Aviom A-16 - Manual (Page 51)

Aviom A-16 Personal Monitor Mixing System
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The example will use a band with a rhythm section (keyboards, bass, drums, and
guitar) and a lead singer. Assume that all of the instrumentalists sing background
vocals. The example assumes that you do not want to use any other type of output
from the mixer. With four Aux Sends available on the mixing board, four indepen-
dent sub-mixes can be sent to the A-16 Transmitter and then on to the A-16 Mixer
units.
The first task is to separate the instrumental and vocal parts into four sub-mixes.
Imagine that we want a separate controllable level for the lead singer, background
singers, drums, and the rest of the instruments. So, Aux Send 1 is assigned to Lead
Vocals, Aux Send 2 is assigned to Background Vocals, Aux Send 3 is assigned to the
drums, Aux Send 4 is assigned to the instruments. All that’s left to do is connect four
cables from the mixing board’s Aux Sends to the A-16 Transmitter.
Turning up the Aux Send 1 level on the mixing console sends the lead vocal to the
A-16 Transmitter. Since there is only one singer, there’s no sub-mixing or balance
setting required.
The four musicians who sing background vocals will need to be blended at the main
mixer. This will be done by sending audio from each of their microphones into Aux
Send 2. By changing the aux send level, you control the blend of the four singers,
without affecting the mix created by the faders on the main mixer.
The same concept used to create a mix of all the background singer’s microphones is
used for the drum kit and the instruments. The drums are sent to Aux Send 3, while
the instruments are sent to Aux Send 4. At each musician’s A-16 Mixer, a custom
mix can now be created. The singer can have more instruments, the drummer can
have less background vocals and no drums in the mix, the instrumentalists can have
their own background vocal level, etc.
Studio Cue System
In the studio, the flexibility of the Personal Monitor Mixing System will give
performers more control of their headphone cue mix. At the same time it allows
the engineer to spend less time fussing with the cue mix and more time making the
tracks sound great.
Making a cue mix from a recording console is essentially the same as when using a
live mixing board. If your board has direct outputs or unused auxiliary sends, you
can use the same techniques as described for live audio monitor mixes.
Playback Monitoring
In the studio, performers also need to listen back to tracks they have just recorded.
If each performer is using a different mix while recording, playback of the track will