Mix wiz 16:2 DX ( not mixwiz3)

big subject, look into the yamaha sound reinforcement handbook.

you do have a mono out, the "A-B out" 1/4" outs underneath the L-R XLR outs.

board mono out-->crossover in

crossover high out--> one side of biggest amp-->mains
(try 100Hz crossover point)
crossover low out--> other side of biggest amp-->subs

auxes 1 through 4 out-->one into each side of other two amps for 4 monitor mixes

you don't insert effects into a channel; aux 5 out-->effect in

effect out-->channel 16 1/4" in (if you can spare it); return 1 if you can't.

 

I would highly recommend lookingup up the idea of "aux-fed subs." I have the same mixer, and run the subs out of the L channel and Tops out of the R channel. It's been a great mixer for me for many years.

 

you might wanna walk before you run, and just figure out how to run this stuff normally first.

do you even have EQs for the mains? for the monitors? how many monitor mixes do you need?

even with aux-fed subs, you still want to cross over the mains and subs, so is this crossover a stereo 2-way?

 

you don't.

the aux out in question would go straight into the crossover (yes, you do still need it) set to 2-way stereo, and the low out of the crossover would go to the subs amp.

the main out would go to the other channel of the crossover, and the high out of that side would go to the tops amp.

you would start with just setting both channels of the crossover to the same crossover point, say, around 100Hz.

the idea is that you use the aux out on each board channel to only bring into the sub what needs to go into it (kick, bass, maybe toms).

 

how many players in the band? you have 4 wedges, and a separate mix for each guy makes a world of difference on stage. that's frankly way more important than stereo PA or aux-fed subs at this point.

 

it doesn't work that way.

kick, bass, and the toms very much should be in the mains! it's just that they should also be in the subs, while the higher-pitched stuff (like vocals) is better kept out of the subs.

 

then make this mess easy on yourself!

mono out into a graphic into the crossover; highs out to the tops, lows out to the subs.

hitting the high-pass button on the non-"subby" channels and also rolling the lowest EQ knob down a pinch will keep those channels out of the subs just fine.

use the biggest amp just for the subs (maybe even bridge it if necessary); use one side of the other amp for highs, the other side of it as monitors for one guy, then the other amp for the other two monitor mixes. (each monitor amp channel gets signal from auxes 1 through 3 from the board.)

if you guys are doing stage volume for the amps, you probably don't need more than the kick miked on the drums. (especially if the drummer is singing, as his vocal mic picks up all the other drums all too well.)

a hi-hat mic is way down the road.

 

Simply pan everything L or R and use the L or R XLR out to connect to your crossover. This is how I have mine setup.

To hook up the Microverb 4 you need a cable like this:
Hosa Stereo 1/4" Phone to 2 - Mono 1/4" Phone Insert Cable | GuitarCenter

As far as aux-fed subs goes that's personal taste. IMHO there's a lot of sound detail you lose when you only send low end from the kick/bass to the sub. You can experiment with EQ and crossover points and get a good sound.

 

it's fine to use one side of the board, just pan everything hard to that side. for mono, you would indeed center all the pans and hit that button.

as for headroom out of the A-B outs, it's OK like it is, but down the road you can get the upgrade chip installed that will kick it up to true +4 balanced out. i did that to mine, one each for A and B out, and it was a marked improvement.

that hosa cable is an insert cable, which is what you don't want for this. effects get put on post-fader auxes, so one effect can work on any and all channels, and so that the entire channel's signal isn't forced through the effect (which can sometimes degrade the sound).

yes, people will insert another special reverb just for the snare drum or whatever, but that's for down the road. inserts are for things like compressors, EQs or gates, things that affect the actual volume.

since your amps apparently have their own DSP and stuff including crossovers, you can send to the subs amp either daisy-chained with the signal the tops amp is getting (A to one, B to the other, A to an EQ, and if the EQ has two parallel outs, one to each amp, or even into one amp and out the other signal input (not speaker out!!) to the other amp.

the amps will both get the same signal, but one will only do lows while the other only does highs.

you'd then just adjust the volume of the two amps so that the highs and lows are balanced; then, you'd use your high-pass buttons on the channels to keep whatever you want out of the subs.

for aux-fed, just use the main out to tops and a post-fader aux out to the subs. (trouble here is that turning the main fader up or down for overall volume throws off the balance of tops to subs.)

i suppose you could also use the left/right outs as tops/subs; use (say) left for tops, and pan everything hard left. then, just bring back towards center what you want to be in the subs, too. (remember, you don't want anything only in the subs, that's useless.)

this way, moving the two main faders at the same time doesn't throw off the balance of tops to subs.

i like mono with a normal crossover on my mixwiz (same as yours) because i'm using all 6 auxes (4 in-ear mixes, delay and reverb), and because i like to pan vocals on one side and everything else on the other and insert a compressor on that side's main insert for all the vocals.

this also makes it easy to quickly turn the vocals up and everything else down if need be.

 

they'll both get the full-range signal, either jumped from one amp's input off the other, coming out of the A and B outs on the board (which are the same as each other), using a splitter Y cable, left and right from the board, whatever.

the subs amp will be set internally to only put out 100Hz and below, while the tops amp will be internally set to only put out 100 and up.