Solid State Logic Soundscape Mixer Faders , Peakmeters

Soundscape Mixpander
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The various controls and their operation have been described in the “Mixer controls overview”,
“Output pan and balance controls”, and “Fader and mute groups, output mute buttons, solo
groups and solo buttons” sections of this chapter.
NOTE:Aswellassendingaduplicateofthesignaltotheselecteddestination,anoutputelement
alsopassestheoriginalsignalthroughtothenextelementbelowitintheMixercolumnwhereitis
inserted.
NOTE:“Outputwithoutfader”elementsandaninputelementslookverysimilar.Thiscouldbe
confusing,forexample,ifyouloadaverycomplexMixerthatyouhavenotusedforalongtime.If
youareinanydoubtastothenatureofamixerelement,youcanselecttheElementInfotooland
clickthatelement(inMixerEditmodeonly).Awindowwillappearwhereyoucancheckallthe
availableinformationforthatelement.Thefirstiteminthatwindowwilltellyouwhattheelement
is.Additionally,thereisalwaysalittlespaceaboveanoutputelementorbelowaninputelement
thatcanhelpwithidentification(i.e.,thetopofanoutputelementorbottomofaninputelement
cannotbemovedrightagainsttheelementaboveorbelowit–thereisalwaysasmall“gap”
remaining).
Faders
Mono and stereo faders are available for insertion at any point in a mixer column. They could be
useful, for example after a “plug-in” input element used as an effects return into a mixer column.
Please take care when choosing a fader element: if a mono fader is inserted in a stereo signal path,
only the left side of the signal will respond to the fader. A stereo fader would work in a mono
signal path, but requires more DSP resources than a mono fader. Mono and stereo faders look the
same:
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Peakmeters
Mono and stereo peakmeters are available for insertion at any point in a mixer column. Output
peakmeters are pre-fader, so it is advisable to have a peakmeter after the input element when
recording:
Mono
peakmeter Stereo peakmeter