Specifications

Introduction
Studio 32 Reference Manual 18
Aux Sends and Returns: Effects
The last important mix is usually used for adding effects (such as reverb, delay,
chorus, etc.) to the mix. This may be part of the tracking and overdubbing stage,
and is almost always part of the mixdown stage. The rows of blue knobs running
across the center of the Studio 32 may be thought of as secondary submixers, with a
little less independence from the other mixes, because they follow them in the
signal path. This is the “send” side of the “effects send/receive” process. The
upper row of AUX controls is capable of sending from either the MONITOR 1/2 mix
(the row of purple knobs) or from the channel faders.
AUXILIARY OUTPUTS
(to monitor pan)
CHANNEL
FADER
MUTE
MONITOR
LEVEL
AUX 3(5)
SOURCE
AUX 3(5)
AUX 4(6)
TO 5/6
AUXILIARY
MASTERS
(to channel pan and assign)
Aux Sends (16)
3 4 5 6
Once you’ve made an effect, it’s no use unless you hear it, so the STEREO AUX
RETURNS are four “miniature stereo channels” designed for effect returns. You may
want to record effects to the multitrack, so they have GRP ASSIGN switches. The
musicians may want some reverb in their headphones to help them stay on pitch, so
it has a row of four MON 1/2 controls. The engineer may need to hear the output of
a single effect device to change the delay time, so there are SOLO switches. And,
of course, you want effects on the final mix, so they all have L/R ASSIGN switches.
Except for the limitations of not having a mic preamp, EQ, post-fader Aux Sends, or
mute, the Aux Returns are just like channels--they don’t have to be used for effects.
Consider them as an extra eight input channels especially for stereo line
instruments such as synthesizers that already have their own internal effects.
MON
1/2
RETURN
LEVEL
GRP 1/2
(or 3/4)
L/R
(to Monitor 1/2 Master)
(to GRP masters)
(to L/R master)
STEREO AUX
RETURNS L, R
Stereo Aux Returns (4)