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AUX SENDS SOLO
Once again, in a live sound situations
AUX
SEND 1
and
2
are likely to feed your stage
monitors. You’ll want to check the mix you’re
sending them, and that’s what these two but-
tons are for. (
AUX 3
through
AUX 6
have no
such switch.) Below each switch is a green
LED that, just like the channel’s
–20
LED ,
helps you find the rogue
SOLO
switch.
The only thing different about
AUX SENDS
SOLO
is that it’s not really PFL (pre-fader lis-
ten), and it’s not really SIP (solo-in-place), it’s
actually AFL (after-fader listen, and yes, we
know there’s no fader in this case.) During
NORMAL (AFL)
mode
, you’ll get
AUX
SEND 1
’s solo signal, post-
AUX SENDS
master
level, in the left side of the
C-R OUTS
,
PHONES
output and meter display, and
AUX
SEND 2
on the right side. (If you ever you use
AUX 1
and
2
to create a stereo monitor mix,
you’ll understand why.) In
LEVEL SET (PFL)
mode, you’ll get the signal dead-center, but still
post-
AUX SENDS
master level.
AUX RETURNS (LEVEL)
These four controls set the overall level of
effects received from the stereo
AUX RETURN
input jacks
. These controls are designed to
handle a wide range of signal levels — each
knob goes from off, to unity gain at the detent,
to 20dB gain fully clockwise, to compensate for
low-level effects. Signals passing
through the
STEREO AUX
RETURN
level controls will pro-
ceed directly to the
MAIN L-R
MIX
fader
, with exceptions
that we’ll discuss in a moment.
Typically, these knobs can
just live at the center detent,
and the effects device’s output
control should be set at what-
ever they call unity gain (check
their manual). If that turns out
to be too loud or too quiet, ad-
just the effects device’s outputs,
not the mixer. That way, the
mixer’s knobs are easy to
relocate at the center detent.
EFFECTS TO MONITORS
If you want to add reverb or delay to the
stage monitor mixes, these are the knobs for
you. Operating independently of their respec-
tively numbered
AUX RETURNS
level controls,
these knobs are exactly the same as the
AUX 1
and
AUX 2
knobs found in the channel strip
.
These two knobs feed
AUX RETURN
signals
to their respective
AUX SEND
outputs :
TO
AUX SEND 1
feeds
AUX RETURN 1
to
AUX
SEND 1
master, and
TO AUX SEND 2
feeds
AUX RETURN 2
to
AUX SEND 2
master. They
are off when turned fully down, deliver unity
gain at the center detent, and can provide up
to 15dB of gain turned fully up.
AUX RETURN
3
and
AUX RETURN 4
have no such knobs.
MAIN MIX TO SUBS (AUX RET 3)
With this switch up,
AUX RETURN 3
behaves like all the others — it delivers a
stereo signal, regulated by its level knob, to the
MAIN L-R MIX
. When you engage this
switch, the signals are removed from the
MAIN
L-R MIX
buses and sent to the
1-2/3-4
switch,
which diverts the signal once more. We’re not
finished. Please read on.
1–2/3–4 (AUX RET 3)
As you’ve just read, if the
MAIN MIX TO
SUBS
switch is disengaged, the
1–2/3–4
switch
does absolutely nothing. Let’s now assume it’s
engaged.
AUX RETURN 3
’s stereo signal will not
be sent to the
MAIN MIX
, but to subgroup fad-
ers
1
and
2
(
1–2/3–4
switch up) or subgroup
faders
3
and
4
(switch down).
Let’s say you’ve made a stereo drum submix on
subgroup faders
1
and
2
, so you can ride those
two faders instead of the seven channels that the
drums came from. Subgroup fader
1
has its
ASSIGN TO MAIN MIX, LEFT
button engaged
and subgroup fader
2
has its
ASSIGN TO MAIN
MIX, RIGHT
button engaged, blending the drum
submix back into the
MAIN L-R MIX
. The drum
channels are also sending signals to your reverb
via the
AUX
sends and the reverb outputs are
patched into
AUX RETURN 3
. So far so good.
Even though you could send
AUX RETURN 3
directly to the
MAIN L-R MIX
(
MAIN MIX TO
SUBS
switch up), you don’t want to. Instead, en-
gage the
MAIN MIX TO SUBS
switch and make
sure the
1–2/3–4
switch is up. Now the reverb
return will be blended into the drum submix,
and as you ride those two faders, the reverb
level will follow.
Why do we want that? Because if you had
just sent the reverb directly to the
MAIN L-R
AUX
SENDS
STEREO AUX RETURNS
EFFECTS TO
MONITORS
TO AUX
SEND 2
TO AUX
SEND 1
1
2
PWR
PHAN
SOLO
SOLO
1
2
1
2
3
4
1
2
C-R / PHNS
ONLY
RETURNS
SOLO
MAIN MIX
TO SUBS
ASSIGN OPTIONS
1–2
3–4
U
O
O
+20
U
O
O
+20
U
O
O
+15
U
O
O
+15
U
O
O
+20
U
O
O
+20
U
O
O
+10
U
O
O
+10
LEFT RIGHT
LAMP
12V
0.5A
TAPE IN
SOLO
RUDE
SOLO
LIGHT
C-R / PHONES
SUBS 3–4
SUBS 1–2
MAIN MIX
SOURCE
TAPE
TAPE TO
MAIN MIX
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CLIP
10
7
4
2
2
0
4
7
10
20
30
LEVEL
SET
TM
MODE
(AFL)
LEVEL SET
NORMAL
(PFL)
CR1604-
VLZ
16-CHANNEL MIC/LINE MIXER
U
O
O
+20
O
O
O
O
MAX
0 dB=0 dBu
MAX
