Crate Amplifiers CSM12 - Manual (Page 8)

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CSM8/12/16/24 Console Mixer
Connecting External Signal Processors:
There are several ways to use external signal processors with the CSM8/12/16/24. Each of the mixer’s input channels has its
own Insert jack, allowing a processor to be used on that particular channel. Figures 1 and 2 below show two ways of con-
necting a signal processor to the channel Insert jacks.
The mixer’s master section has two stereo effects loops available (Aux 3 and Aux 4), allowing a processor to be added to any
or all of the input signals. Figures 3 and 4 below show the basic connection of two types of stereo processors to the aux
loops.
Each channel’s Aux 3 and Aux 4 levels control the amount of signal sent from each channel to the aux loops. The master Aux
3 and Aux 4 Send, Return and Pan control the amount of signal sent to the processor, the amount of processed signal
returned to the mix, and how much of the processed signal is applied to the left and right output signals.
(See pages 4 through 6 for additional information on the insert jacks, the aux loops, and their controls.)
INSERT
JACK
INSERT
JACK
Figure 1: Connecting an external signal processor to the insert jack of the
mixer via the processor's insert jack:
INPUT
JACK
Figure 2: Connecting an external signal processor to the insert jack of the mixer
via the processor's input/output jacks:
OUTPUT
JACK
Stereo 1/4"
T/R/S cable
INSERT
JACK
(TIP = RETURN,
RING = SEND,
SLEEVE = GROUND)
INPUT
JACK
Figure 3: Connecting an external signal processor to the mixer's aux loop:
(Stereo processor with left/right output jacks)
AUX 3/
AUX 4
SEND
JACK
AUX 3/
AUX 4
RETURN
JACK
RIGHT
OUTPUT
JACK
LEFT
OUTPUT
JACK
(TIP = LEFT,
RING = RIGHT,
SLEEVE = GROUND)
INPUT
JACK
Figure 4: Connecting an external signal processor to the mixer's aux loop:
(Stereo processor with stereo output jack)
AUX 3/
AUX 4
SEND
JACK
AUX 3/
AUX 4
RETURN
JACK
STEREO
OUTPUT
JACK
(TIP = LEFT,
RING = RIGHT,
SLEEVE = GROUND)
Mono 1/4"
T/S cable Mono 1/4"
T/S cable
Crate #CYC6MS
insert adapter cable
Crate #CYC6MS
insert adapter cable
Stereo 1/4"
T/R/S cable
(See your Crate Pro Audio dealer for the CYC6MS adapter cable.)