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5 & 8-CHANNEL
MIXERS
L502 & L802 Owner's Manual
AUX SEND
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The Aux Send is separate buss on the L802 mixer. This means that
you can have a different mix on the aux buss than you do on the
main outputs. This comes in handy in a few scenarios:
• Sending different amounts to the effects section, so that some
instruments have more reverb than others
• Setting up a headphone mix, so that a recording musician can
hear exactly what they want while you listen to your own mix
• Creating a monitor mix on stage, so that band members can hear
what they need to perform while you mix for the rest of the club
The L802's Aux Send is post fader. This means that if the Level is
turned all the way down, you can't send anything to the aux buss.
The aux send can be sent to different parts of the mixer, depending
on what application you need it for. It always shows up at the Aux
Send output of the mixer, and you might plug that into the input of
a stage monitor or external effects processor. It also gets sent to the
internal effects processor.
Finally, you can send it to the Control Room and headphone outputs
by pressing the "Aux Send To Phones" button, next to the Control
Room/Phones level control. This allows a musician to hear their own
mix while recording with headphones.
If you would like to listen to a different mix through the Control Room
than your artist on headphones, you will need to plug the Aux out
into a headphone amplifier for the artist while you monitor the main
mix.
PAN
The Pan control moves the signal between the left and right outputs.
When turned fully to the left, that channel will only show up on the
left main output. When turned to the center, it will be send in equal
volume to the left and right outputs. Turned fully to the right, you will
only hear it through the right output.
Tip: You can use the pan control to create two mono mixes
from the L502/802. This might be more useful than a
stereo mix in a large club, house of worship, conference
room, or other special application.
PEAK
The Peak LED lights up when the level coming into that channel is too
loud. If you see this light flash, turn that channel's Gain control down
and the Level control up.
CHANNELS 5-12: STEREO LINE INPUTS
LEFT/MONO INPUT
This ¼" input expects a line level signal. It accepts either balanced
(TRS) or unbalanced (TS) ¼" cables. If only the Left/Mono input
is used on a channel, that signal will be sent to the left and right
outputs. If the Right input is also used, this input will be sent to the
left output.
RIGHT INPUT
As above, this is a line level input, either balanced or unbalanced. It
is sent to the right output.
AUX SEND
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This sends the channel to the aux buss. See the previous section for
more information.
BALANCE (BAL)
The Balance knob has a similar effect to the pan control explained
in the previous section. But the Balance control just turns down one
input or the other. As you turn Balance to the right, the signal coming
into the Left/Mono input gets softer. This allows you to control the
panning in your mix without collapsing the stereo width of the input.
LEVEL
This controls the level of the channel going to the Main Outs. See the
previous section for more information.
RCA INPUT
The Aux RCA Inputs are a pair of unbalanced RCA phono line
inputs. They can be used for a variety of applications:
• Monitoring a mixdown recorder. Since these inputs aren't sent
to the Main Outputs, there is no chance of a feedback loop.
• Playing an MP3 player through the PA between band sets,
muting all microphones
• Sending a signal to the headphone outputs but not to the main
outputs. You might plug a set of outputs from a computer inter-
face into these inputs, so that the metronome click can be sent
to the headphones but not the main out.
There are two buttons that control where these inputs are heard.
One is Aux RCA To Mix and the other is Aux RCA To Phones (Cntl
Room.*)
When AUX RCA TO MIX is switched on, all of the inputs are muted
except for the Aux RCA input. All that you will hear from the L/R
outputs is what is playing into the Aux RCA input. You might use this
in the example above to play an MP3 player to the PA between sets.
Pressing AUX RCA TO PHONES/CONTROL ROOM* means that
only the Aux RCA input is heard through the Control Room* and
Phones outputs. This is useful if you are recording the mix and only
want to hear what is coming back from the recorder. This ensures
that the recorder is getting the mix that you expect to hear. It also
allows you to monitor the recorder output without creating a feed-
back loop in the speakers.
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