🎯 Learning objectives

• Draw your full signal flow from mic to stream without looking
• Explain the Wing (FOH) vs X32 (stream/production) split over AES50
• State what “raw + gain only” from the Wing means for your X32 mix
• Identify clip points from Wing preamps through iD14
• Document AES50 routing, backups, and Sunday reliability checks

🗺️ Your production path (real Sunday model)

This academy is built around the chain you actually run — a two-console system:

Every Sunday problem lives in one of those boxes. Troubleshooting starts by asking: “Where is the signal last good?”

🔀 Wing FOH ≠ X32 stream mix (by design)

You already have the pro architecture most churches wish they had:

• Wing @ FOH — optimizes for the room (PA voicing, energy, monitor culture, fader rides for the sanctuary).
• AES50 split → X32 — gives production a multichannel digital feed that is independent of the Wing’s processing and LR rides.
• X32 — you build EQ, dynamics, FX, balance, and a dedicated stream bus for online listeners.

• Do build a dedicated stereo stream path on the X32: groups → mixbus or matrix with its own EQ/comp/limiter → outs to iD14.
• Don’t assume the room “sounds fine” means the stream is fine — different console, different listeners, different mix.
• Keep an input list that maps Wing channel / AES50 slot → X32 channel so patches never guess.

📡 Clip points on a Wing → AES50 → X32 path

1. Wing preamp / input clip — Stage source too hot into FOH. This is the first gain stage. If it clips here, the AES50 feed to the X32 is already damaged.
2. X32 channel clip — Digital feed or local trim too hot. Don’t “fix” with fader alone; coordinate Wing gain or reduce X32 digital trim/headroom settings.
3. X32 mix bus / matrix clip — Too many channels summed hot on the stream path. Lower group/bus levels; use bus compression carefully.
4. iD14 input clip — X32 stream outs too hot into the interface. Turn down X32 output or iD14 input gain.

Vimeo will happily stream a distorted mess. The platform does not save bad gain structure — and neither does AES50 if the Wing preamp already clipped.

🧪 Lab — document your real wiring

• Draw a one-page diagram: stage input → Wing channel → AES50 slot → X32 channel → stream outs → iD14 → computer → Vimeo.
• Print a Wing↔X32 patch map (same names on both desks).
• Confirm AES50 link status/clock before doors; note who is clock master (usually Wing/FOH ecosystem).
• Agree a “gain change” hand signal/radio call between Wing FOH and X32 stream.
• Write a break-glass backup: if AES50 drops, or if iD14 fails, what is plan B?

🎬 Video tutorials

Curated watch-list. If an embed is unavailable, use the YouTube link — then come back and do the lab. Watching without the lab is only half-training.

📝 Prove it