User's Manual

Hook-up/Back panel Analog Controls Digital Controls
Group Out (sub buses).
Bus, sub group, or sub bus are all
names for a path along which you
can route one or more audio sig-
nals to a particular destination.
They are “mixers inside your mix-
er” and are the reason SoundLink
mixers are called “8 bus”.
Sub Groups ( sub buses) are
extremely useful for organizing
and controlling multiple chan-
nels from one fader. Let’s say you
have three back-up singers, each
with their own mic input. To
control the level, you would need
12
Main
Out.
These are
your Sound-
Link’s main
outputs
for connecting to main PA loud-
speakers or power amplifiers.
Use the main L/R fader to control
the volume output.
You can use both the XLR
and ¼” TRS outputs at
the same time. In other
words, four total outputs.
Hooking up your SoundLink
Monitor
Out.
Connect
these to your
studio monitor (or amps pow-
ering your passive monitors) if
you are using the SoundLink in a
studio situation. Use
the
MONITOR knob to
adjust the level.
Normally, this out-
put if fed by the
MAIN
L/R
bus. When the AFL/PFL
function is enabled, this outputs
the signal of a specific channel or
bus.
to simultaneously move three
faders in unison.
Instead, you can
route the singer
channels to a sub
group titled “Back
Up” by selecting one
of Bus Assign
buttons next
to each of the
vocal faders
(we picked
-).
Now all
three vocal channels will
be routed into Sub Group
-. and controlled by the
Sub Group Mix - fad-
er. Press the
SUB GRP
ASSIGN TO L/R
button
and control its level in
the overall mix with
one fader.