Basically, the OL lights should never blink.
AUX
UIf they do, youOre courting the potential of au-Part 2 N THE MAIN
dible distortion.
1OUTPUT SECTION
Y If you adjust the channelOs input SENSI-
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TIVITY too high and compensate by pullingNow that you have become more familiar
MON
the faders down, the OL light will still flash with the CR-1604Os channel strips, letOs move our
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N even though youOre seeing conservativeguided tour on to the Master control center.
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levels on the meters.We will start at the top of the section with
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Y If you set SENSITIVITY properly but add a
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LOT of EQ while mixing, you might also
8 STEREO AUX RETURNS LEVEL
35trigger the OL indicator. In this case,
lowering the channelOs SENSITIVITY trimLocated at the upper left of the Master
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Upot will keep from over driving the EQ,Section, these four controls set the overall
which may be clipping.level for signals received via the four stereo
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Aux Returns from whatever effects youOve
00 +157 CHANNEL FADERconnected from the Aux Sends.
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SHIFTAs with the sends, these controls are de-
Controls the overall output of the channel.
0signed to handle a very wide range of signal
HIAll of the AUX SENDS with the exception of
levels (which is a good thing considering the
AUX 1/MON in Monitor mode are affected by
wildly varying output levels of many outboard
this control (AUX 1/MON in Monitor mode is
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signal processors). Remember how the gain
0not affected because it is placed upstream of
MID
was divided on the Aux Send controls? Thethe Fader and EQ, remember?)
same approach is used on these controls. The
Most mixer channel faders are labeled with
�12 +12first half of the knobOs rotation operates from
arbitrary and confusing ranges of digits (such
0off to Unity Gain (0dB) center position. The
LOas 1 thru 10) that donOt correspond to any-
second half of the rotation provides gain from
thing. This often leads to mis-adjustment, as
0dB up to 20dB gain which can be very usefulwell as distortion, noise or all of the above.
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for bringing the level of some low output ef-
EQOn the CR-1604, proper gain settings are
0fects up to professional operating levels.facilitated by the click-detent Unity Setting
half way up the slider. When the channelOs in-
9 AUX RETURN BALANCE
put control has been adjusted properly, Unity
LR
represents NO LOSS OR GAIN when pannedThe four Aux Return Balance controls are
PAN
used to control the left/right balance of each
left or right.
SOLO
returnOs signal (just like on your stereo)
This means you have a known setting
1within the main mix.
which is easily repeatable, even in the dark.
MUTE
ALT 3/4Because levels can be set properly from this
10 AUX RETURN MONO
reference point, you can achieve very high
OLThese four buttons are used to combine
headroom and low noise at the same time.
left and right Stereo Aux Return signals into a
And, unlike any other mixer, you have 20dB
+20monaural signal, which is then sent on inMORE gain above Unity.
equal proportions to the left and right Master
Mix Buses.
NOTE: If all four Stereo Aux Returns are
set to mono, a total of 8 separate mono feeds
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can be routed to the main mix.
If you are connecting an effects device
7which only has a mono out, pressing the AUX
RETURN MONO button will route the effect
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to both the Left and Right main buses.
11 AUX RETURN SOLO
This button is used to solo the four Aux Re-
turns for more detailed scrutiny. This function is
the same as that of the Solo control on the
individual channel strips, except that it solos all
four AUX returns at the same time.
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