Sound Board Mix Tips - Subbing/Grouping

One of the most wonderful features on sound boards to me is SUBBING (sometimes called grouping). It is basically the same as if you were mixing off of another board and running it through a channel on your main board. How is this useful? In church music It’s VERY useful.

Let’s imagine that this week you are mixing for a praise group with a live band. Your first step would be to assign all of the mics for the group to Sub 1 and all of the musical instruments to Sub 2. This is done (on most boards) by clicking on the “sub 1-2” button (generally located near the fader). To assign the mics to Sub 1, turn the PAN control to the LEFT on those channels. To assign the instruments to Sub 2, turn the PAN control to the RIGHT on the instrument channels.

Now, make sure that Subs 1 and 2 are assigned to the Master Fader (could be L/R, depending on your configuration). Pull the fader for Sub 1 to zero and set the mix for the voices, then do the same for the instruments on Sub 2. Now you can adjust the mix between the music and the voices by simply adjusting the faders for Sub 1 and Sub 2. It’s that easy!!
I hope this helps. As I always tell those I am training . . .play with it. Get to know and understand it the operation of your board is crucial to the ministry of your church.

Until next time,
Shawn