AcademyFoundations AcademySafe Startup and Shutdown
12 day streak+75 XPLesson 3 of 3
Lesson 3 of 3

Safe Startup and Shutdown

Use mute and power order to avoid pops and surprises.

12 minSimulator75 XPBeginnerDraft — full lesson in progress

Ministry, Safety and Signal Flow

Sound Academy simulator

Interactive Signal Flow Simulator

Trace the live signal path

Pastor mic is silent in FOH and livestream. Receiver looks active but the X32 meter is dead.

Fault loaded
OK

Source

Pastor mic, vocal, instrument or playback.

Meter74%
Fault

Receiver / DI

Wireless receiver, DI box or stage input.

Meter8%
Unknown

X32 Input

Preamp, mute, patch, channel processing.

Meter0%
Disabled

Bus / LR

Main LR, stream bus, matrix or monitor send.

Meter0%
Disabled

Dante / DVS

Network route into the Mac and Logic.

Meter0%
Disabled

Logic Mix

Template input, plugin path and output bus.

Meter0%
Disabled

Stream Output

OBS or encoder capture to online service.

Meter0%

Live Readout

Input Meter74%
X32 Channel0%
Stream Output0%

Watch the meters from left to right. The first failed checkpoint is usually the safest place to investigate.

Mission Fault Finder

Where did the signal stop?

Choose the first checkpoint that should be investigated. The goal is not to guess the broken device. The goal is to prove the last known good signal and the first failed point.

Wireless receiver muted