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6 hours until the show. Going down the checklist. Double checking gear. Call time is 3:00pm for setup and soundcheck. Outdoor venue. Weather looks good for the evening. Here we go!

I'm trying my best to get up to speed on this XR18. I'm not the sound guy for the band but neither is the sound guy. We are both newbies so I'm trying to dig deep. It seems that I'm getting conflicting info on whether monitors should be pre or post fader. Please explain it like I'm 5. Thanks y'all.

Hi again, backup sound guy here trying to wrap my brain around live sound. Our 6 piece band uses an XR18. My question what volume is used when setting the initial -18dbfs gain level, full voice? speaking voice? and the same for instruments..performance level sound?
Help me Obiwan Kenobi!

Thanks in advance.

My musical journey began in a ukulele Meetup group, The talent in that group distilled down to a smaller group of performers, eventually meeting outside of the Meetups at house jams. This gelled into an open mic group, then band. As a band, we played for each other, enjoying the magic that is possible. We picked up a gig or 2 and while still a band, we became performers. Now we realize we are "entertainers". This requires a larger skill set / mindset than just being a band. We are evolving, learning along the way.
I'm curious about your own particular journey, what you've learned along the way.
Cheers!

As entertainers, do y'all put thought into what you wear on stage on performance day? Does it affect your confidence?

Hey guys, first Reddit post ever, I play bass in a 6 piece cover band consisting of variety of configurations of 3 acoustic and electric guitars, a violin and drums. We are a large group that generally play outdoors venues but rehearse inside. Our rehearsal equipment consists of an XR18 mixer, 2 FRFR-112 Headrush, 6 vocal mics with 2 of those being on TC-Helicon processors. We also have 2 additional FRFR-112 we use as monitors at gigs.
We rehearse with the Headrush facing us but fed through the MAIN L/R. Seems normal enough but we never play though the AUX out to tweak a monitor mix. When we get setup at a gig and plug in the extra Headrushes for monitors, we have no baseline for mixing our monitors. Mixing sound at the gig has been our Achilles Heel. We used to experience tremendous feedback but this is getting better. Soundchecks still take a while to get through.
For the record, I am not the sound guy, but neither is the sound guy. he plays one of the guitars and is learning this mixer on the fly as am I. I am the backup sound guy.
I suggested to the sound guy that we rehearse though the AUX outs so we can get some kind of baseline mix for the monitors.
We do keep the FOH out in front of everything, monitors on the ground, all mics facing away from the monitors.

I am curious how y'all would set this up at the studio for practice to ease transition to the outdoor gig.

Thanks in advance.