Application Guides
Using 500R8 without 500 series modules
If you are new to the 500 series format and have yet to purchase any 500 series modules, you
can still utilise all possible recording channels on 500R8.
Each 500 series slot features a dedicated Slot Bypass switch located beside the backplane
connector which can be used to bypass the slot if no 500 series modules are inserted.
Bypassing the slot allows you to connect line-level sources into the module inputs and send
those signals onwards to your DAW via 500R8’s USB Audio interface. For example, if you
bypass slots 4-8, you can still connect line-level sources such as keyboards, the output of a
mixing console, or an external preamp into the XLR sockets of each module. Even if a slot is
bypassed, the Input XLR, Insert, Module Direct Output, and Mix Level/Pan controls are still
active and can be used as normal.
The Slot Bypass switch is positioned after the Source switches on the front panel. If you switch
the Source switch to USB, you are then able to send audio out from your DAW and into the
500 series slot, apply outboard processing using the module insert points, and then record the
output into your DAW via USB without any 500 series module inserted.
Simply switch the Slot Bypass switch to the left and into it’s ‘Bypassed’ position and then you
are good to go!
Note:
Remember to disable the ‘Slot Bypass’ switch when you wish to install a module
into the 500 series slot! If you forget, the module will receive input signal form our
selected source, but you will not hear the output of the module in the summing
mixer or elsewhere through the signal path.
500R8 User Manual
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