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EURORACK MX3242X
All Aux Sends are mono, post-EQ and post-mute. To make sure that the signal form the Main input channel is
sent to the Aux bus, SOURCE buttons
and
should be up (not pressed). However, you can also split
the Aux buses and use them both for the Main input channel and for the Mix-B channel. Aux Sends 1
and
2
can be set either pre or post-fader using button
, while Aux Sends 3 through 6 are always
post-fader. Aux Sends 3 and 4 as well as 5 and 6 are controlled by potentiometers
and
. The SHIFT
button
determines whether Aux 3 and 4, or 5 and 6 are active. Aux control 3 (marked FX) controls the level
sent to the on-board digital Effects Processor. Of course, you can also drive an external effects device from
Aux Send 3. Simply use the Aux Send jack 3 and any of the Aux Return inputs on the rear of the MX3242X to
connect to the external device. In this case, the on-board Effects Processor does no longer receive a signal
from Aux Send 3.
For almost all effect send purposes, you will want Aux Sends to be post-fader, so that when a fader level is
adjusted, the effect intensity from that channel follows the fader. Otherwise, when the fader is pulled down, the
effect signal from that channel will still be audible. For cueing purposes, Aux Sends will usually be set
pre-fader, i.e. independent of the channel fader.
Most effects devices sum internally the left and right inputs. The very few that dont may be driven in true stereo
by using 2 Aux Sends.
There is +15 dB of gain on every Aux Send. Such a high boost is usually only appropriate where the channel
fader is set around -15 dB or lower. Here, an almost exclusively wet signal will be heard. In most consoles,
such a wet mix requires the use of a pre-fader setting for channel Aux Send, losing fader control. With the
EURORACK you can have a virtually wet mix even in a post-fader configuration, i.e. with total fader control.
The headphones amplifier BEHRINGER POWERPLAY PRO HA4400 gives you a straightforward tool to
realize four independent headphone mixes in stereo.
2.1.4 Routing, fading and muting
Fig. 2.6: Fader range of Main input channel
Level to the Main mix, Subgroup buses or direct outputs is ultimately determined by the channel faders
.
2. OPERATION
