How should I setup my effectprocessors?

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Hi,

I'm having some problems with my effect processors. I don't really know how to set them up. I have them connected to my Mackie 1402-VLZ but I hear some noise if I turn up the output knobs of the processors. And, if I turn up the output of my Zoom RFX-1000 I can even hear music on muted channels on my mixer when I have turned up the aux knobs on that channels. I don't have that problem when I turn down the output knob on the Zoom.

Can someone tell me how I should setup the processors so that I don't have these problems?

Thanks for your help
 
You need to set up a gain structure from the console to the device and then the return to the console.

Try setting up your master send knob to about the 12 to 2 o'clock position. You want the signal for the device to be 100% wet.
Try to get as high a level into the device without clipping.

You are trying to balance the hottest signal possible out of the console, into the device, and then back to the console. If you have one turned up too high and the other not high enough, you can experience noise and other distortion.

If you are hearing an loud hum or buzz you may have a ground-loop problem.

Hope that helps.
 
Thanks Senheiser.

What should I do with the ouput knobs from my effectprocessors?
 
Music said:
Thanks Senheiser.

What should I do with the ouput knobs from my effectprocessors?
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Turn them up? Set them for a hot signal like any other device.

The reason that you were hearing music with the channels muted is because you were probably using a PreFader send. That will send the signal thru the aux send no matter what the fader or mute switch is set at. Good for monitors but tricky for effects.
 
This is sort of a live set up but you could adapt it to recording, I run out of a pre fader aux send into the effects unit and out of the effects unit into the input of another channel. I keep the mix on the effects unit totally wet. That way I have a wet channel and a dry channel. I also have eq on the effects return (the channel eq).

This is as I said a my live set up and it works very well for that. Another nice feature of this set up is that you have a mute on the effects return channel for between songs so you don't have delay while you are just talking. Plus once you have the aux send set and the gain good to the effects unit it you won't have a problem with over loading the FX processor when bringing up the voc's fader, and you have all the headroom you could ever want on the wet channel, so you just mix in your effects with the fader.

(hope that makes some sence)

As for the radio noise, I would start at the mic and work your way tward the effects unit, try swiching mic's, cables, unplugging things.

Tex is on the money about the pre fader send always having output weather the channel is muted or not but I still preffer to run that way.


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