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Signalspassingthroughthesecontrolswillproceed

directlytomainmix,withoneexception(seeparagraph

below).Thestereoreturnsdonothavemute/alt3-4

switches,soifyouwantthesesignalstogettothealt3-4

mix,you’llhavetopatchtheeffectsdevice’soutputsinto

oneofthestereochannels,andmute/altthosechannels.

42. Return To Aux 1

Ifyouwanttoaddreverbordelaytothestagemonitor

mixesofaux1,thisistheswitchforyou.

Withtheswitchup,stereoreturn1and2behave

normally—theydelivertheirsignalsintothemain

mix.Withtheswitchdown,stereoreturn1still

behavesnormally,butstereoreturn2willfeed

auxsend1insteadofthemainmix.

Stillwithus?Good.Sofar,withtheswitchdown,we

havestereoreturn1feedingthemainmixandstereo

return2feedingauxsend1.Now,supposeyouonlyhave

oneeffectsdevice,andyouwantittofeedboththemain

mixandauxsend1.That’swhere“jacknormalling”

comesin:

Jack Normalling

Jacknormalling(nottobeconfusedwithJack

Normalling,ChicagoCubsutilityinelder,1952-61,

.267LBA)isafeaturefoundonalmosteverymixer,

keyboardandeffectsdevice.Thesejackshavespecial

spring-loadedpinsthatconnecttothesignalpins,

butwhensomethingispluggedintothejack,that

connectionisbroken.

Thesenormallingpinscanbeusedinallsortsof

ways.Theubiquitousphrase“left(mono)”meansthat

ifyouplugasignalintotheleftsideandhavenothing

intherightside,thatsignalisalsofedtotheright

input,courtesyofjacknormalling.Assoonasyouplug

somethingintherightside,thatnormalledconnection

isbroken.

Howdoesallthisrelatetothereturntoaux1switch?

Stereoreturn1’sinputsarenormalledtostereoreturn

2.Ifyouhaveoneeffectsdevice,plugitintostereo

return1.Plugnothingintostereoreturn2.Nowthe

signalsfeedingthestereoreturn1inputswillalso

besenttothestereoreturn2inputs.

Engagethereturntoaux1switch,andnowthestereo

return2knobwillbecomeanadditionalauxsend1

knobforthesignalatauxreturn1.Saythattentimes

fast!Onceagain,auxreturn1willbehavenormally,as

always.

Congratulations!You’vejustreadaboutallthe

featuresofyour1402VLZ4.You’reprobablyreadyfor

acoldone.Goahead.Therestofthemanualcanwait.

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