Channel Strips; Level Control; Pan Or Bal; Peak Led - Alesis MultiMix8FX Reference Manual

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A Tour of the MultiMix

Channel Strips

The eight channel strips are virtually identical to each other, with
the only difference being that channels 1 – 4 are mono and
channels 5 – 8 are stereo. Each channel strip contains the following
components.

Level Control

The level control knob controls how much of the signal from the
mic or line inputs is sent to the channel. To adjust the level, simply
turn the knob to the desired level. In the leftmost position, levels
are cut completely, and in the rightmost position you get an
additional 10dB of gain.

PAN or BAL

This control—labeled PAN on the mono channels and BAL on
the stereo channels—lets you assign the channel to a particular
spot within the stereo spectrum. If you turn this knob to the left,
you can hear the signal move to the left, and if you turn it to the
right...you get the picture. The pan controls do this by adjusting
the amount of the signal being sent to the left main mix bus versus
the right main mix bus. The balance controls do it by controlling
the relative balance of the left and right channel signals being sent
to the left and right main mix buses.

PEAK LED

This indicator lets you know when the channel's signal is clipping.
This light plays an important role in setting channel levels by
helping you know when to reduce the channel's gain.

Aux

Here you'll find knobs that control the levels of aux sends A and B.
AUX A is pre-fader, which means that the AUX A send is affected
only by the EQ and HPF settings. A pre-fader send is usually used
for cue sends (for example, sending a signal to headphones while
recording, for which you may not want the fader to alter the
channel's level).
AUX B is post-fader, which means that the AUX B send is
affected by the fader (or level control knob in this instance), EQ
and HPF settings. A post-fader send is generally used for sending
the signal to an external effects device (so that the fader controls
the signal level). Like AUX A, AUX B can be used for routing
signals to external devices. And when you are using the onboard
effects processor, AUX B is used to control the level of the
channel's signal being routed to the processor.
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