PreSonus StudioLive 24.4.2 - Manual (Page 81)

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5 Digital Effects | Master Control
5.5 Cascading Mixers
StudioLive™ 24.4.2/16.4.2
Owner’s Manual
5.5.2 Aux Mixing with Cascaded Mixers
Every channel in the mixer chain can be sent to the aux outputs on the Master
unit. When you press the Mix button on any of the auxes on either mixer, you
will notice that the Mix button for the corresponding aux will illuminate on the
other mixer in the chain. For example, if you press the Mix button on Aux 1 on the
Master unit, the Mix button on Aux 1 on the slaved units will also illuminate.
Creating an aux mix with multiple mixers works exactly the same way as with
one mixer. Each encoder beneath the meters in the Fat Channel controls the
send level to the enabled aux for the corresponding channel on that mixer.
To add Fat Channel processing to the aux mix, you
must select the aux bus on the Master unit.
Example 1: Two StudioLive 24.4.2s
If you are cascading two StudioLive 24.4.2s, Channels 1 through 24 reside
on the Slave, and Channels 25 through 48 will reside on the Master unit.
Let’s say that you want to create an aux mix on Aux 3. To begin, press the Aux
3 Mix button on either mixer. The Fat Channel meters and encoders on both
mixers will be ready for you to create an Aux 3 mix. You will use the Fat Channel
meters and encoders on the Slave to set the Aux 3 send levels for Channels
1-24 and the meters and encoders on the Master unit to set the Aux 3 send
levels for Channels 25-48. The resulting mix is then routed from the Aux 3
output on the Master unit. If you would like to add Fat Channel dynamics to the
overall Aux 3 mix, simply press the Aux 3 Select button on the Master unit and
use the Master unit Fat Channel to dial in your dynamics and EQ settings.
Example 2: Three StudioLive 16.4.2s
If you have three StudioLive 16.4.2 mixers chained together, Channels 1-16 will
reside on Slave 2, Channels 17-32 will reside on Slave 1, and Channels 33-48 will
reside on the Master unit. Let’s say that you want to create an aux mix on Aux
3. To begin, press the Aux 3 Mix button. The Fat Channel meters and encoders
on all three mixers will be ready for you to create an Aux 3 mix. You will use the
Fat Channel meters and encoders on Slave 2 to set the Aux 3 send levels for
Channels 1-16; the meters and encoders on Slave 1 to set the Aux 3 send levels
for Channels 17-32; and the meters and encoders on the Master unit to set the
Aux 3 send levels for Channels 33-48. The resulting mix is then routed from the
Aux 3 output on the Master unit. If you would like to add Fat Channel dynamics
to the overall Aux 3 mix, simply press the Aux 3 Select button on the Master unit
and use the Master unit Fat Channel to dial in your dynamics and EQ settings.
Power User Tip: Note that the aux outputs on the slaved mixer are still active but only
have access to the local channels. So using Example 1, the Aux 3 mix for Channels
1-24 on the Slave is routed locally to the Aux 3 output and merged with the overall
Aux 3 mix on the Master unit at the same time. Only the Master mixer receives
the merged signals from all cascaded mixers, in addition to its local channels.
Because Aux mixes are sent to the Master unit before the Fat Channel
(for obvious reasons), if you wish to create a stereo Aux mix, you
must link the Aux channels on both of the mixers in the chain in
order to control panning for the channels on the slaved mixer.