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8.9 Cascading Two StudioLive 24.4.2s
3. To begin, press the Aux 3 Mix button on either mixer. The Fat Channel meters
and encoders on both mixers will be ready for you to create an Aux 3 mix. you
will use the Fat Channel meters and encoders on the Slave to set the Aux 3 send
levels for Channels 1-24 and the meters and encoders on the Master unit to set
the Aux 3 send levels for Channels 25-48. The resulting mix is then routed from the
Aux 3 output on the Master unit. If you would like to add Fat Channel dynamics
to the overall Aux 3 mix, simply press the Aux 3 Select button on the Master unit
and use the Master unit Fat Channel to dial in your dynamics and EQ settings.
Note that the aux outputs on the slaved mixer are still active but only have access
to the local channels. So in this example, the Aux 3 mix for Channels 1-24 on
the Slave is routed locally to the Aux 3 output and merged with the overall Aux
3 mix on the Master unit at the same time. Only the Master mixer receives the
merged signals from all cascaded mixers, in addition to its local channels.
Because Aux mixes are sent to the Master unit before the Fat Channel
(for obvious reasons), if you wish to create a stereo Aux mix, you
must link the Aux channels on both of the mixers in the chain in
order to control panning for the channels on the slaved mixer.
8.9.3
Internal Effects Buses
Unlike the 10 Aux buses, the two Internal Effects buses on each mixer are
independent. Using the same example as the previous section, Channels
1-24 can only be routed to EFXA and EFXB on the Slave, and Channels
25-48 are processed using the Master unit’s two internal effects buses.
The advantage is that you get twice the number effects buses!
Of course, if you’d like to send all channels to the same effect, you can simply load the
same effect on both mixers. But with some careful patching, you can take advantage
of the extra effects buses at you disposal. The internal Effects buses on each mixer
can be assigned to the Master Unit’s Main output, or to a Subgroup, as usual. Simply
select the Effects bus and press the desired assignment button in the Fat Channel.
8.9.4
Subgroups: To Merge or Not to Merge
On Page 3: Digital, in the System menu, you will find
the Subgroup Merge field. The Subgroups on each on
the mixers in the chain can be merged or local only.
Subgroup merging is determined from the
Master unit (i.e., if Subgroup Merge is enabled on the Master, the Slave‘s
Subgroups will be merged with the Master‘s Subgroups). The Subgroup
faders on the Master mixer will control the entire group, and dynamics
processing can be added to the entire mix using the Master‘s Fat Channel.
If Subgroup Merge is turned Off, each of the four subgroups on both mixers
are locally controlled. So Channels 1-24 can only be assigned to the Subgroups
on the Slave and Channels 25-48 can only be assigned to the Subgroups on
the Master unit. Because the Subgroups on each of the mixers can still be
routed to the Main output on the master unit, unmerging the Subgroups
offers advantages for Effects group mixing. (See Section 8.4.2 for details.)
But this can also be useful in any situation where you want 24 or fewer
channels assigned to the same Subgroup; just do a little careful patching!