User manual

88 Series Outboard / 8801 Issue 7.6
Insert
The Insert button switches the insert into the channel path.
The Insert send and return can be found on the rear panel, the send being a
male XLR and the return a female XLR connector.
The 8801 supports both balanced and unbalanced connections.
Audio Router
The Audio Router button allows the order of Dynamics, EQ and Insert to be
set and interrogated within in the channel path.
The default order is DYNAMICS / EQ / INSERT
Determining the order of current processing
 To view the current order of the signal path, press the Audio Router
button once.
The Dynamics, Insert and EQ buttons will flash in the order they are
currently set.
If the EQ is in the sidechain, then the EQ To Sidechain button will flash
while the EQ button is illuminated.
Determining the oder of processing is display only, and has no impact on the
channel path.
To set a new channel path order:
 Enter programming mode by pressing and holding the Audio Router
button until it begins to flash.
 Press Dynamics, EQ and Insert buttons in the order you wish them to be
arranged in.
 When the third button has been pressed the Audio Router button stops
flashing, the new order is stored, the channel's path is updated and the unit
the returns to normal operation.
 While in programming mode, pressing the Audio Router button will
cancel the programming mode and return to normal operation.
Programming mode will time-out after 15 seconds of inactivity and the unit
will return to normal operation without changing the order of the channel
path.
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