WING Rack — made for the way you want to work

Digital mixers are extremely powerful; thus, they can seem intimidating. That’s not the case with the WING Rack. Like its full-blown console predecessor, it’s a breeze to navigate. Its interface centers around a 10.1-inch capacitive touchscreen that provides full access to all its functions and parameters — no tablet required. That said, Behringer still provides you with a suite of external remote control software for offline mixing on mobile and desktop. Regardless of how you take command, the WING Rack is completely configurable, enabling you to customize it to the way you want to work.

Channels redefined

With so much focus on Sources, the WING Rack, along with the entire WING series of digital mixers, has to go beyond the historical definition of what a channel is, as well. With 374 Sources, a single 1-channel input seems a little underpowered. That’s why the WING workflow has redefined what a single channel can do. Each of its 48 channels — 40 inputs plus eight returns — can operate as mono, stereo, or mid-side. And when you assign a stereo Source to a channel, it automatically renders the channel in stereo. On top of that, each channel features an alternate (ALT) input that can also be stereo, which makes toggling between two Sources a breeze.

The WING Rack’s ALT inputs are a lifesaver. For example, say you have stereo tracks playing from a computer, but you also have a redundant hardware track player synced to the computer. If the computer fails, the hardware tracks can take over either with a command or automatically. On a traditional console, that would take four channels; on the WING Rack, it’s just one. Simply route the computer’s stereo Source to a single channel. Then, specify the ALT input as the hardware player stereo signal. Other applications could be a redundant vocal mic. If the battery in a wireless transmitter unexpectedly goes out, the vocalist grabs a backup microphone, and the signal immediately switches to the second mic. Again, this uses just one channel. Virtual soundchecks have never been more straightforward. Just assign your 48 USB playback tracks or 64 XLive playback tracks to ALT inputs, hit play, and everything can automatically switch and be ready for your virtual soundcheck.

Mono or stereo? It’s all the same to the WING Rack

The WING Rack’s 48 input channels and 28 bus mixes can be used for mono, stereo, or mid-side sources — no channel linking required. And, as noted above, when you assign a stereo Source to a channel, it automatically renders the channel in stereo. Best of all, there’s no need to reboot the mixer when you apply a mode change (the live sound engineers here did backflips when they realized this). This means you can make on-the-fly changes from mono to stereo and back again.

Uncompromising design ensures top-shelf sound

When it comes to sound quality, the Behringer WING Rack doesn’t compromise. Its 40-bit floating-point processing at 48kHz or 44.1kHz with 1-millisecond round-trip latency yields the top-shelf sound you demand. Its 24 legendary Midas Pro mic preamps and eight Midas Pro XLR outputs ensure you capture high-quality sound. Need more? A built-in StageConnect interface adds 32 channels of low-latency I/O over a single XLR microphone cable. Using the WING Rack’s three AES50 networks, you can connect to 144 Sources. What’s more, the AES50 networks are compatible with Midas M32 and Behringer X32 mixers; join your current M32/X32 network, and you’re good to go. You can also add Dante for endless possibilities.