I've been thinking.. for our fall production (Macbeth) I'd like to be able to individually control the levels at which our minidisk and CD decks send to our four balconly and catwalk monitors (4 of these plus the two main house speakers used to create a 6 channel simulated surround sound). The most conventional method would be to use the four pre-fade aux sends on our Mackie SR-24x4 VLZ Pro, but I'td be quite nice if I could control these levels via faders instead of aux send knobs.
I thought .. maybe we could use a second mixer then?
Would I risk greatly degrading the signal if I were to run my two minidisk decks into Mixer 1 (Mackie SR24x4), then use the channel faders on that board to send to the main mix (house speakers) then put the aux sends at unity or so, then split the aux sends with y-adapters and connect to the linelevel channel inputs on mixer 2, where each channel would send to one of four aux sends on that board which would go to the amps?
If that made any sense at all...
I guess.. Here's an example.
Our minidisk deck 1 would be plugged into channels 1 and 2 on the SR24x4. Channel 1 would send to Aux Send 1. Channel 2 would send to Aux Send Two. Channels 1 and 2 would be labeled "Minidisk 1 House" and the LR button would be pressed.
Mixer 1 Aux 1 would be connected to Mixer 2's channels 1 and 3 using a 'y' adapter
Mixer 1 Aux 2 would be connected to Mixer 2's channels 2 and 4 using a 'y' adapter
Mixer 2 Channel 1 would send to post-fade aux 1
Mixer 2 Channel 2 would send to post-fade aux 2
Mixer 2 Channel 3 would send to post-fade aux 3
Mixer 2 Channel 4 would send to post-fade aux 4
Mixer 2 Chanenls 1 and 2 would be labled "Minidisk 1 Balconly Left and Right"
Mixer 2 Channels 3 and 4 would be labled "Minidisk 1 2nd AP Left and Right"
Mixer 2 Auxes 1 and 2 go to balconly left and right amps, and auxes 3 and 4 go to the 2nd AP left and right amps.
I'd do essentially the same thing for the second minidisk deck, eating up 8 total channels on mixer 2, However, splitting a signal from Mixer 1's aux sends isn't going to cause any ... issues.. will it? Thank you!
Regards,
Matt
I thought .. maybe we could use a second mixer then?
Would I risk greatly degrading the signal if I were to run my two minidisk decks into Mixer 1 (Mackie SR24x4), then use the channel faders on that board to send to the main mix (house speakers) then put the aux sends at unity or so, then split the aux sends with y-adapters and connect to the linelevel channel inputs on mixer 2, where each channel would send to one of four aux sends on that board which would go to the amps?
If that made any sense at all...
I guess.. Here's an example.
Our minidisk deck 1 would be plugged into channels 1 and 2 on the SR24x4. Channel 1 would send to Aux Send 1. Channel 2 would send to Aux Send Two. Channels 1 and 2 would be labeled "Minidisk 1 House" and the LR button would be pressed.
Mixer 1 Aux 1 would be connected to Mixer 2's channels 1 and 3 using a 'y' adapter
Mixer 1 Aux 2 would be connected to Mixer 2's channels 2 and 4 using a 'y' adapter
Mixer 2 Channel 1 would send to post-fade aux 1
Mixer 2 Channel 2 would send to post-fade aux 2
Mixer 2 Channel 3 would send to post-fade aux 3
Mixer 2 Channel 4 would send to post-fade aux 4
Mixer 2 Chanenls 1 and 2 would be labled "Minidisk 1 Balconly Left and Right"
Mixer 2 Channels 3 and 4 would be labled "Minidisk 1 2nd AP Left and Right"
Mixer 2 Auxes 1 and 2 go to balconly left and right amps, and auxes 3 and 4 go to the 2nd AP left and right amps.
I'd do essentially the same thing for the second minidisk deck, eating up 8 total channels on mixer 2, However, splitting a signal from Mixer 1's aux sends isn't going to cause any ... issues.. will it? Thank you!
Regards,
Matt