Aux Bus Mixing; Monitor Mixing - PRESONUS StudioLive 24.4.2 Owner's Manual

Owner's Manual
8.5

Aux Bus Mixing

8.5.1

Monitor Mixing

1. As an example, let's create a mono monitor mix on Aux 1. To begin, press the
2. By pressing the Select button for Aux 1, you can add dynamics processing
The Aux bus provides outputs to create auxiliary mixes that are separate
from the main and subgroup mixes. The StudioLive is equipped with 12
aux buses: Aux 1 through 10, which have physical output jacks, and EFX A
and B, which are the internal effects buses. Aux buses can be used for many
applications, the two most common of which are creating monitor mixes
and inserting external effects processors into the mix. As with the subgroup
buses, the StudioLive allows you to add global dynamics processing and
EQ to these aux buses, in addition to individual channel processing.
Creating custom monitor mixes for your musicians is critical. If musicians
can't hear themselves or their bandmates, their performance will suffer. A
monitor mix can be mono or stereo. Most often, an individual live monitor
mix is mono and is sent to a floor-wedge or sidefill monitor. (The obvious
exception is in-ear monitor systems.) A studio monitor mix is usually stereo
and is sent to a headphone amplifier, so it requires both a left- and a right-
channel input. In both cases, the function of the aux bus is the same.
Mix button in the Aux 1 section. The meter section of the StudioLive will display
the amount of send to this aux bus from each of the 24 channels. Keep in mind
that the aux mix is completely independent of every other output (main bus,
subgroups, direct out, etc.). The encoders below each meter control the chan-
nel send level to Aux 1. Use these encoders the same way that you use the
faders to set the output level to your main mix. Ask your musicians what they
would like in their monitor mix and use their requests as a starting point.
and EQ to the overall monitor mix. These are especially useful for eliminating
feedback in a monitor. Keep in mind that an equalizer can also be used to
increase the presence of an instrument by boosting that particular frequency
range without necessarily boosting the volume in the mix. This is great for get-
ting the lead guitar to cut through in the guitarist's monitor mix and to provide
that extra rumble in the bassist's mix. You can listen to the aux mixes you are
creating, using your headphones or your control-room monitor, by simply
soloing the aux and selecting Solo as the source in the Monitor section.
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