Using an Aux Send with a Plug-in

Click the associated INPUT SOURCE button and select an Aux input source. In the example below, we have chosen the Aux 4 Bus.

Send the Input Signal to the Aux Bus

1.Send a signal to a D8B mixer input channel (MIC/LINE or TAPE IN).

2.Assign the input channel V-Pot/GUI Control Pot to an aux send. We have chosen AUX 4 according to the example above.

3.Use the AUX 4 control to adjust the input level to the plug-in.

GUI Control Pot Assigned to AUX 4

Remember to select an aux send before using

the V-pot or GUI Control Pot on the mixer input channel (MIC/LINE or TAPE IN).

You will see the plug-in’s input meter become active as you raise the mixer input channel’s aux send.

Set the plug-in input/output signal levels as you would with any effect, so the meter reaches its upper-most range every so often (always trust your ears first). This can be accomplished from the console or GUI.

Pre-Fader and Post-Fader Auxiliary Sends

Normally, effect sends are post-fader, so the signal sent to the effect follows the program level in the mix. Occasionally you may wish to feed an effect from a pre-fader source so that the signal level from the aux control is independent of the channel fader position. Aux sends are selectable pre- or post-fader globally (all Aux 1’s for instance) from the Mix Options screen in the Setup window, or individually on a channel-by-channel basis either from the channel strip or the Fat Channel.

In the channel strip, Alt-click the Aux Send level indicator to toggle between pre-and post- fader operation. Post-fader is indicated by a red bar, pre-fader is indicated by a yellow bar.

In the Fat Channel, clicking on the PRE buttons below the Aux knobs toggles between pre- and post-fader operation. Yellow indicates pre- fader, otherwise the aux is post-fader.

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