Aux Sends are simply what
the name implies, an auxiliary send of the audio signal or source input
for that channel strip. On mixers with "Pre/Post" EQ selector buttons for
these controls, they will come after the EQ section, otherwise they will
be right after the Gain, Trim, etc. This extremely versatile "knob set:
allows you to route the channel signal to an outboard effects processor,
recording device, assistive listening or broadcast output. Additionally
Aux Sends are often used to provide a separate mix for the stage monitors.
The reason for there being more than one Aux Send control on the channel
and more than one Aux Master Control is so that you can mix for more than
one monitor system. The drummer, for example, usually needs to hear himself
and the vocals extra loudly, and the vocalists, of course, need to hear
themselves very loudly while the guitarist might want to hear a predominance
of bass and keyboards because his amp is almost all he can hear.
The EQ or Equalizer section
usually follows the Aux Sends and is usually desirable only on that portion
of the channel signal headed for the FOH system.
For example, stage monitors
operate in a terribly demanding acoustic environment - speakers are close
to mics and everything tends to be very loud. As a result, the best way
to mix for monitors is to treat them as a totally independent system. Large
concert PA's usually have a separate monitor mixer and someone to run it.
Smaller systems still need to treat the monitor mix as separately from
the main mix as possible. That is why the channel signals would not, as
a rule, be EQ'd before being sent to the Mon/Aux busses. That way, the
only equalization they get will be specifically for the stage monitor system.
For that reason, some mixers
have Aux Send controls after the EQ with "Pre/Post" selector buttons to
put the desired ones through the channel EQ ("Post") or to bypass it ("Pre").
In other mixers, one or more of the Mon/Aux controls may simply be after
the EQ (i.e. "post EQ") and are therefore permanently affected by it.
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Used by churches all over the world to help teach worship, the Experiencing Worship study can help your worship team too.
Your team will learn why we worship and gain a better understanding of how to worship.
One user said..."Your 5 week study course has made a tremendous impact on my life in the study of worship... I would like to express my thanks for a well written study course that leads into a higher realm of praise and worship."
This is the debut album by EXW friend Paul Langford. Paul is a Chicago based singer, arranger, keyboardist, producer and conductor. Paul has a career that spans 14 years. Paul's work includes arranging for groups like GLAD, Voices of Liberty, VoiceTrek, The Chicago based "Caroling Party" and Day of Discovery Singers. His arranging has appeared on recordings side by side with greats like Gene Puerling and David Maddux, and he has sung with Don Shelton, Bonnie Herman and Bob Bowker, among others.