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Setting Up a Send-and-Return Effect (Continued)
Even though we now have a lop-sided input balance, the output meters
show an equal level for both the left and right outputs. This is because
Vocal Plate combines both the left and right sides into a single mono
input signal, so it doesn't really matter whether the signal is coming
more from its right input than its left. A balanced stereo reverb is
produced regardless of which input side is louder.
4. Therefore, even though it won't change the sound of our reverb,
press CURSOR DOWN once and turn V4 [SEND LEVEL] to set the
right side's SEND LEVEL to 75 so that Flex Bus 1 feeds both sides
of the effect equally. It's a good idea to remember that there are two
sides—left and right—to any send-and return effect.
4. The effect output level
The effect processor's output level—the RETURN LEVEL parameter—
lets you correct problems with the overall volume of the effect. You'll only
change this setting when the effect's output meters are showing too soft
or loud a signal, as in the following circumstances:
• If you've had to bring an effect's input level down—as we did
above—and the effect has become too quiet, you can boost its
output level to compensate.
• If the effect's output is too soft or loud due to changes you've made
to its parameter settings, you can adjust its output level.
Let's raise Effect 1's output level to compensate for lowering its input
levels on the previous page:
1. Press CURSOR UP to move back to the left-side parameters.
2. Turn V5 [RETURN LEVEL] to a value of 111.
When we lowered SEND LEVEL to 75, we actually reduced it by about
3dB (decibels). Mixers typically provide an increasingly finer degree of
control as you reduce levels below 0 dB (represented here by a value of
100) than when you raise them above it. In fact, you can see this by
looking at the dB values printed alongside the console's MASTER fader.
Therefore, we only need to raise RETURN LEVEL to 111—not to 125
as you might expect—to get back to roughly where we started.
Since Vocal Plt has a stereo output, we've just unbalanced its
stereo imaging by turning up only its left side.
3. Press CURSOR DOWN and turn V5 [RETURN LEVEL] to set the
right output to 111 as well.
5. The effect return's send to the main mix or Flex Busses
Once an effect processor has produced an effect, you can:
• send its return into the main mix.
• send its return to other Flex Busses. If those Flex Busses are:
• external, they can carry the effect's output—perhaps along with
a dry signal—to an external device, such as tracks on a
multitrack recorder.
• internal, they can carry the effect's output into another internal
effect, allowing you to create complex chains of effects.
Throughout this application guide, we've been hearing Effect 1 since it's
already being sent into the main mix, as we noted earlier—this is how
Effect 1 is set up after a factory reset. Let's adjust this send, and learn
how to send a send-and-return effect's output where we want it to go.
Getting Started with the VM-7000
Getting Started with the VM-7000
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