Pan Pot; Channel Fader; Send Masters; Tape/Monitor Switch - Alesis 1622 Reference Manual

SOLO disconnects the normal signal feed to the monitor speakers and replaces it with the signal
present at the Channel Fader. When a channel is soloed, the signal will be heard in mono
regardless of the position of the pan pot, and without any effects via the Sends and Returns.
Soloing enables the engineer to hear exactly what is being recorded by eliminating the masking
effects caused by the presence of other signals. When soloed, distortion caused by overloading
or other undesired background noises in an input channel can be heard easily.
SOLO switches can be used at any time without interrupting the signals sent to the headphones
or recorded on tape since the soloed signal is only heard through the Monitor Speakers. By
engaging additional SOLO switches, as many signals as desired can be soloed simultaneously.

PAN POT

The PAN POT places the signal of the channel anywhere in the stereo field between the left and
right channels of the MASTER or SUB MASTERS (or both) depending upon which is assigned.
If the PAN is set all the way to the left, the signal will appear only on the left SUB MASTER or
MASTER fader. If the PAN is set all the way to the right, the signal will appear only on the right
SUB MASTER or MASTER fader.

CHANNEL FADER

The CHANNEL FADER determines the overall volume level of the channel. It is normally best
to keep this FADER at about the 3/4 level for the most headroom and least background noise.
SEND MASTERS 1 through 6
This is the overall master for the corresponding SEND of each channel. Therefore, if the level of
SEND 1 was too hot and causing distortion, the overall level could be trimmed by adjusting
SEND MASTER 1, which would lower the signal without having to individually adjust each
channel SEND.

TAPE/MONITOR SWITCH

When the 1622 MIXER is used for recording, this switch will determine what you hear in the
control room monitor speakers. When in the TAPE position, the signal from the Mixdown Tape
Deck will be heard and can be adjusted from the MONITOR VOLUME pot.
MONITOR position, the signal from the console, as adjusted by the MASTER Faders and
MONITOR VOLUME pot, will be heard.
MONITOR DEFEAT SWITCH
This switch will mute the signal going to the control room monitor speakers in the event that it is
necessary to monitor with headphones via the headphone jack. This switch has no effect on the
signals appearing at the MASTER Faders.

MONITOR VOLUME

The MONITOR VOLUME Control adjusts the volume level of the control room monitor speakers
only. When the 1622 is used as a recording console, it is necessary to be able to control the
level of the control room monitor speakers and the MASTER Fader output levels independently.
Without the separate MONITOR VOLUME control, both the control room speakers and the
mixdown tape level would be controlled by the MASTER Faders, which would cause either a
distorted or noisy signal going to tape when the speaker levels were correct, or too loud or soft
speaker levels when the tape machine levels were correct.

EFFECTS RETURNS

The EFFECTS RETURNS are additional inputs (besides the 16 Channel Inputs) especially for
outboard effects such as reverbs, delays, chorus, etc.
connect effects to channel inputs and, therefore, keep the input channels available for additional
microphones, synthesizers, etc.
There are 8 EFFECTS RETURNS on the 1622 MIXER . RETURNS 1 through 4 each have a
PAN control which allows the the return signal to be placed anywhere in the stereo spectrum
from left to right. RETURNS 5 and 7 are permanently assigned to the Left MASTER Buss, and
RETURNS 6 and 8 are permanently assigned to the Right MASTER Buss.

SUB MASTER FADERS

These inputs eliminate the need to
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