Help me settle an AUX debate on the mackie?

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nbtech_2001

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The Mackie vlz 1640 to be exact.. What I found: All my mics are panned to subgroup 1 which the subgroup 1 output is sent to its own channel to have a graphic EQ inserted (because there is no insert on the subgroups) If I want to send a collective "Aux send" of all my mics (EQ'D and post fader) would I 1.Turn up all the individual Aux 1 sends for each mic channel or 2. Just turn up the Aux 1 send on my dedicated EQ return channel? I'm thinking the latter!! The person who did the setup thinks the earlier!! whats up?!?
 
What is the aux for, an effect like a reverb?

I would use the individual channel aux sends, return the effect to a channel and route it to the same group as everything else. I would then return the group -> eq to an aux return instead of a channel.
 
If you want to hear the mics post eq, then you will have to turn up the aux on the returned channel, it seems to me.
 
maestro_dmc said:
If you want to hear the mics post eq, then you will have to turn up the aux on the returned channel, it seems to me.
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True, but if you're sending the aux to a reverb you could return the reverb to a channel and assign it to the bus -> eq channel. Then you could have different amounts of reverb on each instrument. That's why I asked what the aux send is for, because which way is better depends on the intended use.
 
the aux 1 is being sent to a "Telos" hybrid phone unit designed to output caller audio back into a fader channel so i can pump the mains (speakers) with the caller audio and all my subgrouped mics can be sent via the the EQ'd return channel back to the caller...mix-minus the caller's own audio.
 
If a kick drum gets hit in the forest and no one is there to mic it, does it make a sound?
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HAha!...well, yes and no... that kick drum creates sound pressure...even if there are no ears around to complete it as a sound, it is 50% a sound...the other 50% is made audible by your ears and brain
 
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