Step 4; Sending To The Auxiliary Sends - Solid State Logic Matrix 2 Owner's Manual

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Chapter 2 - Getting Started

STEP 4:

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Matrix has six auxiliary sends, the first two forming the Stereo Cue
for musicians) and the remaining four labelled
‰ Check that the gain pots for the overall bus levels, located in the top right corner of the centre section
is shown right), are all set to 0dB, with the white line pointing towards the meters. This will allow you to
see what happens in the meters when you turn the pots in the channel.
The first two pots beneath the
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will cover in Step 8. The stereo cue functions similarly to the FX sends which we will
concentrate on here: The two pots below the stereo cue are the gain trim for the FX busses. FX1 and 3 share
a pot, as do FX 2 and 4.
‰ Press the upper gain pot, labelled FX1/3, to switch on FX1. The LED below it and to the right will light to
indicate that it is on.
‰ Use the pot to adjust the gain, using the
‰ In the Master Channel, press the button marked FX3. This swaps the
FX1
been made, as will the
and the
automatically to the
FX busses 2 and 4 work in exactly the same way as FX busses 1 and 3, using the next gain pot down.
Once you have sent signal to the aux busses, you need to set the overall output level of the bus. Each aux bus
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has its own control area, and you have already looked there to check that they are turned up sufficiently. For
this tutorial, we will use FX3, as well as
‰ In the FX3 area in the very corner of the centre section, turn the gain pot to adjust the output signal level.
‰ Press the AFL button in the
monitoring.
‰ In the ST RET 3 area, located below FX sends 1 and 2, press
bus. You should now hear the processing you created added to the clean CD signal in the monitoring.
‰ Press the AFL button below the
‰ Adjust the level of the return using the gain trim, and the left-right balance using the pot above the gain trim.
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‰ Press the MONO button above the balance control. This reduces the stereo return to mono. The balance
Mon
pot will now be a pan pot. Press the
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‰ Press the AFL button again to return to normal monitoring.
For more information on auxiliary sends, including altering the point in the channel which feeds them, see Page 35.
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Sending to the Auxiliary Sends

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FX 1-4
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iJack
send level to controlling the
FX3 LED to the right of the
FX3 meter now reflects the CD player. The settings you created for the
FX3 send.
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ST RET 3
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FX3 area to listen to the
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ST RET 3 gain trim to listen to the signal on its own.
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(CUE ST) send (which you will probably use for monitoring
(which you will probably use for feeding global effects such as reverb units).
are the pan and gain trim for the
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FX1 meter to the right of the VU's as a reference.
iJack
FX3 send level. The
FX1/3
(Stereo Return 3, shown right).
iJack
FX3 bus send. Press it again to return to normal
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MIX to send the returning signal to the mix
Auto TR
button again to restore the return to stereo again.
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FX1/3 gain pot from controlling the
FX3 button will light to indicate that this swap has
pot. Notice that the
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FX1 meter has gone blank
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