Soundscape Mixpander
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Other
mixer
column
input/output
configurations
In addition to all the above, mixer column can also be created with 4, 6 or 8 inputs and outputs.
These can be used for example to handle receive multitrack submixes via ADAT or AES/EBU
ports.
Input and output selection
Each mixer column has at least one (built-in) user selectable input and output and may have any
number of send elements. These can be set to use any of the physical inputs and outputs, internal
mixer buses or PC audio streams. In Mixer Edit mode, selecting the I/O and DSP Assign tool and
clicking the input, output or send element will call up a menu showing all the possible routing
options. The example below show the selection menu for a 6 channel input element with an XLogic
Alpha-Link MADI SX connected to the SSL Soundscape Mixpander that the mixer column is
running on:
There are no restrictions to how you can use the inputs, outputs, buses or streams, and every
signal routed to an output or bus is mixed in equal proportion (after the output or send fader). For
instance, you could have 8 stereo mixer columns with inputs ANA 1-2 U1 (or BUS 1-2) as their
input, and BUS 3-4 as the output routing. You could then use different EQ settings to split the
signal, process it with different effects (e.g., for a multiband compressor) and recombine the signals
at BUS 3-4. You could even select the same bus as the input and output of a mixer column, but be
careful as you can have digital feedback this way!
NOTE:
If
the
output(s)
from
several
mixer
columns
are
sent
directly
to
an
external
output
(or
group
of
outputs),
it
is
not
possible
to
view
the
combined
output
signal
in
order
to
check
for
overload.
Therefore,
it
is
advisable
instead
to
route
the
mixer
column
outputs
to
a
bus,
and
then
to
create
an
additional
mixer
column
which
has
that
bus
as
its
input.
This
mixer
column
should
have
a
fader
with
peakmeter,
for
monitoring
the
combined
signal,
and
its
output(s)
can
be
routed
to
the
required
external
output(s).
This
also
provides
a
master
fader
for
the
combined
signal.
