Owner's Manual

802VLZ4

Moderation During EQ

WithEQ,youcanalsoupsetthingsroyally.We’ve

designedalotofboostandcutintoeachequalizer

circuit,becauseweknoweveryonewilloccasionally

needthat.ButifyoumaxtheEQsoneverychannel,

you’llgetmixmush.Equalizesubtlyandusetheleft

sidesoftheknobs(cut),aswellastheright(boost).

Veryfewgold-record-albumengineerseverusemore

thanabout3dBofEQ.Ifyouneedmorethanthat,

there’susuallyabetterwaytogetit,suchasplacing

amicdifferently(orusingadifferentkindofmicor

singerentirely).

28. Aux

Theseknobsallowyoutotapaportionofeach

channelsignalouttoanothersourceforparalleleffects

processingorstagemonitoring.Auxsendlevelsare

controlledbytheseknobsandbytheauxmaster[37].

Thesearemorethanjusteffectsandmonitorsends.

Theycanbeusedtogenerateseparatemixesfor 

recordingor“mix-minuses”forbroadcast.Byusing

auxinthepremode,thesemixlevelscanbeobtained

independentlyofthechannel’slevelcontrol.

Auxinpostmodeispost-lowcut,post-EQand 

post-level.Thatis,theauxsendobeysthesettings

ofthesecontrols.AuxinpremodefollowstheEQ 

andlowcutsettingsonly.Panandlevelhavenoeffect

onthepresend.

Theauxsendlevelrangesfromoffthroughunity(the

centerposition)onupto15dBofextragain(when

turnedfullyclockwise).Chancesareyou’llneverneed

thisextragain,butit’snicetoknowit’sthereifyoudo.

Thechannel3–8auxknobscontrolthemonosum

ofthechannel’sstereosignalsforeachauxsend. 

Forinstance,channel5(L)and6(R)mixtogether

tofeedthatchannel’sauxsendknob.

Stillwithus?Goodforyou.Herecomethetricky

parts,theoutputormastersectionwherethemixing

isreallydone.