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AUX SENDS SOLO

Once again, in a live sound situations

AUX

SEND 1

and

are likely to feed your stage

monitors. You’ll want to check the mix you’re

sending them, and that’s what these two but-

tons are for. (

AUX 3

through

AUX 6

have no

such switch.) Below each switch is a green

LED that, just like the channel’s

–20

LED ,

helps you find the rogue

SOLO

switch.

The only thing different about

AUX SENDS

SOLO

is that it’s not really PFL (pre-fader lis-

ten), and it’s not really SIP (solo-in-place), it’s

actually AFL (after-fader listen, and yes, we

know there’s no fader in this case.) During

NORMAL (AFL)

mode , you’ll get

AUX

SEND 1

’s solo signal, post-

AUX SENDS

master

level, in the left side of the

C-R OUTS

PHONES

output and meter display, and

AUX

SEND 2

on the right side. (If you ever you use

AUX 1

and

to create a stereo monitor mix,

you’ll understand why.) In

LEVEL SET (PFL)

mode, you’ll get the signal dead-center, but still

post-

AUX SENDS

master level.

AUX RETURNS (LEVEL)

These four controls set the overall level of

effects received from the stereo

AUX RETURN

input jacks . These controls are designed to

handle a wide range of signal levels — each

knob goes from off, to unity gain at the detent,

to 20dB gain fully clockwise, to compensate for

low-level effects. Signals passing

through the

STEREO AUX

RETURN

level controls will pro-

ceed directly to the

MAIN L-R

MIX

fader , with exceptions

that we’ll discuss in a moment.

Typically, these knobs can

just live at the center detent,

and the effects device’s output

control should be set at what-

ever they call unity gain (check

their manual). If that turns out

to be too loud or too quiet, ad-

just the effects device’s outputs,

not the mixer. That way, the

mixer’s knobs are easy to

relocate at the center detent.

EFFECTS TO MONITORS

If you want to add reverb or delay to the

stage monitor mixes, these are the knobs for

you. Operating independently of their respec-

tively numbered

AUX RETURNS

level controls,

these knobs are exactly the same as the

AUX 1

and

AUX 2

knobs found in the channel strip .

These two knobs feed

AUX RETURN

signals

to their respective

AUX SEND

outputs :

AUX SEND 1

feeds

AUX RETURN 1

AUX

SEND 1

master, and

TO AUX SEND 2

feeds

AUX RETURN 2

AUX SEND 2

master. They

are off when turned fully down, deliver unity

gain at the center detent, and can provide up

to 15dB of gain turned fully up.

AUX RETURN

and

AUX RETURN 4

have no such knobs.

MAIN MIX TO SUBS (AUX RET 3)

With this switch up,

AUX RETURN 3

behaves like all the others — it delivers a

stereo signal, regulated by its level knob, to the

MAIN L-R MIX

. When you engage this

switch, the signals are removed from the

MAIN

L-R MIX

buses and sent to the

1-2/3-4

switch,

which diverts the signal once more. We’re not

finished. Please read on.

1–2/3–4 (AUX RET 3)

As you’ve just read, if the

MAIN MIX TO

SUBS

switch is disengaged, the

1–2/3–4

switch

does absolutely nothing. Let’s now assume it’s

engaged.

AUX RETURN 3

’s stereo signal will not

be sent to the

MAIN MIX

, but to su/jointfilesconvert/319773/bgroup fad-

ers

and

(

1–2/3–4

switch up) or su/jointfilesconvert/319773/bgroup

faders

and

(switch down).

Let’s say you’ve made a stereo drum submix on

su/jointfilesconvert/319773/bgroup faders

and

, so you can ride those

two faders instead of the seven channels that the

drums came from. Su/jointfilesconvert/319773/bgroup fader

has its

ASSIGN TO MAIN MIX, LEFT

button engaged

and su/jointfilesconvert/319773/bgroup fader

has its

ASSIGN TO MAIN

MIX, RIGHT

button engaged, blending the drum

submix back into the

MAIN L-R MIX

. The drum

channels are also sending signals to your reverb

via the

AUX

sends and the reverb outputs are

patched into

AUX RETURN 3

. So far so good.

Even though you could send

AUX RETURN 3

directly to the

MAIN L-R MIX

(

MAIN MIX TO

SUBS

switch up), you don’t want to. Instead, en-

gage the

MAIN MIX TO SUBS

switch and make

sure the

1–2/3–4

switch is up. Now the reverb

return will be blended into the drum submix,

and as you ride those two faders, the reverb

level will follow.

Why do we want that? Because if you had

just sent the reverb directly to the

MAIN L-R

AUX

SENDS

STEREO AUX RETURNS

EFFECTS TO

MONITORS

TO AUX

SEND 2

TO AUX

SEND 1

PWR

PHAN

SOLO

R / PHNS

ONLY

RETURNS

SOLO

MAIN MIX

TO SUBS

ASSIGN OPTIONS

–

+20

+15

+20

+10

LEFT RIGHT

LAMP

12 V

0.5A

TAPE IN

SOLO

RUDE

SOLO

LIGHT

R / PHONES

SUBS 3

–

SUBS 1

–

MAIN MIX

SOURCE

TAPE

TAPE TO

MAIN MIX

CLIP

LEVEL

SET

MODE

(AFL)

LEVEL SET

NORMAL

(PFL)

CR1604

VLZ

CHANNEL MIC/LINE MIXER

+20

MAX

0 dB=0 dBu

MAX

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