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4.1.6 Using VSL to Create a Monitor Mix
Virtual StudioLive allows you create a monitor mix with the same sound
quality and flexibility you’d get from a StudioLive 16.0.2 digital mixer.
By adding reverb, delay, and Fat Channel dynamics processing and EQ
to your monitor mix, you can enhance the quality of the performer’s
recording experience and, by extension, the quality of their performance.
A monitor mix is a dedicated mix that is usually routed to a performer’s
headphones. This mix is separate from the mix that is recorded. It
allows you, the engineer, to leave your recording mix intact, while
providing the artist with the mix that they need to achieve their
best performance, saving hours of retakes and frustration.
STEP 1 Creating a Mix for the Main and Headphone Outputs
Using VSL to create a mix for your Main and Headphone outputs is like
using a mixer. Raise the fader for each channel to raise its volume in the
mix and use the pan control to adjust the source signal’s position in the
stereo field. To adjust the overall mix level, raise or lower the Main fader
in VSL or use the Main knob on the front of your AudioBox 1818VSL.
Power User Tip: Raising a channel’s volume is not always the best way to make it louder in the mix.
By adjusting the pan position or adding some EQ, you can raise the perceived loudness of the channel
without touching the fader.
STEP 2 Creating a Mix for Outputs 3/4, 5/6, and 7/8
The AudioBox 1818VSL also allows you to create a separate mix for
Outputs 3/4, 5/6, and 7/8. This done by using channel sends that
enable you to set the levels for each channel that is routed to a
specific output bus. For any given channel, you can create one mix
for your Main and Line 1 and 2 outputs and create entirely separate
mixes for Outputs 3/4, 5/6, and 7/8 and the headphone outputs.
It is important to mention that each of these outputs are stereo-
linked, so you will have one send level for each channel but a
given channel’s level will be the same at both outputs in the
pair. The top slider for each pair sets the level for each channel,
while the lower slider is the pan control for each channel.
STEP 3 Adding Fat Channel Dynamics
The AudioBox 1818VSL provides a Fat Channel to process each input and
DAW channel, the two effects buses, and the analog outputs in VSL. Each
Fat Channel consists of a Downward Expander, a Compressor, a 3-band
semi-parametric EQ and a Limiter. For more information on how these
dynamics processors effect audio, please review Sections 5.2 and 5.3.
The Overview tab in VSL provides Microviews of the Gate,
Compressor, and Limiter. To make changes to one of these
processors, double-click on its Microview. This will open the Fat
Channel tab and focus on the chosen dynamics processor.
4.1 Virtual StudioLive