Solid State Logic Soundscape Mixer - Manual (Page 40)

Soundscape Mixpander
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Other mixer column input/output configurations
In addition to all the above, mixer column can also be created with 4, 6 or 8 inputs and outputs.
These can be used for example to handle receive multitrack submixes via ADAT or AES/EBU
ports.
Input and output selection
Each mixer column has at least one (built-in) user selectable input and output and may have any
number of send elements. These can be set to use any of the physical inputs and outputs, internal
mixer buses or PC audio streams. In Mixer Edit mode, selecting the I/O and DSP Assign tool and
clicking the input, output or send element will call up a menu showing all the possible routing
options. The example below show the selection menu for a 6 channel input element with an XLogic
Alpha-Link MADI SX connected to the SSL Soundscape Mixpander that the mixer column is
running on:
There are no restrictions to how you can use the inputs, outputs, buses or streams, and every
signal routed to an output or bus is mixed in equal proportion (after the output or send fader). For
instance, you could have 8 stereo mixer columns with inputs ANA 1-2 U1 (or BUS 1-2) as their
input, and BUS 3-4 as the output routing. You could then use different EQ settings to split the
signal, process it with different effects (e.g., for a multiband compressor) and recombine the signals
at BUS 3-4. You could even select the same bus as the input and output of a mixer column, but be
careful as you can have digital feedback this way!
NOTE: If the output(s) from several mixer columns are sent directly to an external output (or group
of outputs), it is not possible to view the combined output signal in order to check for overload.
Therefore, it is advisable instead to route the mixer column outputs to a bus, and then to create an
additional mixer column which has that bus as its input. This mixer column should have a fader
with peakmeter, for monitoring the combined signal, and its output(s) can be routed to the required
external output(s). This also provides a master fader for the combined signal.