Specifications

Effects and Signal Processing
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Channel’s MUTE button, either). As you change fader levels, you may need to make
corresponding adjustments to MON 1 and 2 in order to maintain the desired balance
between dry and effected signal.
Using Aux Returns for extra line inputs
The four Stereo Aux Returns also serve well as additional inputs, in case you run out
of Channels. These are especially good for connecting the outputs of stereo
keyboards, many of which provide on-board signal processing and do not require
any equalization.
Using Effects
Effects such as reverb, chorus and delay are typically wired in a loop from an
Auxiliary Send to a Stereo Aux Return (see the illustration on page Error!
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distortion-free signal flow from an effect device:
SEND
Adjust the send level from the Studio 32 to the effect device using the channel
Aux Sends, the AUXILIARY MASTER, and the input controls of the effect
device itself. This level should be as strong as possible without clipping the
effect device, and without extreme settings on either the mixer or the effect.
RETURN
Assign the Stereo Aux Return to the destinations you want:
• To hear effects in the headphone mix, raise the purple MON 1/2 controls in
the Stereo Aux Return section.
• To hear effects in the control room or record them onto the mixdown deck,
press the L/R assignment switch.
• To record effects onto the multitrack tape deck, press a GRP switch. Aux
Returns A and B can send to GRP 1/2, and Aux Returns C and D can send to
GRP 3/4.
Most complaints of “noisy effects” are due to send levels that are too low and return
levels that are too high. You must structure the gain properly between the Studio
32 and the effect device.
Selecting an Aux Send:
First, you must decide which Auxiliary Sends to use. There are four post-fader sends
from the Studio 32, labeled Aux 3 through Aux 6 because MON 1/2 is considered a
special type of auxiliary send.
• To send a signal to the effect device from the monitor section, press the AUX
SOURCE button down. This selects the post-monitor fader signal as the source
of the AUX 3(5) knob directly below the switch. In a typical installation, Aux
3 is used for effect sends from the monitor.
• To send a signal to the effect device from the channel, use AUX 4 or AUX 6. The
signal source for the lower AUX control always comes from the channel fader.