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55. CR/PH Only (Stereo Return 4)
Once again, the default for all the stereo returns is to
feed them directly into the main mix. You’ve just learned
about the optional exceptions involving stereo return 3.
Stereo return 4 also has an optional exception: By
engaging this switch, you will remove stereo return 4’s
stereo signal from the main mix and send it directly to
the CR/phones source [42] matrix. It matters not if any
of the source matrix switches are assigned, but it will be
interrupted, as usual, if a solo [27] switch is engaged.
Let’s pretend you’re doing a live mix to a 2-track deck,
a house PA, or both, and you want to play along to a
click track. You could run the click track directly into
the main mix, but you don’t want the mixdown deck
and/or audience to hear it. By gum, this is the switch
for you. Similarly, it can be used for voice-over tracks,
narration, anything you want heard by the engineer and
players but not by the audience and mixdown deck.
56. Returns Solo and LED
This switch operates just like the channel solo [27]
switches — engaging it sends signals to the control
room, headphones, and meter display, and interrupts
whatever happened to be there before you soloed.
It follows the mode [44] switch setting as well.
The only difference is that when you engage this
returns solo switch, it sends all four stereo returns
signals to the solo circuit.
Assume you want to solo the snare drum. Hit that
channel’s solo switch, and you get the “dry” (no effects)
snare only. That helps, but you want to hear it with the
reverb you have patched into a stereo return. Leaving
that channel’s solo switch engaged, also engage the
returns solo switch, and now you’ll get the dry snare
and its reverb.
Since it is a global feature, you’ll also get the signals
from all the other stereo returns, so there may be some
sounds that you didn’t want to hear. If they offend your
sensibilities, simply turn down the levels of the stereo
returns you don’t want to hear, or mute the channels
feeding the unwanted signal to the effects device you
do want to hear.
Congratulations! You’ve just read about all the
features of your 1642VLZ4. You’re probably ready for
a cold one. Go ahead. The rest of the manual can wait.
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