User's Manual

Setting up a mix 41
XL8 Control Centre
Quick Reference Guide
Any pair of 48 mix buses can be locked onto the control surface of the input bays on an
individual channel-by-channel basis, so that the two most crucial auxes for each
channel (most pertinent effects auxes, main artistes’ foldback, etc.) can be available at
all times. For more information, see “Programming the mix preset” on page 43.
>> To select the mix bus mode
1 In the mix bay, select the aux you want. If necessary, navigate it to the control
surface first (see “To navigate to a pair of mix buses” on page 25).
2 In the mix bay, press the quick access
button that is adjacent to the direct
input section of the output channel strip.
This assigns the configuration detail area
to the GUI channel strip, which contains
the bus MODE button.
3 In the GUI channel strip, click MODE repeatedly to cycle
through the mix modes (mix, group and mix minus) to
choose the one you want. The currently selected mix mode
is displayed in text to the right of the MODE button.
Group mode is fader only with no pre-fader. In mix minus
mode all buses are initially routed — you have to switch a
bus routing switch on to take it out of the mix. For
information about stereo mix mode, see “Linking” on
page 42.
>> To set up a mono aux
mix
1 Making sure that the mix bus is not linked, select the bus mode as mix (see “To
select the mix bus mode” above).
2 In the mixes section of the desired input channel (see Figure 13 “Mix sections in
the input bays” on page 40), press the (store) quick access button. This selects
the channel and assigns the mixes detail area to the GUI channel strip.
If necessary navigate the channel to the control surface first (see “How to
navigate” on page 25).
3 Do the following:
a Press PRE to select pre-fader (on) or post-fader (off). Button status is
only available on the GUI (see Figure 14 on page 40).
b Press ON to route the aux mix from input to aux output.
c Adjust the level control knob to change the signal level.