mixer question

[tmcbrinn]

I read in a book last night that if you have a mixer with an effects insert jack, you could use that in place of a direct outs. It said that you just stick the plug in half way, and it only send the audio without interfearing with the signal flow. Is this true? If it is, then there would be no point in getting a mixer with direct outs if one could live without the effects insert jacks.

 

[Larry Sheehan]

Absolutely true. Plug in till the first click is felt. The advantage to direct outs is that you can insert a compressor or other device, return it to the headphone mix and still have a direct out without resorting to a Y cord.

 

[tmcbrinn]

Cool! I mainly wanted a mixer with D.O.'s for live recordings, but they seem to come along with all this stuff which makes it cost more. Now I can get the 16 track mixer I wanted, use the inserts as D.O.'s, and probably save $600!. Thanks.