Behringer X AIR XR16 Owner's Manual

X AIR User Manual

The Scribble Strip page allows a custom name and color to be assigned for each 

channel, bus, FX send/return, and DCA group.

The X AIR applications for iOS, Android and Mac/Win/Linux allow all of the 

physical controls and features normally found on analog mixers to be adjusted 

digitally, and also allow effects and routing to be fully adjusted, all from a remote 

location away from the input box. This results in a very compact, yet full-featured 

mixing solution that can be operated while moving about the venue or studio. 

This chapter will discuss the software's functionality on a laptop/desktop running 

Windows, OS X* or Linux.

1.  The Navigation Tabs allow quick access to various edit menus. 
2.  The Channel Strip area gives a quick reference to the status of phantom power, 

aux send levels, pan, etc., The gain, aux levels, FX send levels and pan can be 

adjusted by clicking and dragging left or right inside the respective section.  

Click the Gate, EQ and Comp sections to jump to the edit pages for that channel. 
Note – the following items are always visible regardless of which tab 

is selected:

3.  Left-click the channel number to select that channel. Right-click to change 

the name and color of the channel.

4.  Touch a channel’s Solo button to send the channel to the solo bus. 

The button will light orange to indicate that the channel has been soloed.

5.  The Channel Fader adjusts a channel’s level, or adjusts the aux/FX send level, 

depending on which layer is selected on the right-hand side.

6.  Click a channel’s Mute button to mute the channel. The button will light red 

when muted.

7.  Use the Save and Load icons to save and recall show scenes and saved 

channel settings.

8.  Access the Setup and Routing screens via the icons in the upper right corner. 

The Utility feature is currently inactive, but will be integrated in future 

firmware updates. The Resize button allows the window to automatically fit 

various screen resolutions up to 4k, as well as conform to a custom size.

9.  Use the Copy and Paste buttons to transfer information between channels.
10.  The Snapshot feature lets you save specific bits of information for later recall. 

Clicking the Snapshot icon brings up a window where the new snapshot can 

be named and the content selected for saving. Dedicated controls allow the 

saved snapshots to be shuffled through and loaded directly from the main 

mixer view.

11.  Engage the Auto Mix X and Y buses here. See section 7.14 for details.
12.  The Fader Bank buttons determine which layer is active in the faders. 

When set to Main LR, the faders adjust the channel volume levels sent to 

the main bus, and the main output is adjusted with the far-right fader. 

When one of the bus or FX layers are selected, the faders adjust each 

channel’s send level to that bus for monitoring or effects routing. The overall 

bus level is adjusted with the far-right fader. To assign a channel to a DCA, 

select the DCA group 1-4 and then click the small circle located above each 

channel fader that you want to assign to that group. The group number will 

be indicated in the circle.

13.  The main level fader adjusts the output of the currently-selected bus.
14.  The 4 Mute Group buttons engage the mute groups. Click one of the 4 

small boxes below each channel fader to assign that channel to a particular 

mute group. 

The Channel tab allows quick access to the most common preamp parameters, as 

well as basic control over the noise gate, compressor and bus sends. Most of the 

adjustments on this tab can also be found in greater detail on other tabs. 

1.  Click the FX button to engage an insert effect. The specific FX block is 

selected with the adjacent pull-down menu.

2.  The Stereo Link button allows a channel to be paired with the adjacent 

channel in a stereo pair. The fader level, gain setting, bus sends, etc. will be 

the same between the 2 channels, and the pan will default to hard left and 

right. The odd-numbered channel will always be the lower of the pair.

3.  The Phantom button engages the 48 V phantom power for use with 

condenser microphones and active DI boxes.

4.  The Polarity button inverts the phase.
5.  Click the USB button to route the USB return signal to the selected channel 

instead of the analog input.

6.  The analog Mic Gain and digital USB Trim can be adjusted independently, 

though only one source can be used at a time.

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*OS X is a trademark of Apple Inc.