Master Panel; Aux Masters; Aux Sends; Aux Returns - Behringer EURODESK SX4882 User Manual

after the fader (i.e. post EQ and after the aux sends, see block
schematics). This can feed a tape track directly without having to
resort to the subgroups, enabling more than eight different tracks to
be recorded simultaneously. Almost alone among the EUROjacks,
these are on unbalanced mono sockets at +4 dB. (See section 22
"Input/output configuration", also section 16.1 "Recording".)
6.

Master panel

6.1

Aux masters

6.1.1

Aux sends

Much of the master section is taken up by master aux sends and
returns. We'll start with the sends (see fig. 6.1).
Stacked in a vertical column are six master aux send levels, one for
each of buses 1 to 6 (P41 to P46). Each one has a gain structure
of minus infinity to +15 dB. The extra 15 dB of gain comes in once
a knob passes a center detente (representing the "normal" unity
gain position), enabling insensitive outboard FX to be properly
driven. Each aux send has a SOLO button (S41 to S46), and, as
with other areas of mixer, a LOCAL SOLO LIGHT (L47), which
illuminates when any of the AUX master sends are solo-ed. This is
to help you see exactly what has been solo-ed. Any experienced
engineer will have had occasion to search painstakingly through
every solo button on his/her console trying to find out why the main
solo light was on, and the control room monitors silent!
Fig. 6.1: Aux sends
Next to the aux sends are the stereo aux returns (see fig. 6.3).
These can be thought of as a dozen extra line inputs configured
as six stereo pairs. On these inputs there is up to 20 dB of gain
available. Alternatively, a mono (center-panned) signal may be
returned by plugging into the left aux return jack only.
This feature is disabled if all line-level I/Os from the
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EURODESK are wired permanently to a patchbay (see
section 8).
a) Aux returns 1 and 2
Aux returns 1 and 2 have full subgroup routing matrices to enable
returning FX to be sent to tape, plus main mix bus assignment.
The functions for aux return 1 (mirrored by aux return 2) are:
ROUTING (S49/50/51/52/53) LEVEL (P49), BALANCE (P51) and
SOLO (S54). LEVEL controls the amount of signal being blended
into the mix or a subgroup, while BALANCE controls the relative
amounts of L and R processed signal. We doubt if you'll often want
to adjust BALANCE away from center.
Master panel
EURODESK SX4882
6.1.2

Aux returns

Fig. 6.2: Stereo aux returns
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