Alesis MultiMix6FX, Reference Manual

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A Tour of the MultiMix
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Channel Strips
The six channel strips are virtually identical to each other, with the
only difference being that channels 1 – 2 are mono and channels 3
– 6 are stereo. Each channel strip contains the following
components.
Level Control
The level control knob controls how much of the signal from the
mic or line inputs is sent to the channel. To adjust the level, simply
turn the knob to the desired level. In the leftmost position, levels
are cut completely, and in the rightmost position you get an
additional 10dB of gain.
PAN or BAL
This control—labeled PAN on the mono channels and BAL on
the stereo channels—lets you assign the channel to a particular
spot within the stereo spectrum. If you turn this knob to the left,
you can hear the signal move to the left, and if you turn it to the
right…you get the picture. The pan controls do this by adjusting
the amount of the signal being sent to the left main mix bus versus
the right main mix bus. The balance controls do it by controlling
the relative balance of the left and right channel signals being sent
to the left and right main mix buses.
PEAK LED
This indicator lets you know when the channel’s signal is clipping.
This light plays an important role in setting channel levels by
helping you know when to reduce the channel’s gain.
Aux
This knob controls the level of the internal effects and the aux
send. If the EFF/AUX switch is engaged, this knob controls the
level of the aux send, and if the switch is in the up position, the
AUX knob controls the internal effects send level.
The aux send is post-fader, which means that it is affected by the
fader (or level control knob in this instance) and EQ settings. A
post-fader send is generally used for sending the signal to an
external effects device (so that the fader controls the signal level).
EQ
The MultiMix gives you three bands of EQ per channel. Using
these knobs, you can tailor the channel’s signal by boosting some
frequencies and cutting others. The LO and HI controls are
shelving controls with fixed frequencies of 75 Hz and 12 kHz
respectively. The MID control has a peaking response fixed at 2.5
kHz.
“Shelving” means that the mixer boosts or cuts all frequencies past
the specified frequency. “Peaking” means that frequencies above