Alto CYCLONE User Manual page 36

These switches allow the sound engineer to address the signal to the selected audio path. The odd/even numbered
switches are used to send the signal to sub-groups (then you can send their signal to L/R outs) while L/R switch
sends the signal directly to Main Mix output. These switches can be used in several ways to better suite your appli-
cation:
Application
Signals are grouped in a way that the sound engineer can easily control the band sections.
A typical setting is: drums, percussion and rhythmic instruments in stereo by subs 1-2, key-
boards & guitars in stereo by subs 3-4, wind and brass in stereo by subs 5-6, lead singer,
choirs and voices in stereo, or in mono, by subs 7-8. Some sound engineers prefer to assign
Live 1
the lead voice and lead guitar to mono groups (e.g. 7 and 8), while other engineers prefer to
directly assign those signals to LEFT/RIGHT MASTER. In this case the sub-group fader is
used to set the sub-group level, and "to LR" switch is engaged, of course no input channel
already assigned to sub-groups has to be assigned to LEFT/RIGHT MASTER.
Signals are grouped in a way that the sound engineer uses for particular stage monitor pur-
poses. For example sub-groups 1 & 2 are used for "side fills" for the lead singer, while sub-
groups 3 & 4 are used as "drum fills" for the drummer, etc. In this case the sub-group fader
Live 2
is used to set the listening level, and "to LR" switch is not engaged and each input channel
has to be assigned both to sub-groups both to LEFT/RIGHT MASTER.
Signals are grouped to reach the desired channel of the multi-track recorder. Generally the
sound engineers groups together in stereo some parts of the drum kit (toms & over-head)
while other parts like bass drum, snare drum and hi-hat are recorded by the MAIN INSERT
of their own input channels. Another stereo group could be the keyboards. Generally lead
Multi-track recording
voice and lead guitar are picked-up directly by their channel MAIN INSERT. In this case the
sub-group fader is used to set the recording level and generally the "to LR" switch is not
engaged and each input channel has to be assigned both to sub-groups both to LEFT/
RIGHT MASTER.
In this case each sound engineer has his own way of working. The signal of sub-groups is
carefully set to record at the right level while the "to LR" switch is engaged to send all the
Live = Multi-track
recording
signals to LEFT/RIGHT MASTER. In this case no input channel already assigned to sub-
groups has to be assigned to LEFT/RIGHT MASTER.
Assign keys
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