Alesis Studio 24 Reference Manual page 49

Effects and Signal Processing
too loud even at low settings of the Stereo Aux Return LEVEL controls.
To hear effects in the control room monitors:
It's possible to put effects into the Control Room or headphone mix without
recording them to the multitrack.
1 Press the L/R switch of the Stereo Aux Return.
Make sure the GRP switches are in the up position. Otherwise, the signal will be
assigned to the group and effects may be sent to the multitrack recorder.
2 Raise the Stereo Aux Return's LEVEL control until you hear the desired volume
of effect return.
Remember that you can SOLO the Aux Return to make adjustments to the sound, if
desired. You will be hearing the output of the effects device only, without any "dry"
signal coming from the Channel.
To hear effects in the headphone/cue mix:
Often while recording, musicians would like to hear some reverb or delay in their
headphone mix. It is possible to meet this need without actually recording the effect.
If you're using L/R as the "cue" feed, follow the steps for "control room monitors" above. If
the musicians' headphone mix's source is MON 1/2:
1 Select MON 1/2 as the Control Room source so you can hear what the studio is
hearing.
2 Raise the MON 1/2 control (the purple knobs) of the Stereo Aux Return(s) until
the desired balance is heard.
To record effects onto the multitrack:
In most cases, effects are added at mixdown instead of during tracking and
overdubbing. However, you can "record wet" (with effects) in order to use the same
device for some other effect at mixdown, or because the effect is essential to the part.
To do this, you simply:
1 Assign the Stereo Aux Return to the Group that you're recording by pressing the
GRP switch. Returns A and B can be sent to Groups 1 and 2.
2 Set the DIRECT OUT SOURCE switch(es) of the tracks you're recording to the
GRP (down) position.
3 To make sure you're hearing what's actually going to tape, make sure the L/R
switch is up, and follow the procedure earlier in this section under "Recording
Multiple Sources" see pages 54 and 55.
If the effect is stereo, it must be recorded onto two tracks. The left Aux Return input
will go to the Group 1 and the right Aux Return input will go to Group 2.
To record effects onto the mixdown deck:
This procedure is the same as for hearing effects in the control room monitors
described earlier: assign the STEREO AUX RETURNS to L/R and adjust the LEVEL
controls.
4 8 S 24 R
TUDIO EFERENCE
M
ANUAL