Specifications

Chapter 7: Inputs and Input Routing 71
Chapter 7: Inputs and Input Routing
This chapter describes how to do the following:
• Configure system settings for input channels, including set-
ting the input channel configuration, naming channels,
combining two channels into a stereo channel, and reorder-
ing channels
• Assign input sources to input channels in the Patchbay
• Route input channels to Mains, Groups, and Aux Sends, to
Matrix mixers and other output busses, and to plug-ins
• Adjust input channel parameters
• Store input channel parameters as presets, and recall those
presets
Configuring Inputs
The S3L system provides the following two types of input chan-
nels:
Input Channels Sources for Input Channels include Stage 16 in-
puts, Console, and Engine audio inputs, inputs from Pro Tools,
and inputs from bus-fed plug-ins. Input Channels can be mono or
stereo. Each mono channel controls one input, and each stereo
channel controls two inputs in tandem. Input Channels can appear
on any of the input channel strips. Up to 64 mono Input Channels
are available. Input channels are assigned in banks of 16 to the
channel strips on the S3 control surface.
FX Returns Effects return channels (or FX Returns) are used to
control signals from bus-fed plug-ins and external hardware
(such as outboard effect processors), from USB playback outputs
(for playback of tracks from a connected USB drive), and from
Pro Tools (to monitor a recording, for example). Microphones
can also be assigned to FX Returns. FX Returns are always ste-
reo.
The S3L system can be configured with Input Channels only, or
with a combination of Input Channels and FX Returns. Input
channels can also be named, combined into a stereo channels, and
reordered.