Using Effects 33
MT8XII—Owner’s Manual
6 Using Effects
The AUX SENDs allow you to connect external effects processors and apply effects to MT8XII
signals. Effects can be applied when recording tracks, using ping-pong, or during mixdown.
Typically, reverb and delay type effects, which are often applied to several sounds in a mix, are
used with this type of connection.
The input channel AUX controls are used to send signals to the effects processors. The processed
signal is returned to the MT8XII through a ST INPUT and mixed with the original, unprocessed
signal to achieve a balance before being recorded to an MT8XII track, or the master recorder
during mixdown.
The signal for the AUX control is sourced post-fader. So as well as turn up the AUX control, you
must also raise the fader. This has the advantage that the level of the processed signal from the
external effects processor is controlled in unison with the unprocessed signal that is controlled
by the fader. So when you fade out a channel, the signal from the effects processor fades too.
1. Connect an MT8XII AUX SEND jack to the external effects processor’s input.
2. Connect the processor’s stereo outputs to an MT8XII ST INPUT.
The left ST INPUT signal is fed to the Left Stereo bus and Groups 1 and 3. The right ST INPUT
signal is fed to the Right Stereo bus and Groups 2 and 4. So if you want to send the processed
signal to both the left and right channels during mixdown, or both odd and even groups when
recording tracks, you must connect to both jacks of a ST INPUT (i.e., L and R).
The following illustration shows how to connect an external effects processor to the MT8XII.
Other equipment has been removed for clarity.
Effects processor 1 Effects processor 2
Input Input
Stereo
outputs
Stereo
outputs
8888
AC IN
POWER
ON/ OFF OUT
SYNC INPUT LEVEL
IN +48V ON OFF
PHANTOM POWER
14
RL
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RLRL
13 12 11 10 9 8 7 65 4 3 INSERT I/O 2 INSERT I/O 1
MIC/LINE INPUTLINE INPUT (UNBAL)STEREO INPUT (UNBAL)
AUX SEND RL
STEREO OUT RL
MONITOR OUT RL
TAPE IN 87654321
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TAPE OUT / GROUP OUT
MIC/LINE INPUT (BAL)
1:GND
2:HOT
3:COLD