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Sound Advice
by Leon Sievers
Sound Professional
October 13, 2007






A mixer may have 12, 24, 36 or upward of 56 channel strips. That’s a lot of knobs! But remember that most channel strips are exactly alike, and once you learn the features and operation for a single channel strip. Therefore you can simply repeat the process for the input, aux send and eq for each channel strip, bearing in mind that each instrument or vocal will require it’s own unique adjustments.

One of the best ways to become familiar with a console is to spend a some time in practice. First, you'll need a sound source, or a selection of sound sources. There are two types of sources you could use: one is an acoustic source picked up by a microphone; the other is a direct source, such as tape or CD. I suggest you begin by using a tape or CD player, connected to a line input of your mixer.You'll also need decent headphones or some good quality studio monitors connected to the control room or main mixer outputs. By monitoring the console output as directly as possible, you will be able to hear qualitative changes as you make them - including subtle differences room acoustics or ambient noise would otherwise obscure.

The idea is to send your program source through an input channel, play with the various channel controls (EQ, pan, etc.), and monitor the results. You may want to connect your source to a stereo channel to do some of your tests and then connect to a mono input to discover the differences. The stereo and mono inputs may differ, for example, in the EQ control available. Also, listen to how the pan (or balance) control differs on a stereo channel from the pan on a mono channel.

The area you'll want to spend the most time with is the EQ. Listen to a variety of program material to determine how your mixer's channel EQ affects the sound of the signal. Some of the best recordings to use include male speaking voices and solo recordings of piano, violin and guitar. The higher the recording quality the better, but almost any recording will give you some idea of what your EQ will do.

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