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Owner’s Manual
Owner’s Manual
24. Mute Switches
Mute switches do just what they sound like they do.
They turn o the signal by “routing” it into oblivion.
Engaging a channel’s mute switch (almost) provides
the same results as turning the fader all the way down
(a pre-aux send is not aected by the channel fader,
but it is by the mute switch).
Any channel assignments to the main mix, subgroup
-2 or subgroup 3-4 will be interrupted and all of the
aux sends will be silenced (both pre- and post-fader).
The channel insert will continue to provide a
signal when a channel is muted. The mute button will
illuminate when a channel's mute switch is engaged.
Mute switches are available on all ProFXv3
mixers except the ProFX6v3.
25. Assign Switches
[ProFX2v3, ProFX6v3,
ProFX22v3, ProFX30v3]
Alongside each channel fader are buttons referred
to as channel assignment switches. Used in conjunction
with the channel’s pan knob, they are used to determine
the destination of the channel’s signal.
With the pan knob at the center detent, the lef
and right sides receive equal signal levels (main
mix L/R, sub -2 and sub 3-4). To feed only one
side or the other, turn the pan knob accordingly.
If you are doing a mixdown
to a 2-track, for example,
simply engage the main mix
switch on each channel that
you want to hear, and they will
be sent to the main mix bus.
If you want to create a group
of certain channels, engage
either the -2 or 3-4 switches
instead of the main mix,
and they will be sent to
the appropriate subgroup
faders. From there, the groups
may be sent back to the main
mix (using the group assign
switches above the group
faders), allowing you to use
the group faders as a master
control for those channels.
If you are creating new
tracks or bouncing existing
ones, you will also use the -2
and 3-4 switches, but not
the main mix switch. Here you
do not want the groups sent
back into the main mix bus, but sent out,
via the sub out jacks, to your multitrack inputs.
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26. PFL Solo Switches
[ProFX2v3, ProFX6v3,
ProFX22v3, ProFX30v3]
When a channel’s solo switch is engaged, any existing
selection is replaced by the solo signal, appearing
at the control room outputs, phones and at the lef
meter. The audible solo levels are then controlled
by the CR and phones knobs. The solo levels appearing
on the meters are not controlled by the CR and phones
knob – you would not want that, anyway. What you
do want to see is the actual channel level on the meters
regardless of how loud the control room and phones
output levels might be.
PFL means Pre-Fader Listen (post-EQ). With the PFL
Solo switch engaged, solo will not be aected by a
channel's mute switch position.
Remember, PFL taps the channel signal before
the fader. If you have a channel’s fader set
way below “U” (unity gain), solo will not know
that and will send a unity gain signal to the CR outs,
phones output and meter display, which may raise some
eyebrows.
27. Channel Faders
This is the last control in a channel’s signal path, and
it adjusts the level of each channel onto the main mix.
The “U” mark indicates unity gain, meaning no increase
or decrease of signal level. All the way up provides an
additional 0 dB, should you need to boost a section of
a song. If you find that the overall level is too quiet or
too loud with the level near unity, check that the gain
control is set correctly.
The “Channel Faders” on the ProFX6v3
and ProFX10v3 are actually "Channel Knobs".
But they behave similarly.
28. USB Switch
When engaged, this switch
overrides the /8" input and allows
the USB return – stereo playback
of iTunes® or a DAW via the USB
connection, for example – to flow
through the signal path instead. Like any other input,
this signal may also be EQ’d, sent to an aux bus,
or mixed in with the other signals and assigned
to subgroups or main outs.
USB 3-4