Understanding AUX Send on Mackie 1202 VLZ mixer

[Jaxon Bridge]

I am really confused about one little issue regarding the routing of
AUX Send 1 and 2 on the Mackie 1202 VLZ.

This Mixer has 4 mono channel inputs followed by 4 stereo channels for
a total of 12. There are two AUX Send knobs for each channel. This
means that the stereo channels have one AUX Send that combines the
Left and Right channels each AUX Send.

If I have a stereo effects processor connected to the two AUX Send
Outs, I don't understand how the stereo channels' AUX Sends remain in
stereo if in fact both R and L channels are getting sent to both 1 and
2 Outs. Normally, you'd send L to AUX 1 and R to AUX 2, but since the
stereo channels combine R and L, is it still in stereo?

On the first 4 mono channels, it easier to understand, maybe: You
connectd your stereo device to a couple of seperate channels, then
turn AUX 1 up on the L channel, and AUX 2 up on the R, thereby keeping
the AUX Sends separated in stereo, right? But the dedicated stereo
inputs do not have this flexibility, yet I can't imagine they wouldn't
be stereo AUX Sends since it is assumed they are stereo inputs, but I
just don't understand how the routing makes this work.


This is a little confusing. Hopefully someone can straighten me out.


Jaxon

[Mike Rivers]

In article > writes:

> I am really confused about one little issue regarding the routing of
> AUX Send 1 and 2 on the Mackie 1202 VLZ.

> If I have a stereo effects processor connected to the two AUX Send
> Outs, I don't understand how the stereo channels' AUX Sends remain in
> stereo if in fact both R and L channels are getting sent to both 1 and
> 2 Outs.

It doesn't. The stereo channels indeed send a sum of the left and
right inputs to the Aux outputs.

> On the first 4 mono channels, it easier to understand, maybe: You
> connectd your stereo device to a couple of seperate channels, then
> turn AUX 1 up on the L channel, and AUX 2 up on the R, thereby keeping
> the AUX Sends separated in stereo, right?

Right. But understand that most stereo effects, when used in a
send/return configuration don't really need stereo inputs because they
generate two different signals to the left and right outputs from a
single input. In fact it used to be (and may still be) standard
procedure to sum the left and right inputs to a single "engine" which
had two outputs. The reason why such effect processors have two inputs
and two outputs is that they have a wet/dry control. When you have it
set to fully dry (no effect mixed in with the input) the outputs are
the same as the inputs, with left and right separated. But when you
add the effect, the two outputs of the effect "engine" are mixed in
with the left and right outputs.

> This is a little confusing. Hopefully someone can straighten me out.

The simple answer is to not worry about it, unless you're using an
effect that has completely different processing on each channel.

Got it?


--
I'm really Mike Rivers - )

[Joe Bartoldus]

> If I have a stereo effects processor connected to the two AUX Send
> Outs, I don't understand how the stereo channels' AUX Sends remain in
> stereo if in fact both R and L channels are getting sent to both 1 and
> 2 Outs. Normally, you'd send L to AUX 1 and R to AUX 2, but since the
> stereo channels combine R and L, is it still in stereo?

No ,whatever the balance of the L/R inputs are(unless pre is selected
on aux1)will be summed to mono. I believe they had two seperate mono
fx/ cues in mind.