Specifications

S3L System Guide106
Selecting Aux and Variable Group Pre
Pickoff Points
Each input channel Aux or Var Group send can be set as pre- or
post-fader. You can specify the pre-fader pickoff point for Aux
and Variable Group busses.
Pickoff points are set for each bus independently. If any busses
are linked, the pickoff point is set for the linked bus pair. The fol-
lowing pre-fader pickoff points for Aux and Variable groups bus-
ses are available:
Pre-EQ Post-HPF and pre-EQ, Dynamics and Channel Inserts,
pre-Mute, and pre-Fader. The Aux or Var Group send is not af-
fected by the channel mute.
Pre-EQ Post-Mute Post-HPF and pre-EQ, Dynamics and Chan-
nel Inserts, post-Mute, and pre-Fader. The Aux or Var Group
send is affected by the channel mute.
Pre-Mute Post-HPF, post-EQ, Dynamics, and Channel Inserts,
pre-Mute, and pre-Fader. The Aux or Var Group send is not af-
fected by the channel mute.
Pre-Fader Post-HPF, post-EQ Dynamics, and Channel Inserts,
post-Mute, and pre-Fader. The Aux or Var Group send is affected
by the channel mute.
To set the pre pickoff point for an Aux or Variable Group send:
1 Go to Options > Busses.
2 In the Auxiliaries section, select a pre pickoff point for any of
the busses or linked bus pairs by clicking the
Pre-EQ, Pre-EQ
Post Mute, Pre-Mute
, or Pre-Fader button.
Setting a Send to Pre-Fader
To set an Aux or Variable Group send to pre-fader:
1 Go to the Inputs page and select the channel with the Aux send
you want to set to pre-fader.
2 Do any of the following:
• To set an Aux send to pre-fader, click the corresponding
PRE button in the Aux Sends section.
• To set a Variable Group send to pre-fader, press the Stereo
Pan button in the
Bus Assign section to display Var Groups,
then click the corresponding
PRE button.
When the Pre button is lit, the selected Pre pickoff point is used.
When the Pre button is off, the pickoff point is Post-Fader.
Classifying Auxes for Snapshots
You can classify Aux Sends and Variable Groups as monitor
sends (“Mon”) or as effects sends (“FX”) for the purposes of
scoping and safing each type separately in snapshots. See “Clas-
sifying Aux Sends” on page 211.
Routing Auxes and Variable Groups to
Outputs, EQs, Dynamics and Plug-Ins
You can route Aux and Variable Group busses to hardware out-
puts and Direct Outs. You can also insert plug-ins and built-in
Graphic EQs on any Aux and Variable Group bus, and use the
built in Comp/Lim and EQ processors on any Aux and Variable
Group bus.
For details, see the following:
Effects Send/Return See “Creating an Effect Send/Return” on
page 107.
Hardware Outputs See “Assigning Busses to Hardware Outputs”
on page 89.
Direct Outs See “Direct Outputs” on page 95.
Graphic EQ See “Inserting Built-In Graphic EQs on Outputs” on
page 92.
Inserts See “Using Inserts on Outputs” on page 91.
Built-In Comp/Lim and EQ See “Using Built-In Comp/Lim and
EQ on Outputs” on page 90.
Aux bus pickoff points
Activating Pre pickoff for an Aux Send (Inputs page shown)