When the musicians are cutting tracks, have them select Preset #1. Record tracks as usual, with each musician listening to their personal custom- ized cue mix. When you want to listen back to a recorded take, have the performers switch to Preset #16. They now hear the engineer’s mix. All players hear the same mix, that the engineer can control as needed.
Of course the players can create additional cue mixes and save them to the remaining empty Preset locations as needed.
Using Console Inserts
When you use your console’s insert points to send audio signals to the Input module Transmitter for processing, you have some options. The patching on the rear panel of the input module is designed so that you can still use the insert point on your console for its traditional
There are some special ways that the input module can be used to allow this flexible processing. The exact layout of your existing main mixer will influence how many of these techniques you can use.
Y Cable Insert
The input module can be used with a console’s insert send/return loop just as if it were an effects processor. If you have a console with a single TRS jack used for send and return of the effects loop, a “Y” cable is used to split the signal into two components. One is the Send, the other is the Return.
To use this type of insert with the input module, patch the Send cable into the In jack on the Input module. Then use the Return cable plugged into the Input module Thru jack to complete the loop back to the main mixer. The Input module is now patched into the channel with no change to the audio signal. The console sees the Input module as just another effects device.
Adding Effects
What if you need to add an effect such as a compressor to the same channel feeding the monitor system via the input module? There are a couple of options. For both examples, start with the cables set up as just described for the simple insert example. You’ll need one more cable.
Monitor without the effect:
•Remove the cable from the Thru jack of the Input module.
•Plug it into the output of the effect.
•Connect a cable from the Input module Thru jack to the input of the effect. The send/return loop is complete and
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