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EURODESK SX4882 User Manual

Fig. 3.5: Routing

The level to the subgroup and main mix buses is ultimately determined by the 

channel faders. These are designed to give a smooth logarithmic taper of a 

type more usually associated with the name of some pretty expensive brand ... 

The low level performance particularly is far smoother than that of a normal 

“budget” fader.
The MUTE button (

), like that for SOLO has an LED indicator (

) and 

removes the A-channel signal from all buses, save any auxes set to pre fader. 

It is ergonomically placed immediately above the fader and engaging MUTE is 

equivalent to setting a fader level of minus infinity.

The B-channel (fig. 3.6) comprises a secondary channel with its own high and 

low EQ, pan and level (

, 

, 

 and 

). The EQ is a replica of 

the A-channel shelving EQ. The B-channel ALWAYS feeds into the MIX-B stereo 

bus, but its source can be switched between TAPE, LINE, MIC and A-CHANNEL, 

depending on how 

, 

 and 

 are set (see fig. 3.2 and section 3.2). 

Unusually for an 8-bus console, B-channels also have their own MUTE buttons 

(

). Aux sends 3/4/5/6 may be diverted from the A to the B-channel via 

. 

Therefore, if the B-channel is being used to monitor off-tape, some FX processing 

e.g. reverb and echo can still be applied. (See section 16.3 “Wet monitoring”.)

Fig. 3.6: B-channel

Insert points are useful for adding dynamic processing or equalization to a 

channel, subgroup or the mix. Unlike reverbs, etc., which are usually added to 

the dry signal, dynamic processing is normally applied across an entire signal. 

Here, an aux send would be inappropriate. Instead the signal is intercepted 

somewhere along the channel/subgroup/mix, fed through the dynamics 

processor and/or EQ and then returned to the console at the same point where it 

left. The insert point is invisible or normalized, until a jack is plugged into it.
All subgroups and channels have got insert points, as does the main stereo 

output. Both SEND and RETURN are accommodated on a single stereo 1/4" jack 

socket wired tip=send, ring=return. Inserts are always pre fader and also pre 

EQ / aux sends for channels.
Insert points may also be used as pre EQ direct outputs without interrupting 

the signal flow. This is obvious when looking at the patchbay wiring (section 8, 

fig. 8.1). If you want to insert a dynamics processor post EQ, the insert point must 

either be taken from a subgroup, or via a second channel / aux return as follows:

Insert a compressor/gate/EQ across a subgroup, and route the channel to be 

1) 

processed (and only that channel) to that subgroup.
Alternatively, patch a channel’s direct out into a compressor/gate/EQ. 

2) 

Take the output from that compressor/gate/EQ and feed it back into the 

desk via a secondary input (channel, aux return, etc.).

Figure 4.1 illustrates how you might insert into a channel post EQ for mixdown or 

track-laying (their requirements are different). Mixdown requires one A and one 

B-channel. Recording requires two A-channels.