Audient ASP8024 Large Format Recording Console - Manual (Page 19)

Operation Manual
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Using the ASP8024
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This allows after fade (post fade) signals
to be heard on the monitors and viewed
on the main stereo meters.
AUXILIARIES
Sometimes known as auxiliary sends these
are used as secondary mix buses. The
mixes created on these buses are then
used to feed effect units or are fed back to
the performers as a Foldback feed. Every
channel has access to the auxiliary mixes
and the contribution of any channel can
be varied by using the appropriate auxiliary
level control.
AUXILIARY MASTER
Associated with every auxiliary there is an
auxiliary master control to give overall level
control rather than having to adjust the
contribution from every channel.
Auxiliaries can be switched pre or post
fader and be allocated to either the SF or
LF signal paths. A further switch assigns
the controls to a different pair of auxiliary
buses, reducing the number of controls
needed for a given number of auxiliaries.
BOUNCING
Bouncing (or track bouncing to give it its
full name) is the process of moving one or
more tracks from their existing position(s)
to a new track. This is most often done in
order to free up more tracks for recording.
BUS MASTER
Inputs are assigned to group outputs
through a bus enabling one or many inputs
to be assigned to the same bus. The group
outputs usually correspond to inputs on
the multi-track recorder. Each bus then has
a mixing amplifier whose gain can be
controlled by the Bus Master Trim. This
allows the level to a multi-track input to
be raised or lowered without having to
adjust the individual level of each channel
routed to that track. The faders can still
be used to adjust the relative levels of
channels.
CUT
The cut or mute control is used to silence
(mute) a signal path when it is not in use.
This removes the noise contribution from
that source leading to a quieter mix. There
are cut switches in both the SF and LF
signal paths.
DIM
This allows the control room loudspeaker
levels to be reduced by a preset amount.
Dim will be brought into action
automatically when talkback is used
preventing howl round.
EQUALISER
Equalisers are what would be referred to
as tone controls on consumer equipment.
Equalisers are divided into a number of
bands - 4 in this case. There is scope to
adjust high and low frequencies and two
bands of middle (mid) frequencies. The
high and low frequency sections are
shelving and the turnover frequency is
switchable. The middle frequency sections
are peaking and the frequency of the peak
(or dip) is adjustable. It is also possible to
alter the Q of the mid sections with a pot,
making the Q continuously variable
between two values. In line consoles often
have the facility for the equaliser to be split
such that it can be used partly in the
channel path and partly in the monitor
path. The SF switches on the 8024
equalisers allow the HF/LF and MID
equalisers to be independently switched
into the SF signal path.
FLIP
Flip allows the inputs to the signal paths
to be swapped. Normally the LF path will
carry the TAPE input, however, with FLIP
pressed it will carry the MIC/LINE input
while the TAPE input will travel through
the SF path.
FOLDBACK
Foldback is a mix that is returned to the
performers in the studio in order that they
can play in time with what is already
recorded. It could simply be the console
stereo output although more usually it is
taken from a pair of auxiliary buses
allowing a different mix to be created.
Talkback may also be included on the
foldback outputs enabling communication
with the artists.
IN LINE
This refers to a type of console which
contains two signal paths within a module.
The channel signal path is used to feed a
multi-track tape recorder while the monitor
path is used to carry the output of the
multi-track recorder through to the stereo
mix bus. In line consoles can be more
compact than split consoles or can carry
more channels for a given size. The
possibility of switching signals between
the two paths and of sharing facilities
between the paths makes the in line
concept a very attractive one.
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