Alesis 16 manual Channel Strips, Fader, Mute / Alt 3/4, PAN or BAL

A Tour of the MultiMix USB2.0 2

CTRL RM OUT

You can use these 1/4" jacks to send the control room signal to the input of the amplifier driving your monitors or headphones. This output can carry several different signals, depending on which source you have selected in the master section of the mixer.

Channel Strips

The eight channel strips are virtually identical to each other, with the only difference being that channels 1 – 8 are mono and channels 9 – 16 are stereo. Each channel strip contains the following components.

Fader

The fader controls how much of the signal from the mic or line inputs is sent to the channel. To adjust the level, simply slide the fader up and down to the desired level. In the lowest position, levels are cut completely, and in the uppermost position you get an additional 10dB of gain. When the fader is at 0, it is at unity gain, where the level of the output equals the level of the input.

MUTE / Alt 3/4

This switch has two purposes. The mute function is pretty self- explanatory: when you press the switch, the channel’s output is no longer routed to the main mix output. The second purpose of this switch is that in addition to muting a channel, it also routes it to the ALT 3/4 OUT found in the patchbay. This is where you get the MultiMix’s extra stereo bus. If you don’t have anything connected to the ALT 3/4 OUT, the switch acts only as a mute button. If you do have something connected—say, a multitrack recorder—this button acts as a signal router.

PFL / SOLO

The PFL / SOLO switch allows you to single out a channel so you can make adjustments to it before you run it into the main mix. This is useful for setting an instrument’s gain or EQ and for troubleshooting. PFL stands for “pre-fade listen.” In other words this switch lets you hear the signal before it is affected by the fader. This switch is post-EQ.

PAN or BAL

This control—labeled PAN on the mono channels and BAL on the stereo channels—lets you assign the channel to a particular spot within the stereo spectrum. If you turn this knob to the left, you can hear the signal move to the left, and if you turn it to the right…you get the picture. The pan controls do this by adjusting the amount of the signal being sent to the left main mix bus versus the right main mix bus. The balance controls do it by controlling

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