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About Effects Routing
We have effects on a mixer because we want to apply them to one or more inputs in order to enhance the sound. This means that somehow the
mixer has to be able to take the sound from selected input channels and "send" the sound to the effects processor. Back in the day, before mixers had
effects processors built in, the audio was "sent" from an output (usually an Aux channel) to another box, the effects processor. The audio level sent to
the Effects Processor was, and still is, controlled by a "send" control. The send controls how much audio is sent from an input channel to somewhere
else – in this case, the Effects Processors. The TouchMix has four Effects Sends for each input channel. Each Send is connected to one of four FX Mixes
(or channels). You can assign any one of the mixer’s internal Effects Processors to each of the four FX Mixes.
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FX Processor
FX Processor
FX Processor
FX Processor
To FX1 Mix
To FX2 Mix
To FX3 Mix
To FX4 Mix
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Stereo In
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Four FX Mixes
(or Channels)
Input Channel
FX Sends
Main L/R
Output
FX Master Faders
(or Returns)
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2
3
4
5
6
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To Master Faders
Input Channels
FX1 Mix
FX2 Mix
FX3 Mix
FX4 Mix
Any of eight
Aux Outputs
FX1 Send
FX2 Send
FX3 Send
FX4 Send
FX1 Send
FX2 Send
FX3 Send
FX4 Send
FX1 Send
FX2 Send
FX3 Send
FX4 Send
Four FX
Processors
Each Input Channel (1) has four FX Sends (2); FX1 through FX4.
2. The FX Sends control the level of the audio from the input channel(s) to the associated FX Mix (3) – FX1 Send controls the audio level to FX1 Mix.
3. Each FX Mix can be assigned only one FX Processor (4). The FX Processors can all be the same, or all different The audio from all input channels
sent to FX1 Mix is processed by the same Effect Processor.
4. After the audio is processed by the Effect, you can send that audio to any of the Aux Outputs (5).
5. The FX Master fader (6) controls the mixed output level of all FX'd input-channel audio sent to an FX mix.