B (audio) and Studio K (video) are both clean quiet and the engineers are extremely happy!  Once again I am not going into great detail... although I could...

Below you will find some quick pictures I was able to grab after the process was complete!

In future posts, I will go further into detail on each room!

Door Decals

Main control room with gear in place

Closer view of mix position

Front cloth wall with decal

Studio B used for ISDN sessions and other rented sessions

Video production suite

Color changing lights behind panels to set the mood

Vocal booth

Vocal Booth