Uploaded June 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
What if you need a mix-minus to a source other USB? The Rodecaster Pro can do both. This video shows you how to use the analog outputs (cables) to send a mix-minus out of the RCP.
The RCP and a lot newer audio interfaces have a mix-minus feature built in. That’s when you want to mix several audio sources like your microphone, someone on a remote call, additional audio clips or music and you want to send that mix somewhere else while excluding one or more of those incoming audio channels.
The mix-minus on the RCP can be handled through the USB channel where the audio coming into the USB won’t go back out and other channels like the phone or bluetooth channel will also go into the mix but will not return the audio on that channel back to the device.
But what if you need to do a mix-minus using one of the analog outputs essentially any output that using a TRS cable? Well I needed to do this for a live-streaming setup where everything in the RCP, my mic, a remote person on the computer, and the soundboard, needed to go out to the camera without sending the remote guests their audio back which would create an audio loop of themselves, we don’t want that.
The RCP has a headphone output in front which I’m calling the producer position because it’s tied to the channel 1 output and some of the features in the RCP can only be heard by using this output which I assume is the case cause typically the person plugged into channel 1 is the also the person that will be controlling the mix and therefore has different needs than anyone else connected who are likely cohosts or guests. That gives us this unique ability to hear the whole mix while also removing select audio channels from everyone else’s mix.
The first thing you want to do is go into settings - hardware - advanced - audio - channels - Enable Pre-fade listen. This changes the function of this button from a solo button to a PFL button and that’s important because this is what will allow us to minus a channel from the outgoing mix, in other words, the person coming into the mixer won’t go back out again, avoiding that audio loop.
Now when we plug our headphones into the front input or channel 1, every channel where we enable the PFL button, we can bring down the fader all the way and still hear the audio going into that channel.
For every other output (headphone 2, 3, 4 and even the monitors), those will only get audio from channels that have the fader turned up.
Next step is to connect headphone output 2, 3 or 4, using a TRS cable, to whatever device you want to send an audio mix.
In my case I’m going to a MixPre3 connected to my Sony a6500. I could direct to the 6500, the MixPre just gives me some added features such as multiple inputs, front facing controls, audio meters and attenuation if needed.
Now my audio will be in sync with my video and both signals will be sent together out of the HDMI to my computer where I’ll use some software to connect with a other people and live stream. Of course your setup and use case may be very different. The key is that we can now create a mix-minus using the RCP and the analog outputs.
To complete the setup on the RCP, simply bring up the faders for every channel that you want to go into the mix and leave the fader all the way down for channels you don’t want in the analog mix. For example, I will be live-streaming with other people via the computer. They are coming into the RCP via the USB channel and I am going out to them on channel one. So I want them to hear me so my fader is up and I don’t want them to hear themselves so the USB channel fader is all the way down. I also want them to hear additional audio that I will play through the soundboard so I have that channel also turned up. Congrats we’ve created a mix-minus! A mix of the audio we want output minus the audio we don’t.
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What if you need a mix-minus to a source other USB? The Rodecaster Pro can do both. This video shows you how to use the analog outputs (cables) to send a mix-minus out of the RCP.
The RCP and a lot newer audio interfaces have a mix-minus feature built in. That’s when you want to mix several audio sources like your microphone, someone on a remote call, additional audio clips or music and you want to send that mix somewhere else while excluding one or more of those incoming audio channels.
The mix-minus on the RCP can be handled through the USB channel where the audio coming into the USB won’t go back out and other channels like the phone or bluetooth channel will also go into the mix but will not return the audio on that channel back to the device.
But what if you need to do a mix-minus using one of the analog outputs essentially any output that using a TRS cable? Well I needed to do this for a live-streaming setup where everything in the RCP, my mic, a remote person on the computer, and the soundboard, needed to go out to the camera without sending the remote guests their audio back which would create an audio loop of themselves, we don’t want that.
The RCP has a headphone output in front which I’m calling the producer position because it’s tied to the channel 1 output and some of the features in the RCP can only be heard by using this output which I assume is the case cause typically the person plugged into channel 1 is the also the person that will be controlling the mix and therefore has different needs than anyone else connected who are likely cohosts or guests. That gives us this unique ability to hear the whole mix while also removing select audio channels from everyone else’s mix.
The first thing you want to do is go into settings - hardware - advanced - audio - channels - Enable Pre-fade listen. This changes the function of this button from a solo button to a PFL button and that’s important because this is what will allow us to minus a channel from the outgoing mix, in other words, the person coming into the mixer won’t go back out again, avoiding that audio loop.
Now when we plug our headphones into the front input or channel 1, every channel where we enable the PFL button, we can bring down the fader all the way and still hear the audio going into that channel.
For every other output (headphone 2, 3, 4 and even the monitors), those will only get audio from channels that have the fader turned up.
Next step is to connect headphone output 2, 3 or 4, using a TRS cable, to whatever device you want to send an audio mix.
In my case I’m going to a MixPre3 connected to my Sony a6500. I could direct to the 6500, the MixPre just gives me some added features such as multiple inputs, front facing controls, audio meters and attenuation if needed.
Now my audio will be in sync with my video and both signals will be sent together out of the HDMI to my computer where I’ll use some software to connect with a other people and live stream. Of course your setup and use case may be very different. The key is that we can now create a mix-minus using the RCP and the analog outputs.
To complete the setup on the RCP, simply bring up the faders for every channel that you want to go into the mix and leave the fader all the way down for channels you don’t want in the analog mix. For example, I will be live-streaming with other people via the computer. They are coming into the RCP via the USB channel and I am going out to them on channel one. So I want them to hear me so my fader is up and I don’t want them to hear themselves so the USB channel fader is all the way down. I also want them to hear additional audio that I will play through the soundboard so I have that channel also turned up. Congrats we’ve created a mix-minus! A mix of the audio we want output minus the audio we don’t.
SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/rayortega
INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/podcasthelper
TWITTER: twitter.com/podcasthelper
🎥 🖥 📱🎤 GEAR USED TO MAKE THIS VIDEO 🤘
► Rodecaster Pro: podhelp.me/rodecasterBH
► Aputure Light Storm LS C120d Kit: podhelp.me/120dKitvmountBH
► Rode VideoMic Pro podhelp.me/RodeVMP-R_BH
► SmallHD Sony kit: podhelp.me/smallHDfocusbundleSonyBH
► Sony a6500: podhelp.me/a6500kit1BH
► LENS: Sigma 16mm F1.4: podhelp.me/SigmaE16mmBH
► Transcend 65GB SDXC card for 4K podhelp.me/Trans64U3zon
► Tascam DR-10L: amzn.to/2vymx07
B&H (check both for sales): podhelp.me/TascamDR10LBH
► Adobe Creative Cloud podhelp.me/CC1yearBHdownload
*all links should be considered affiliate links. I encourage you to shop around for the best prices at the time you are viewing this. You can read my ethics statement via thepodcastersstudio.com/ethics. Thanks!
#mixminus #rodecaster #rodecasterpro #podcasting
