User Manual
Master Fader and My Fader Reference Guide
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Continuing on with the theme of theatres, many of them also have a backstage where cast members await
their turns in the spotlight, change outts, converse, eat, drink and be merry and more. A speaker system
may be set up there for the cast to get their cues. Just send a matrix output there, as well.
Last, but not least...green rooms. Perhaps the theatre has a green room (or two) where the rock stars
and their posse can congregate. The band doesn’t want to miss their cue to hit the stage – or maybe
they want to listen to the opening bands while getting prepared for their own. Regardless of reason,
matrix mixes may be sent to the green room(s).
House of Worship : A matrix may be used for creating mixes for lobbies and cry rooms in a house
of worship. Use two of the matrix outputs to drive the lobby and cry rooms, created from the L/R mixes.
Another matrix output may be used to drive the speech system covering the choir.
Concert / Club FOH : Like a theatre, venues that host concerts might have a lobby and denitely have
bathrooms. Hopefully they won’t have cry rooms, though. In fact, if they do exist, we haven’t seen it.
Something else to consider here, though are the front lls.
PAs are typically set up to reach the majority of the venue, but there’s a triangle-shaped group of folks near
the front of the stage that the sound from the PA will miss. Front lls are the answer here. A matrix mix
should be sent here because it’s basically the same sound you desire out of the PA, but at a much lower
volume (and perhaps dialed with slightly dierent DSP settings).
Matrix Usage Wrap-Up :
In all of these examples, the benet of output matrix mixes is multiple zone coverage with unique
processing, levels and alignment delay on each output. This helps (audibly) align balconies, lobbies
and more. Read more about (audio) alignment delay on page 135.
Here’s another tip for those of you still reading: using any of the previous examples, matrix outputs
may be used to make a board recording of the show. Why do this if you can record multiple (separate)
tracks, take it back to the studio and set it up for later mixdown using your favorite DAW [pages 176-191]?
Well, if you’ve been around bands as much as I have, you know that they’ll want to hear the results
immediately...as in on their way home or on to the next town for the next gig. A simple L/R matrix
mix will work just ne for a personal “board recording.”
Bonus tip for anyone STILL reading: When playing craps I always place the 4s and 10s and press a unit
every time my numbers hit. Units!