Mackie 802-VLZ4 Owners Manual - Page 18
Aux, and low cut settings only. Pan and level have no effect
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802VLZ4 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 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. 18 802VLZ4