Connecting External Signal Processors | Crate Amplifiers CSM16

CSM8/12/16/24 Console Mixer

Connecting External Signal Processors:

There are several ways to use external signal processors with the CSM8/12/16/24. Each of the mixer’s input channels has its own Insert jack, allowing a processor to be used on that particular channel. Figures 1 and 2 below show two ways of con- necting a signal processor to the channel Insert jacks.

The mixer’s master section has two stereo effects loops available (Aux 3 and Aux 4), allowing a processor to be added to any or all of the input signals. Figures 3 and 4 below show the basic connection of two types of stereo processors to the aux loops.

Each channel’s Aux 3 and Aux 4 levels control the amount of signal sent from each channel to the aux loops. The master Aux 3 and Aux 4 Send, Return and Pan control the amount of signal sent to the processor, the amount of processed signal returned to the mix, and how much of the processed signal is applied to the left and right output signals.

(See pages 4 through 6 for additional information on the insert jacks, the aux loops, and their controls.)

Figure 1: Connecting an external signal processor to the insert jack of the

Figure 2: Connecting an external signal processor to the insert jack of the mixer

mixer via the processor's insert jack:

via the processor's input/output jacks:

INSERT	INSERT	(TIP = RETURN,
JACK	JACK	RING = SEND,
		SLEEVE = GROUND)	Crate #CYC6MS
Stereo 1/4"			insert adapter cable
T/R/S cable
INSERT		OUTPUT	INPUT
JACK		JACK	JACK

Figure 3: Connecting an external signal processor to the mixer's aux loop:

Figure 4: Connecting an external signal processor to the mixer's aux loop:

(Stereo processor with left/right output jacks)

(Stereo processor with stereo output jack)

AUX 3/	(TIP = LEFT,		AUX 3/	AUX 3/	(TIP = LEFT,	AUX 3/
AUX 4	RING = RIGHT,		AUX 4	AUX 4	RING = RIGHT,	AUX 4
RETURN	SLEEVE = GROUND)		SEND	RETURN	SLEEVE = GROUND)	SEND
JACK			JACK	JACK		JACK
			Mono 1/4"			Mono 1/4"
			T/S cable			T/S cable
Crate #CYC6MS				Stereo 1/4"
insert adapter cable				T/R/S cable
	LEFT	RIGHT	INPUT		STEREO	INPUT
	OUTPUT	OUTPUT	INPUT		OUTPUT	INPUT
	JACK	JACK	JACK		JACK	JACK

(See your Crate Pro Audio dealer for the CYC6MS adapter cable.)

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