The mixer starts each week from a good baseline. Saved channel presets get each singer and instrument most of the way there before line check. The problem is that a preset saved on one device doesn’t show up on the others by itself.
Where the presets live
- Master copy: the tech director’s phone. That’s where most mixing happens and where presets are kept up to date.
- Church iPad: what everyone else uses. Bring it up to date before you mix.
Two kinds of saved settings
- Channel presets hold one person’s settings: gain, EQ, compression, sends. In Mixing Station, open the channel, tap the Folder icon, then + to save or Load to recall.
- Scenes hold the whole mixer. Open the main menu, tap Show, then + to save or Load to recall.
Getting the latest onto the iPad
We move presets with a backup file and AirDrop. No shared login needed.
- On the master phone: open Mixing Station, tap the gear icon on the start screen → Backup / Restore → back up to a file.
- AirDrop the file to the church iPad.
- On the iPad: gear icon → Backup / Restore → restore from that file.
Do this whenever presets change. The week of a new player or a big mix change is a good time.
Restoring replaces the iPad's settings
Back up the iPad first if it has anything you want to keep.