8X32 COMPACT DIGITAL MIXER User Manual

The “Sends on Faders” Function

The X32 COMPACT console features a very useful function that can be

accessed by pressing the dedicated Sends on Faders button, located between the two fader sections.

The Sends on Faders function aids with level setting of channels sent to any of the 16 Mix Buses. It is only for channels assigned to Mix Buses 1-16, and does NOT work for DCA groups, main or matrix buses. The Sends on Faders function works in two convenient ways to cover the most obvious situations in a live sound environment :

When preparing a monitor mix for a specific musician

•Select the monitor bus (1-8, 9-16) that feeds the talent’s stage monitor

•Press the Sends on Faders button; it will illuminate

•Select one of the six input channel layers

•As long as the Sends on Faders is active, all faders in the input channels section (located on the left side of the console) correspond to the send levels to the selected (monitor) mix bus

When checking/editing where a selected input signal is (to be) sent to

•Select the input channel in the left section

•Press the Sends on Faders button; it will illuminate

•Select either bus channel layer 1-8 or 9-16

•The bus faders (located on right side of the console) now represent the send levels from the selected input channel (located on the left side of the console)

The option to use Sends on Faders in both ways, selecting an input or an output channel, is a special feature of the X32 COMPACT.

Ch01

01

01:

0:00

- 0:00

B: -

C: X-USB

13:45 : 19

 

 

 

 

A: S16

A: 48K

 

home analog out

aux out p16 out card out

aes50-a aes50-b

 

 

Channel Processing Block Patch

 

 

Connected Devices

Inputs 1-8

 

Inputs 9-16

Inputs 17-24

Inputs 25-32

Aux In 1-4

AES50 A

Local In 1-8

 

Local In 1-8

Local In 1-8

Local In 1-8

Aux 1-4

 

Local In 9-16

 

Local In 9-16

Local In 9-16

Local In 9-16

Local 1-4

 

[Local In 17-24]

[Local In 17-24]

[Local In 17-24]

[Local In 17-24]

AES50 A1-4

 

[Local In 25-32]

[Local In 25-32]

[Local In 25-32]

[Local In 25-32]

AES50 B1-4

 

AES50 A1-8

 

AES50 A1-8

AES50 A1-8

AES50 A1-8

Card 1-4

 

AES50 A9-16

 

AES50 A9-16

AES50 A9-16

AES50 A9-16

 

 

 

AES50 A17-24

 

AES50 A17-24

AES50 A17-24

AES50 A17-24

 

 

AES50 B

AES50 A25-32

 

AES50 A25-32

AES50 A25-32

AES50 A25-32

 

 

AES50 A33-40

 

AES50 A33-40

AES50 A33-40

AES50 A33-40

 

 

 

AES50 A41-48

 

AES50 A41-48

AES50 A41-48

AES50 A41-48

 

 

 

AES50 B1-8

 

AES50 B1-8

AES50 B1-8

AES50 B1-8

 

 

 

AES50 B9-16

 

AES50 B9-16

AES50 B9-16

AES50 B9-16

 

 

 

AES50 B17-24

 

AES50 B17-24

AES50 B17-24

AES50 B17-24

 

 

 

AES50 A25-32

 

AES50 A25-32

AES50 A25-32

AES50 A25-32

 

 

 

Routing I/O

The X32 COMPACT console features 16 analog rear-panel XLR inputs with microphone-preamps, as well as 8 rear-panel XLR Outputs and 6 TRS Aux Sends and Returns. In addition, there are two AES50 ports, each featuring 48 input and output channels, and a card slot for 32 channels of input and output to and from a connected computer via USB 2.0.

Input Signals can be attached to the console’s internal audio processing engine in blocks of 8 signals from any one of the aforementioned input sources

Note: All signal blocks patched to the audio processing will be connected to the corresponding input channels automatically.

Local inputs 17-24 and 25-32 are listed with brackets, indicating that these are not physically available on this device. Assigning these will obviously carry no signal, but they can still be used when preparing shows for a full X32 console.

Cabling for all AES50 connections between X32 and S16 stageboxes:

•Shielded CAT-5e cable, Ethercon terminated cable ends (recommended)

•Maximum cable length 100 meters (330 feet)