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29. Hi EQ

Thiscontrolgivesyouup

to15dBboostorcutabove

12kHz,anditisalsoat

at the detent. Use it to

addsizzletocymbals,

andanoverallsenseof

transparency,oredgeto

keyboards,vocals,guitar

andbaconfrying.Turnit

downalittletoreducesibilance,ortohidetapehiss.

Moderation During EQ

WithEQ,youcanalsoscrewthingsuproyally.

We’vedesignedalotofboostandcutintoeach

equalizercircuit,becauseweknoweveryonewill

occasionallyneedthat.ButifyoumaxtheEQson

everychannel,you’llgetmixmush.Equalizesubtly

andusetheleftsidesoftheknobs(cut),aswellas

theright(boost).Veryfewgold-record-albumengineers

everusemorethanabout3dBofEQ.Ifyouneedmore

thanthat,there’susuallyabetterwaytogetit,suchas

placingamicdifferently(orusingadifferentkindof

micentirely).

30. Aux 2 Send

31. Aux 1 Send

Theseknobsallowyoutotapaportionofeach

channelsignalouttoanothersourceforparallel

effectsprocessingorstagemonitoring.Auxsend

levelsarecontrolledbytheseknobsandbythe

aux1master[40].

Thesearemorethanjusteffectsandmonitorsends.

Theycanbeusedtogenerateseparatemixesfor

recordingor“mix-minuses”forbroadcast.Byusing

aux1inthepre[39]mode,thesemixlevelscanbe

obtainedindependentlyofthechannel’slevelcontrol.

Aux1inpostmodeandaux2arepost-lowcut,

post-EQandpost-fader.Thatis,thesendsobeythe

settingsofthesecontrols.Aux1inpremodefollows

theEQandlowcutsettingsonly.Panandlevel(fader)

havenoeffectonthepresend(seediagrambelow).

100

10k

20k

–15

–10

–5

+10

+15

High EQ

GAIN

INSERTLO CUT

LEVEL

PAN

MAIN / ALT

AUX 2 KNOB

"POST" SIGNAL

"PRE" SIGNAL

AUX 1 KNOB

"POST" SIGNAL OBEYS

MUTE STATUS

INPUT

AUX SEND 1 PRE/POST SWITCH

(IN MASTER SECTION)

TO AUX SEND 2 LEVEL

TO AUX SEND 1 LEVEL

Eachauxsendlevelrangesfromoffthroughunity

(thecenterdetentposition)onupto15dBofextragain

(whenturnedfullyclockwise).Chancesareyou’llnever

needthisextragain,butit’snicetoknowit’sthereif

youdo.

Channel7–14auxpotscontrolthemonosumofthe

channel’sstereosignalsforeachauxsend.Forinstance,

channel7(L)and8(R)mixtogethertofeedthat

channel’sauxsendknobs.

Werecommendgoingintoastereoreverbinmonoand

returninginstereo.Wehavefoundthatonmost“stereo”

reverbsthesecondinputjusttiesupanextraauxsend

andaddsnothingtothesound.Thereareexceptions,

sofeelfreetotryitbothways.Ifyoureffectsdeviceis

truestereoallthewaythrough,useaux1tofeeditsleft

inputandaux2tofeedtherightinput.

Stillwithus?Goodforyou.Herecomethetricky

parts,theoutputormastersectionwherethemixingis

reallydone.Wehaveevenstarteditonanewpage:

“Pre vs. Post”

Signal Flow Diagram

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