@xherbie: I saw on Behringer’s website that they have remote control via wifi for Windows, Linux, and Mac. Have you tried that?
@dsreyes1014 Behringer’s remote control application works equally well on all platforms (I’ve mixed gigs using linux and osx, but haven’t had the opportunity to test with ardour yet). The remote-application has some quirks. Most notaby a static windows size (no fullscreen). There’s a free fullscreen ipad/iphone-app available, and there’s an android version in the pipeline. You can download X32-Edit (formerly X-Control) from Behringers website for your selected platform and study its layout without a mixer.
And no, I’m not a sales-rep, just a musician/audio-engineer who’s exited by new technology and opportunities. I consider getting one of Behringers new designs, their faderless X32 rack-model expected to hit the shelves this summer. That’s 16in/8out physical, 32/32 over USB/FW in 3U <1ft deep at about 6.5kg. It can extend to 40ch as the original X32 using AES-attached preamps and AD-converters. This one has a display and buttons that makes it possible, but cumbersome, to operate it from the front panel. There’s also a 1U version available, but then you’d need one of Behringer’s 2U 16ch expansion boxes for I/O, and the 1U mixer is hard to impossible to use without a computer. The guts of all the X32-models is basically the same, so if one works with ardour or indeed with linux, they all will.
once again with X32 and Ardour 3.3, wow we have meterbridge. though i have problems during this gig regarding the hard drive not too fast thing but i manage to solve it. http://tinyurl.com/lclt32g
Venue i work in upgraded FOH to the recently released Midas M32.
Its essentially the exacty same desk as the x-32, except in a more sturdy and nicer frame. Far better faders and preamps (pro series console faders and preamps).
Runs the same software and same firmware.
Just took my first 16 track recording. No problems running an old core 2 duo with 2 gigs ram and an old USB 2.0 500gb hard drive.
Most usefull feature to me is running m-32 edit and also being able to play music through USB into the desk without going through more ad/da stages than nessesary. Music sounds way better playing direct to console rather than through headphone jack.
Now i just need to find the time to mix the recording.
Pity no one will be able to here it except for me.
I looked at some photos of the X32 and I see on the audio interface card that it’s USB 2.0. So does this mean it’s driven by snd-usb-audio?
Hello, everyone. Can anyone tell me how to link behringer x32 with ardoure i have behringer and ardour on ubuntu studio 14.04.
Plug it in. Tell Ardour to use it. Done.
Thank you for answering, but i plug it in and in ardour i selected JACk then driver X-USB and paired pcs and consoles rate to 44.1khz and done. But then i couldnt find how to record 32chnls that part is not clear to me. If you can explain it to me step by step. Send me mail please, necaa95@gmail.com
We don’t do email support. I don’t understand your question. You might find it easier and more efficient to join us on IRC and ask questions there. See the Support tab above to find out how to get on IRC. It sounds as if you don’t understand basic multichannel recording in ardour, because really that has nothing to do with the X32 at all. Add 32 tracks, each one will be connected to a different input of the X32. Record-enable them all. Engage global recording. Press the transport start/roll button. You are now recording 32 tracks/channels.
Okey, ty for answer, ill join IRC and try it
Being as I now have two X32 consoles at my disposal (one at the theater and one in my home studio…) this interests me. My question though, is a bit different than recording. Is it possible to do some sort of automation that would allow Ardour to creates “scenes” (for lack of a better term) that would change the mute/level of channels? And be able to step from scene to scene? Could be 100 or more scenes. (I realize this is a stretch…) 
Ardour can automate mute and levels, but it is timeline based, not scene based. After all Ardour is a DAW made for recording, it isn’t actually designed as a live sound mixer, even though some people use the mixer part of the application that way.
Pretty much what ccaudle said, though a few options to consider (Depending on your OS etc.)
Palladium by Chris Hubbard
http://chsounddesign.com/palladium.php
Designed with theater in mind and for scene control. You could also use QLab, assuming you are using that for SFX playback to build some scenes as well, but that might take a bit more work. If your music is all timeline/playback based you could use Ardour or just about any DAW for this purpose though to launch scenes during the show. Just keep in mind how oyu are going to deal with understudies, etc.
SeabladeYes, I agree Ardour is clearly not scene based…but, ya never know what folks will bend things to.
I am very familiar with Palladium. I have used it for years with three O1V’s via MIDI. Unfortunately, the X32 is OSC based. The new OSC feature in Palladium requires upgrade to rev 4 and that’s a fee based upgrade. The theater I work in, being a non-profit, has asked me to look into FOSS alternative. We use CuePlayer for SFX. I think both CuePlayer and Palladium are easier to teach. And, we do a lot of teaching, since the theater has a youth theater program. And all the renters are community theater groups.
The alternative’s form a pretty short list. Having written software for longer than I’d like to admit, I have threatened to write a FOSS app…but would prefer to enjoy my retirement.
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You must be based in Australia I am guessing? 
Truth be told there aren’t many options out there that have the same focus as Palladium. The primary reason is because Palladium was written by a theatrical sound designer that knows the field, whereas a lot more of these tools are written by musicians or musical engineers, and particularly when it comes to scene management you enter a whole new world when talking about theater compared to just about any other field.
As a result I would imagine Palladium is probably easier to teach for theater uses as it was designed for it.
If, however, you decide to get started on some open source tools for this, let me know:)
SeabladeSeablade,
Nope not Aussie, USA.
If you want to talk about FOSS tools for theater shoot me an email macdroid53 at gmail dot com
I just plugged a usb cable from my X32 to a pc that has Ubuntustudio 14.04. Jack doesn’t see any channels. Do you need the X32 app installed?
Thus Ardour doesn’t see anything either. I’m missing something since it doesn’t seem to work as seamlessly as described in this thread… 
Ok, got it working. Not 100% sure, but, at least, the X32 needed the latest firmware (2.16). Then I had to select hw:XUSB,0 as the device.
Seemed to get a click on playback (audio --> X32) every so often. Any tips on the jack settings for USB?
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