Digital Mixers

About this course:

Digital Mixing Consoles is an intensive practical course designed to develop confidence and speed on professional live sound consoles. Students gain extensive hands-on experience using industry-standard digital mixers including the Midas M32, Allen & Heath SQ-5, and Yamaha DM3.
Rather than simply learning where the buttons are, this course focuses on understanding the complete workflow. Students learn how to configure and patch consoles, manage analogue and digital inputs and outputs, build efficient show files, route signals
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A major focus of the course is developing fast, confident mixing skills through repeated practical exercises. Students mix a wide variety of programme material including live bands, corporate events, panel discussions, DJs, playback systems, and spoken word presentations, learning how different genres require different approaches to achieve a professional result.
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Critical listening and ear training are embedded throughout the course, enabling students to recognise tonal balance, dynamics, feedback, gain structure, clarity, and overall mix quality. By the end of the course, students will understand not only how to operate a digital console, but how to produce clear consistently, musical, and professional mixes under real event conditions.

This course forms part of the Live Event Technology programme, so if you decide to continue your studies, your course fee contributes towards the next stage of your learning journey.

Knowledge & Skills  

• Configure and operate professional digital mixing consoles
• Understand digital console architecture, workflow, and navigation.
• Configure analogue and digital inputs, outputs, stage boxes, and network connections.
• Build and manage show files for different event types.
• Patch local inputs, digital stage boxes, buses, matrices, and outputs.
• Understand gain structure within modern digital mixing systems.
• Configure monitor mixes, Front of House mixes, subgroups, DCAs, mute groups, and matrices.
• Apply EQ, compression, gates, delays, reverbs, and other onboard signal processing effectively.
• Understand digital signal routing and advanced console patching techniques.
• Connect and configure AES50, USB recording, and other digital audio interfaces.
• Understand scene management, snapshots, libraries, and show recall.
• Troubleshoot common digital console and signal routing problems efficiently.
• Develop fast mixing techniques through repeated practical exercises.
• Mix a wide variety of programme material including live bands, corporate presentations, conferences, DJs, playback systems, and spoken word events.
• Develop critical listening and ear training skills to identify tonal balance, dynamics, clarity, feedback, masking, and mix quality.
• Recognise the characteristics of a professional live mix and make confident mixing decisions under time pressure.
• Understand efficient workflow and best practices used by professional live sound engineers.
• Work safely, confidently, and efficiently within professional live event environments

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This course is for:

• A school leaver/recent high school graduate who wants to test a career in the flourishing audio for events industry.
• Anyone considering a career in the diverse audio for events industry.
• Hotel or Event AV person who requires additional training.
• A lighting technician who wants to broaden your skill set.
• House of Worship technician or musician or enthusiast who wants to make the message clearer.
• Rental company personnel
• Audio system specialists
• Pro audio sales personnel (the better you know it, the better you sell it)
• Sound Engineer who needs more confidence with digital consoles

Pay Your WayChoose to pay in full or spread the cost with Tabby or Tamara. Tamara now offers 6, 9, and 12-month installment options (subject to approval).

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