Aux Send Masters; Stereo Aux Returns - Mackie SR24•4 Owner's Manual

AUX SEND MASTERS

The six auxiliary buses each have a master
level control on this panel [13]. Like any level
control, turning the knob turns the volume up
or down. However, the gain of the aux sends is
optimal at the unity setting and should not nor-
mally need adjustment beyond the "U" mark.
The output of each bus is available at its
AUX SEND jack on the rear panel.
U
+15
O O
LEVEL
SOLO
The SOLO button [14] next to each level
control solos that send and allows you to
check the send level in the main meters. The
aux sends are each mono sig-
nals, and they are soloed in
mono. SOLO is non-destruc-
tive — it doesn't harm your
main outputs or laundry.
Soloing any of the Aux sends
causes the AUX solo LED [15]
(located near the SOLO
LEVEL control) to flash.

STEREO AUX RETURNS

The stereo aux returns pro-
vide four additional stereo
and/or mono inputs to the
SR24•4 for return from effects
processors and line-level sig-
nal sources. The returns have
switches to allow easy assign-
ment to headphones. When
any return is soloed, the AUX
solo LED in the solo mode
area lights.
For extra flexibility, the aux
returns have been designed
with an extremely wide range
of available gain, offering as
much as 20dB boost over unity.
The return jacks are wired to provide both
stereo and mono operation. See Stereo Aux
Returns: Stereo Or Mono Patching under Rear
Panel later in this section for the details.
STEREO AUX RETURNS 1, 2
Aux Returns 1 & 2 [16 & 17]are special.
Not only do they feed into the Main Mix (via
the corresponding LEVEL control), but each
return has one additional control, too.
MODE
PRE FADER
IN PLACE AFL
mouthful controls [18 & 19] feed the
correspondingly numbered Aux Sends.
They work independently of the Aux
AUX SUB
Return's own level control. TO AUX
SEND 1–2 are valuable tools in SR
applications. They allow you to send re-
turn signals (such as delay and reverb)
to the stage monitors (some jaded sound
U
1
+15
O O
U
2
+15
O O
U
3
+15
O O
U
4
+15
O O
U
5
+15
O O
U
6
+15
O O
AUX SEND
MASTERS
TO AUX SEND 1–2
(EFX TO MONITOR)
Controls
These you-said-a-
U
SOLO
+20
O O
U
SOLO
+20
O O
U
SOLO
+20
O O
U
SOLO
+20
O O
SOLO ASSIGN
TO SUB
SOLO SUB
STEREO
AUX RETURNS
Layout
and Function
U
1 1
+15
O O
U
2 2
+15
O O
TO AUX
SEND
3
1 - 2
(EFX TO MONITOR)
U
4
+20
O O
TAPE
RETURN
GLOBAL
AUX RETURN
1 - 2
3 - 4
SOLO
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