Aaron Baxter

A screenshot farther up on the Master channel shows NDI Output which sends (locally) to OBS Studio. My confusion is if input echo = off, no meters show on Master and there is no audio on the NDI connection. Left shows with echo on, and right w/o. Again, not an issue as it seems it's expected but I couldn't get the faders/gains to adjust the sent volume. I WAS able to figure that out the though (I'm a class A moron and had the same signal coming in on both the independent channels and 2 matrix groups I forgot I had mapped for and old solution). I COULD do all of the combining in the mixer with the Matrix and busses, but adjusting it and the mix for the live stream on 1 console taxes my brain. Also, depending on where I tap the signal, it will either not have the EQ or have the EQ which is set for the monitors/FoH which doesn't sound the greatest on the stream. So I'm using the DAW to adjust volume, put in limiters, and EQ a couple of the channels to improve the streaming/recording from OBS via NDI. I'm also not a real fan of the button layout/controls on the X32/M32 as it feels very Fisher-Price to me but it's stupid powerful for the price. I'm only EQing the 6 mics and eventually master out as I want to give a "room" feel to audio I send to OBS. Any tips on how to put a little room feel to it would be appreciated.

Ok, this messes in with my head. Why have a master, route tracks to the master out bus and it not receive the input and route to the master out? What is the purpose of the Master (and other buses)? I'm trying to treat it like a mixer but I'm gathering it doesn't behave like one. I'd be fine with this monitor setup but again, the FX/EQ/Faders/Gain do not affect the heard signal. It seems the monitor is only hearing the raw input, which again, may be expected. I've attached a screenshot (while we were using it) of some of the channel settings for reference. The X32/X-Live card merely copies the signal after the pre-amps and digital converter and sends it to the attached system. There's a little routing in the board, but unless you send it to a matrix you get a "raw copy" of the inputs. There isn't a local loopback unfortunately. This is one reason I'm wondering if there isn't a better application (though I've not found one) for my purposes as this appears to be more geared for recording then adding effects/EQ/etc after it's recorded. The couple I've found don't support ASIO which is needed for raw input and more-so to keep windows form dickering with the signals. The delay others mention doesn't appear to affect the streaming and recording experience as I have it setup below.

The reason for using a DAW? The machine we use doesn't have aux/mic in. Also, as I mentioned, I do like to multi-track record live within CW at times. I don't have an issue with the TAP being after the pre-amp/A-D which as you said is really ideal because recording EQ/effects will be different than FoH. My primary issue is the faders/gain within CW do not affect the audio sent, and I'm surmising the channel FX won't affect it either. Which may be tied to the issue of I must have input echo on to get any audio out of the Master. Is this the expected behavior of CW? Not send audio to the Master without input echo on? In my logic, it would output anything I tell it to to the master but I just wouldn't be able to hear it on my local speakers unless the master is set to the local PC speakers.

I'll start off by saying I'm pretty sure I'm doing this wrong and that's my issue, but nonetheless. My primary use for CW is to receive the individual channels of audio from our X32 and output them via NDI to OBS Studio for Recording and Streaming. However, the only way I've been able to get this to work is to set all (used) channels Input Echo = On and have them mapped to the Master Out which has the NDI FX Plugin. This somewhat works, however since the X32 is apparently tapping the signal after the preamps and it's not changeable that I've seen with the XLive card, I would like to add EQs to and be able to adjust the volume of each channel. The issue I'm encountering is the sliders and gain do not affect the audio being sent to the master/NDI out. If I have Input Echo = Off, there is no audio sent to the Master Out. I've also not started tinkering with EQs yet either as I can't get the basics to work. I also record in CW on occasion but if I can't have both at once, it's not the end of the world. Now if there's a better software package, or some plugin for this, by all means, please let me know.