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…Add a delay to my guitar?
Again, the delay is available in each channels’ View screen (although it also has its own independent menu). Users can turn the delay
on here; then adjust the delay time, the mix and the feedback level.
…Add a stereo device?
You may have noticed all of the SUMMIT’s inputs are seemingly mono. However, this does not mean that the unit is not 󰘱exible to
stereo inputs! First of all, pick 2 input channels that you wish to connect your stereo input to. These should be an odd-numbered
channel and the even-numbered channel that directly follows it. It is advisable to use the odd-numbered channel as the left input and
the even-numbered as the right.
Enter the System menu and go to the Link/Pair tab. Here you can link the properties of your two mono channels. Paired channels’
linked parameters are: Select, On/Off, Panning, Equalizer, Dynamics, Effects and AUX Send On/Off.
You can then go into your channels’ View menus and pan your inputs’ respective signals to the left and right, as necessary. Panning
can also be accomplished within the Faders menu. By panning the input signals to their respective destinations you’ve e󰘯ectively made
these two channels a single stereo channel.
…Add an effect?
Adding e󰘯ects has been made extremely simple with the E󰘯ects menu. There are two e󰘯ect processors in total, each of which is
independent of the other. To add an e󰘯ect to any input signal, you simply need to go into the E󰘯ects menu and select the desired input
channel as your EFX’s input.
…Correctly set up my EFX, Compressor, Limiter, Gate, Expander, and so forth?
While we can’t suggest any particular settings for your various functions – everybody has di󰘯erent tastes, di󰘯erent requirements – we
have included a range of presets for each function that you may want to try. In the E󰘯ects menu or in the various Dynamic Processor
menus, the header bar at the top of the display will o󰘯er a preset selection window. Test these out to see if you like the settings. If not,
play around with the available parameters slightly to see if you can 󰘰nd a setting you like.
…Get my signal to the computer?
Any time your computer is connected via the USB and FireWire interface (which is optional, we must remind you), the signals from your
SUMMIT’s input channels are automatically sent to the computer for recording. Just select the SUMMIT’s ASIO driver as your audio
device in your software, then setup your tracks and you should be good to go. In Cubase, you’ll need to push F4 to assign your input
channels to buses and then assign these buses to your project’s tracks. This process may di󰘯er on other programs.
…Get a signal back from my DAW software?
But how do you get a signal back to your computer? That’s easy: as well as the 16 inputs you can select, there are also 16 outputs. You
can assign any one of these outputs to your tracks, and monitor or playback these in your software. Each of these outputs corresponds
with an input channel on the SUMMIT.
To activate the return signal from the computer, you just need to push the button with the FireWire or USB logo in the corresponding
View menu. For example, if you assign one of your tracks to output 4, then go into the SUMMIT’s CH4 properties (in the View menu)
and push the appropriate FireWire or USB button, your input signal will be cut o󰘯 and replaced by your return signal.
TIP: With the above in mind, if you want to play your original signal through your main speakers, yet get the return signal (from your
DAW software) back for monitoring, you will have to assign the track in your DAW to a di󰘯erent – preferably unused – output channel.
Then go into this channel’s properties, activate the return signal and monitor it from there.
…Connect an amplier to the SUMMIT?
The easiest way to use the SUMMIT in live situations is to connect the Main XLR outputs on the rear of the SUMMIT to an ampli󰘰er’s
input, or else to the input of a couple of active speakers. For a surround system, you may also want to use the 1/4” Multi outputs. You
can assign any of your AUX or Group mixes to the Multi outputs, so making a submix for your rear speakers should be a piece of cake.
…Solo without cutting off the Main Mix?
When you typically solo a signal, the channel’s send to the main mix is e󰘯ectively cut of and the signal is redirected to the Control Room
mix. To avoid this, you need to set this channel to SOLO SAFE. This is done by entering the View menu, then going into the Control
Room tab. Here you can push the SOLO SAFE button and then select the channel(s) you wish to set as safe solos. When SOLO
SAFE is active on a channel, the word SAFE will appear within the solo button.