Just to clarify I'm running 4.6.2, hope you at too.
Yeah that's the version I am using. I wanted to upgrade to ver. 5.xxx, but I have two iPads, one is brand new and the other is 11 years old (lol an iPad 3) that still works. The old iPad won't run ver. 5, and I can't have two different versions of MF running on two iPads, so since I am using a DL1608 and really don't benefit from most of the upgrades to 5 like the other more elaborate mixers, I would rather be able to have the option of docking my iPad 3 and using the new one on WiFi.
Your description of the reverb faders is exactly right. Just to summarize. The reverb "Send" fader on the specific channel for our vocalist is set at -13.9db, it's on the left side of the page. This is the fader that adjusts how much of that channel is going to the Reverb buss. It's appropriate for many channels to be feeding the reverb buss. Also on the channel Reverb page you will see a fader on the right hand side that shows the status of the Reverb return that allows how much that buss feeds the main mix. On the main page with all the channels it's the first fader after the iPad fader and is labeled "Reverb", we have ours set at -33.4db. Both the fader on the right hand side of the channel reverb and the reverb fader on the main page will move together as they are the same fader, just two different locations to adjust it. But all of these fader settings are really dependent on so may things. Adjust each it as you feel is appropriate for your mix and situation.
I think you have the EQ part right. How you're cutting it will work good for vocals. If you have some drums in the reverb buss you may want to add a little back in-between 100hz and 500hz. You can do that using the different bands.
My delay comment just meant that on vocals we have both reverb and delay. Experiment with different delay setting. Lots of good tutorials on YouTube but they may not be DL1608 specific.
Hope this helps.
I won't be putting drums in the PA any time soon, unless I do sound for one of my pickup gigs in a band, but I almost never do. When I jump into those gigs, they either have a sound man or communal, band PA. I used to use my PA and this mixer for bands, but lately I have taken to doing what I have affectionately dubbed
Guitaraoke, where I have a bunch of heavily edited backing tracks, where I even added all the vocal harmonies myself multi-tracking them in my DAW, so I can do all these sounding like a full band. But the backing track .mp4s which I use these days to play live, are on my laptop, and I have one of those stereo U-Phioria USB/XLR processor that is pretty amazing for such a cheap device. I put that into channel 16 and 17, and I don't use ANY effects or even EQ on it.
I think that because I am not a sound man, I tend to like the reverb heavier than your settings, BUT I have to say that using your settings as a base is amazing, and the best reverb I ever heard through this mixer. I have really good PA gear, though, all JBL's PRX series with two of the big 18" JBL XLF subs and good matching wedge monitors. My problem, not being a sound man, is I like the reverb a little heavier than most of you sound guys. But using your settings as my starting point is perfect, because I can just raise either the send or the main reverb up a little. I don't like crazy reverb, but I do like to hear it.
I will add some delay, but my problem with delay is that it is harder to add just a subtle amount the way you can with Reverb. With delay, I find it is either completely in my face or I really don't hear it at all. But maybe my next live gig I will see if it sounds different with the PA at live volume levels.
I will say that I decided to turn off all the compression and gating because I really have no clue what to even do with either of them, and am not convinced that with my level of knowledge (or lack thereof) I am doing myself any favors with compression and gating. Then again, I am not playing Metal or grunge, and nobody is screaming into the mic or playing guitars at ear-blistering volumes. So my guess is I don't even really need it.
I am going to try to figure out how to gate my guitar amp. I play with mostly a single coil sound, through a Fender, and man the 60 cycle hum can get obnoxious when I am not playing. Once I start playing, it becomes inaudible obviously.
By the way, speaking of an annoying "hum", your EQ suggestion took out a weird sort of "aftertaste" from the reverb. Notching out a couple of DB's from 100 all the way to 3K took away most of that weird, springy noise the verb was making.
For right now, I have been leaving the parametric EQ completely flat, unless a vocalist specifically asks me for more/less high end, more/less mid-range, or whatever. I had one singer who asked me to notch out 800 Hz, which I did, and he gave me a huge thumbs up. Meanwhile I literally heard NO DIFFERENCE, which means it's probably best for me to stay far away from any EQ changes until I have an actual clue or someone asks me for some specific change.
