PreSonus AudioBox 44VSL - Manual (Page 33)

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Loading an FX Preset
To load an FX preset, select it from the Browser window, and drag it over
any part of the desired FX bus in the Master section of the Overview tab.
Once the preset is loaded, you can use the FX Type menu to change the
effect and create new presets.
4.1.6 Using VSL to Create a Monitor Mix
Virtual StudioLive allows you create a monitor mix with the same sound
quality and flexibility you’d get from a StudioLive 16.0.2 digital mixer. By
adding Fat Channel dynamics processing and EQ, reverbs, and delays
to your monitor mix, you can enhance the quality of the performer’s
recording experience and, by extension, the quality of their performance.
A monitor mix is a dedicated mix that is usually routed to a performer’s
headphones. This mix is separate from the mix that is recorded.
It allows you, as the engineer, to leave your recording mix intact,
while providing the artist with the mix that they need to achieve
their best performance, saving hours of retakes and frustration.
STEP 1 Creating a Mix for the Main and Headphone Outputs
Using VSL to create a mix for your Main and Headphone outputs is like
using a mixer. Raise the fader for each channel to raise its volume in the
mix and use the pan control to adjust the source signal’s position in the
stereo field. To adjust the overall mix level, raise or lower the Main fader in
VSL or use the Main and Phones knobs on the front of your AudioBox
22/44VSL.
Power User Tip: Raising a channel’s volume is not always the best way to make
it louder in the mix. By adjusting the pan position or adding some EQ, you can
raise the perceived loudness of the channel without touching the fader.
STEP 2 Creating a Mix for Outputs 3 and 4 (AudioBox 44VSL Only)
The AudioBox 44VSL also allows you to create a separate mix for Outputs
3 and 4. This done by using channel sends that enable you to set the levels
for each channel that is routed to a specific output bus—in this case,
Output 3 or Output 4. For any given channel, you can create one mix for
your Main, Headphone, and Line 1 and 2 outputs and create an entirely
mix for Outputs 3 and 4.
It is important to mention that Outputs 3 and 4 are
stereo-linked, so you will have one send level for each
channel to both Outputs 3 and 4 simultaneously.
The Output 3 send slider sets the level for each channel,
while the Output 4 send slider is the pan control for
each channel that’s routed to Outputs 3 and 4.
Virtual Studio Live 4.1