PRESONUS StudioLive24.4.2 - Aux Bus Mixing; Monitor Mixing

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6. Press the Select button for Subgroup 3 and assign the group to the Main output.
(Because a delay can increase the signal’s volume quite dramatically, you may
want to experiment with the delay at its most intense setting, with EFX A’s output
turned up, and use the limiter for Subgroup 3 to keep the level under control.)
The level of the vocal delay is now controlled by the Subgroup 3
fader, and you can use it to season the reggae band’s performance.
The Tap button allows you to go one step further and set the
tempo of the delay to match the tempo of the song.
There are several advantages to assigning an eect like delay or reverb
to a subgroup rather than simply leaving it on the eects aux bus:
t You can quickly add or subtract the eect by grabbing a fader.
t The eect can be muted or soloed.
t The performers on stage can have a dierent amount of the eect in
their monitor mix than the audience hears in the main mix, enabling
you to reduce the possibility of feedback while providing the
performers with the tools they need for their best performance.
8.5 Aux Bus Mixing
The Aux bus provides outputs to create auxiliary mixes that are separate
from the main and subgroup mixes. The StudioLive is equipped with 12
aux buses: Aux 1 through 10, which have physical output jacks, and EFX A
and B, which are the internal eects buses. Aux buses can be used for many
applications, the two most common of which are creating monitor mixes
and inserting external eects processors into the mix. As with the subgroup
buses, the StudioLive allows you to add global dynamics processing and
EQ to these aux buses, in addition to individual channel processing.
8.5.1 Monitor Mixing
Creating custom monitor mixes for your musicians is critical. If musicians
can’t hear themselves or their bandmates, their performance will suer. A
monitor mix can be mono or stereo. Most often, an individual live monitor
mix is mono and is sent to a oor-wedge or sidell monitor. (The obvious
exception is in-ear monitor systems.) A studio monitor mix is usually stereo
and is sent to a headphone amplier, so it requires both a left- and a right-
channel input. In both cases, the function of the aux bus is the same.
1. As an example, let’s create a mono monitor mix on Aux 1. To begin, press the
Mix button in the Aux 1 section. The meter section of the StudioLive will display
the amount of send to this aux bus from each of the 24 channels. Keep in
mind that the aux mix is completely independent of every other output (main
bus, subgroups, direct out, etc.). The encoders below each meter control the
channel send level to Aux 1. Use these encoders the same way that you use
the faders to set the output level to your main mix. Ask your musicians what
they would like in their monitor mix and use their requests as a starting point.
2. By pressing the Select button for Aux 1, you can add dynamics processing
and EQ to the overall monitor mix. These are especially useful for eliminating
feedback in a monitor. Keep in mind that an equalizer can also be used to
increase the presence of an instrument by boosting that particular frequency
range without necessarily boosting the volume in the mix. This is great for
getting the lead guitar to cut through in the guitarist’s monitor mix and to
provide that extra rumble in the bassist’s mix. You can listen to the aux mixes
you are creating, using your headphones or your control-room monitor, by
simply soloing the aux and selecting Solo as the source in the Monitor section.
Aux Bus Mixing 8.58.4 Subgroup Mixing