Jake Russell Audio

Jake Russell Audio I help church sound volunteers facilitate more engaging worship by learning to create a professional audio mix on the gear they already have.

For more free resources and to go deeper with me, check out my website jakerussellaudio.com

05/04/2026

I don’t set up mute groups on the Behringer Wing. Haven’t in a long time.

I use three DCAs instead. Drums, band, and vocals. Those are my input channel DCAs, and I turn on DCA mute groups so that when I mute a DCA it mutes everything in it. Same result, less setup.

There are probably more “proper” ways to do it. I just don’t care. This works every Sunday and I never have to think about it.

The other thing I do is group my effects into DCAs. So my drum reverb and gated reverb are on one DCA. My aux verb and shimmer are on another. Vocal verb gets its own. Delay gets its own.

Quick tip if you do this: pull the bus level down a bit and let the DCA fader be your control. That way you’ve got more range on the fader for the small moves during a set. Makes a big difference when you’re trying to ride effects in and out.

Three input DCAs. Four effects DCAs. That’s my whole workflow. Try it this Sunday and see how much less jumping around you do.

Comment DCA and I’ll send you my full Wing DCA breakdown.

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05/03/2026

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Your kick out mic can be the muddiest thing in your mix.There's almost always a big buildup in the low mids, somewhere a...
04/27/2026

Your kick out mic can be the muddiest thing in your mix.

There's almost always a big buildup in the low mids, somewhere around 100 to 200 hertz, and then that boxy mid-range on top of it. If you're not dealing with both of those, the kick just sounds like a thuddy mess or a basketball bouncing on a gym floor.

In this video I walk through three different ways to mix a kick out mic on the Behringer Wing. First one keeps it simple with just the default gate, EQ, and compressor. Then I take it further with the dbx compressor and the Maxxer EQ for more bottom end and top end.

The big takeaway is there's no one way to do it. It depends on your drummer, your mic, and your room. But having a few approaches in your back pocket means you're not guessing on Sunday morning.

Comment KICK and I'll send you the full video.

04/21/2026

Most people hear our livestream and assume there’s more going on than there actually is. There’s not.

It’s just a good playing and tone, a good starting point on the Behringer Wing with some intentional processing on the livestream output.

I run our front of house and our livestream off the same console. One Wing. Two mixes. No second console, no DAW, no complicated routing. I just use the Wing’s main outputs differently and run a few inserts on the livestream to get it broadcast-ready.

That guitar solo you’re hearing is from this past Sunday. Drums, bass, keys, and one electric guitar through the Wing. That’s it.
I put together a full video walking through exactly how I set this up.

Comment “stream” and I’ll send it to you.

04/14/2026

Vocal reverb and delay can either make your worship mix feel alive or turn it into a washy mess. There’s a fine line.

Most people pick a reverb, turn it up until they can hear it, and leave it alone. That works until it doesn’t.

In this video I break down exactly how I set up vocal reverb and delay on the Behringer Wing. Rich plate reverb, tape delay, vintage plate, and a few twists that I think you’re going to want to try.

This isn’t a generic “here’s what reverb does” tutorial. This is my actual setup that I use every week at my church on real vocalists during real services. I’ll show you why I use each effect, when I reach for each one, and how they all work together to give vocals space and depth without taking over the mix.

Comment “Verb” and I’ll send it to you.

Super thankful today. I remember thinking I wanted to hit 10k a few years ago when I started my channel but had no clue ...
04/10/2026

Super thankful today. I remember thinking I wanted to hit 10k a few years ago when I started my channel but had no clue how long it would take or how to do all the stuff it would require to get there. It’s been a fun ride so far and I’m really looking forward to what’s ahead. Fun announcement coming by way of the email list in the next few days. Stay tuned. Thanks to each of you for the support!

04/06/2026

Bass guitar is either making your mix sound huge or turning everything into mud. There’s really no in between.

It’s one of the most common problems I hear from church sound teams. The low end is boomy, or the bass disappears when the band gets loud. Or it might sound fine in soundcheck and then falls apart during the service when the room is full of people.

Most of the time the fix isn’t complicated. It’s knowing what to cut, how to control the dynamics, and how to use the tools your X32 already has to get the bass to sit where it needs to sit.

I just put out a full video walking through exactly how I mix bass guitar on the Behringer X32. EQ, compression, inserts, the whole signal chain from start to finish. If your low end has been giving you problems, this one is for you.

Comment “Bass” and I’ll send it to you.

03/31/2026

Parallel compression on drums is one of those things that sounds complicated but makes a huge difference once you hear it.

Comment “comp” for the full breakdown.

The short version: you take your drum mix, send a copy of it to a separate bus, crush it with heavy compression, and blend it back underneath the original. You get all the punch and weight of aggressive compression without killing the dynamics of the clean signal.

It’s not something every mix needs and it won’t work in every church setting. But it can be a way to add an extra 5 or 10% onto an already good drum sound.
Even if you don’t end up using it every week, learning parallel compression can help you become a better mixer in general. For me, hearing the extremes helps me understand what I’m actually hearing in a mix.

Parallel compression is a great way to train your ears because you’re hearing the difference between clean and crushed and learning to find the sweet spot in between.

it’s one of my favorite things about mixing on this console. The routing makes it surprisingly easy once you know where to go.

03/29/2026

Mix so the people can sing.

That’s the job. Period

If people aren’t singing, something might be off.

When I build a mix, I’m not thinking about how impressive it sounds. I’m thinking about whether the person three rows back feels comfortable opening their singing. That’s the standard.

A balanced mix at the right level for your room is what we should be pushing for.

Your church has a comfort zone. Learn it. Don’t try to force something else.

I recently dropped a full video walking through how I build a balanced mix on the Behringer Wing from start to finish.
Comment “Mix” and I’ll send it to you.

03/26/2026

If it sounds good on an iPhone at 85 dB, it sounded great in the room.

This is a straight iPhone recording from the booth. No processing, no editing, just what the phone picked up. That’s how I like to test a mix. If it translates to a phone mic, you know the room is hearing something even better.

A lot of people asked me on this day how I got this snare sound. Buuuuut like we all should know, there are a bunch of different ways to mix a snare, not just one way.

I just put out a full video walking through how I mix a snare drum on the Behringer Wing with Four different approaches, same snare, same mic.

Comment “Snare” and I’ll send it to you.

03/18/2026

Everything that makes worship feel seamless on a Sunday morning runs through the sound booth.

You’re not just pushing faders. You’re making it possible for an entire room to join together and worship.

You’re making sure that when someone is ready to worship, nothing technical gets in the way of that moment.

The worship leader up front gets to lead because you’re doing your job behind the console. That’s not a small thing. That’s leadership and teamwork.

So if nobody has told you this lately, what you do matters. A lot more than you probably think.

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