Tascam M-200 Series Owner's Manual page 4

Large systems may be broken down into them through the input channels to one or more
sub-systems
-
each of which
is
a system in its
program groups. The group faders then contro1
own right. Your Series 200 Mixer is actually
how much signal goes t o the rear panel output
made up of severa1 of these sub-systems, known
connectors. This gives you the ability to com-
as sub-mixers, each of which posesses the system
bine severa1 mic or line inputs into one group so
requirements of Input, Process, and Output.
that the overal level
is controlled by one fader.
The signal present in each group also feeds the
The largest of these
is the MAIIV IVIIX. I t re-
Stereo, or House Mix.
ceives signals from multiple inputs and routes
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The Stereo Mix gets i t s signals from the four
groups, routing them through the group PAN
controls to the Left and Right outputs. These
are used to create a House Mix for sound rein-
forcement, or as a Control Room Monitor when
recordi ng.
The Foldback (FLB) Mix takes i t s signals
from the input channels or a recorder's playback.
These signals are routed through their own level
controls. Foldback Mixes are used so that the
talent on stage can hear their music through a
separate set of amps and speakers (stage moni-
tors) during live performances, or so that the
talent can hear previously recorded and new
material while overdubbing. For the purposes
of sound reinforcement, this mix
is called
a
Monitor Mix, and in recording it is sometimes
called a Cue Mix.
MASTER
FLB OUTPUT
EOUALIZER FADER
The Effect (E F F) Sub-mixer's signals come
from the Main Mix system. Let's assume you
have a digital delay, reverb, or another signal
processor that you want to use on some of the
material you're performing or recording. If you
only want the effect on one channel, you could
plug your instrument into the effect and plug
the output of the effect into the mixer, or use
the INSERTion jack in each channel. But
suppose you want to use your reverb on your
voice and your instrument, which you're run-
ning through different channels of the mixer,
but using a t the same time. Your Series 200
Effect Mixer
is able to send the combined signal
to the effect output on the back of the unit.