Chapter 11: Aux Sends
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Chapter 11: Aux Sends
This chapter explains the following Aux Sends operations:
• Configuring Aux Send busses
• Routing to Aux Sends
• Adjusting Aux Send parameters
• Managing Auxes
Auxes can be fed by input channels and FX returns, and can be
assigned to hardware outputs in the Patchbay.
Aux Send level controls provide a gain range of –INF to
+12 dB.
Configuring Aux Busses
Up to 16 Aux busses are available. Auxes can be mono, or
linked to form stereo pairs. The number of available Aux bus-
ses is set as part of the overall Aux/Group bus configuration.
(See “Configuring Aux and Group Busses” on page 74.)
Linking Aux Busses for Stereo Operation
When working with Aux busses, you can link odd/even bus
pairs and pan input signals into those bus pairs.
To link Aux bus pairs:
1
Put the system into Config mode.
2
Go to the Options page and click the
Busses
tab.
3
Click
Edit
.
4
Click the checkboxes above any of the bus pairs to link or
unlink each pair.
5
Click
Apply
.
When Aux busses are linked, signals are handled as follows:
Mono Input Signals
Contributing mono signals are panned
across the linked odd/even Aux bus pair.
• When the Follows Channels Pan option is off, panning
of the mono signal to the bus pair is controlled by the
Aux Pan control (the even-numbered send).
• When the Follows Channels Pan option is on, the pan in-
formation from each mono input channel determines its
pan position in the bus pair.
Stereo Input Signals
Contributing stereo signals are panned
across the linked odd/even Aux bus pair. Stereo width infor-
mation from the input channel is applied to the bus signal.
• When the Follows Channels Pan option is off, balance of
the stereo signal to the bus pair is controlled by the Aux
Pan control.
When the Follows Channels Pan option is on, the balance
from each stereo input channel determines its contribution to
the odd and even sides of the bus pair.
Selecting Aux Send Pickoff Points
The system lets you set the pickoff point on Input Channels or
FX Returns channels for Aux Sends. Pickoff points are set for
each Aux bus independently. If any Aux busses are linked, the
pickoff point is set for the linked bus pair.
Each channel can be sent to an Aux either pre- or post-fader.
Pre-fade offers several choices of pickoff.
Pre-EQ
Post-HPF and pre-EQ, Dynamics and Channel Inserts,
pre-Mute, and pre-Fader. The Aux Send is not affected by the
channel mute.
Pre-Mute
Post-HPF, post-EQ, Dynamics, and Channel Inserts,
pre-Mute, and pre-Fader. The Aux Send is not affected by the
channel mute.
Pre-Fader
Post-HPF, post-EQ Dynamics, and Channel Inserts,
post-Mute, and pre-Fader. The Aux Send is affected by the
channel mute.
Linking bus pairs in the Options > Busses page
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