The Fader Button
This leads us neatly into use of the FADER button. In the last example on the previous
page, the Routing Matrix can be bypassed altogether by simply hitting FADER. This
will send Channel 35’s source mic, post-Small Fader, direct to Group 35 without going
via the Routing Matrix. The benefit of this is that there will be fewer stages in the
signal path. The disadvantage with this method of overdubbing is that you have to re-
plug the mic each time you wish to move to another track.
Note that the FADER button on channels above Channel 48 can be used to feed post
channel fader signals to the same numbered Group Outputs. These Group Outputs
cannot, of course, be accessed via the Routing Matrix in the normal way. For more on
the FADER button, see Section 3.
By the way, for analogue machines, the multitrack may be switched to the Replay head
in MIX mode, if this facility has been wired; whenever the RECORD status button is
selected, as in MIX + RECORD, the multitrack will be switched to the Sync head.
All this shows that there are many ways to carry out a particular task. If you are new
to the system it may cause some confusion, but the whole philosophy behind the
console is to provide alternatives and to allow an engineer, who knows the system
well, some choice. A fixed routing path would be simpler to learn but would soon
limit the engineer’s ability to work quickly and get the best out of the equipment and
the performer.
As you spend more and more time on the console, the many possibilities will start to
become obvious and will allow you to work faster and with more options than any
other system available.
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