Making the Most Of Your Mixer
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4-2. Using Groups
Group buses and faders can greatly simplify the mixing process—particularly in live situations in which changes have to be
made as quickly as possible. If you have a group of channels that need to be adjusted all together while maintaining their relative
levels, grouping is the way to go. Simply assign the group to a group bus, and make sure that group is also assigned to the main
program bus. Then you can adjust the overall level of the group using a single group fader, rather than having to attempt to
control multiple channels faders simultaneously.
Group buses usually also have their own outputs, so you can send the group signal to a different external destination from the
main mix.
Channel faders Assigned to Group
(Controlled As a Group)
Stereo
Master
Fader
Group
Fader
Channel faders Assigned to Stereo
(Controlled Individually)
A group of channels whose levels need to main-
tain the same relationship—a drum mix, for
example—can be assigned to a group bus. Usu-
ally the group bus signal can be output indepen-
dently via “Group” outputs, or it can be assigned
to the main program (stereo) bus to be mixed in
with the main stereo program.
Once the mix between the channels assigned to
the group is established via the channel faders,
the overall level of the entire group can be conve-
niently adjusted via a single group fader.
