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mixaholic
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i have a yamaha mg10/2 and i have a gain control, summing gain, and an output control. i only use my mixer as a mic preamp so all i'm doing is running my mic through the mic preamp and that's it. i was wondering should i set the summing gain for that one channel that i'm using to all the way up since and the output to low so it wouldn't distort? or should i set the summing gain to a lower setting and the output higher? i read that the "summing gain" is where the actual mixing takes place of all the signals but i'm only using 1 channel which is for my 1 mic so how should i set the summing amp? should it be high or what? and how should the output be set? i know people are going to reply "it depends on what you're recording" lol but i'm just curious on how the summing gain works if you're only using one channel. doesnt that make it just like the output? so basically what its the difference in the summing amp and the output when you're only using 1 channel so there isnt a whole lot of mixing that the summing gain needs to do because only one channel is occupied. thanks