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<blockquote data-quote="Geoff Doane" data-source="post: 42480" data-attributes="member: 1155">Re: Aux 1/2 and 3/4 switchable?Tim pretty much nailed it.&nbsp; I had one of these (the Crest GT) for years, and put the vocal FX (DDL and reverb) on AUX 1 and 2, and the other two reverbs (for the rest of the instruments) on 3 and 4.&nbsp; I can&#039;t ever think of a time I felt limited by that.&nbsp; Monitor sends were on AUXes 5 to 8.&nbsp; When Crest designed the console, I think perhaps they thought that 1-4 would be monitor sends, because the FX returns have sends for 1-4 (switchable, in pairs), but not 5-8, and on my console (a very early one) AUXes 1-4 were on XLR (typical for connecting to a snake), and 5-8 were TRS (typical for nearby FX).&nbsp; My solution was to modify the FX returns so that they routed to 5-8 instead, and even got some green caps for the knobs from Crest so they would match the other 5-8 sends.&nbsp; There wasn&#039;t much demand for FX in the monitors anyway though.&nbsp; They fixed this shortcoming by adding concentric pots for the orange sends (1-4) on the GTx, and also added a variable HPF, IIRC.&nbsp; &nbsp; GTD</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Geoff Doane, post: 42480, member: 1155"] Re: Aux 1/2 and 3/4 switchable? Tim pretty much nailed it. I had one of these (the Crest GT) for years, and put the vocal FX (DDL and reverb) on AUX 1 and 2, and the other two reverbs (for the rest of the instruments) on 3 and 4. I can't ever think of a time I felt limited by that. Monitor sends were on AUXes 5 to 8. When Crest designed the console, I think perhaps they thought that 1-4 would be monitor sends, because the FX returns have sends for 1-4 (switchable, in pairs), but not 5-8, and on my console (a very early one) AUXes 1-4 were on XLR (typical for connecting to a snake), and 5-8 were TRS (typical for nearby FX). My solution was to modify the FX returns so that they routed to 5-8 instead, and even got some green caps for the knobs from Crest so they would match the other 5-8 sends. There wasn't much demand for FX in the monitors anyway though. They fixed this shortcoming by adding concentric pots for the orange sends (1-4) on the GTx, and also added a variable HPF, IIRC. GTD [/QUOTE]

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