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<blockquote data-quote="Tim McCulloch" data-source="post: 68288" data-attributes="member: 67">Re: Configuring new board: Routing vocalsI&#039;m not familiar with the way the X32 names things, so I hope this makes sense.&nbsp; If you&#039;re from the Ye Olde Skool of Analog it should...It&#039;s more customary to use an AUX SEND for each effect.&nbsp; For this example we&#039;ll say AUX 1 is a Hall reverb, AUX 2 is a Plate reverb, and AUX 3 is a Delay.&nbsp; It is also customary to use the AUX SEND knob on the individual channel strips to control how much of each input is sent to the effect.&nbsp; Typically each effect is returned to an input channel (like any other source such as a microphone or DI) and that channel assigned to either L/R or an audio subgroup which is then assigned to L/R.&nbsp; So if you want the lead vocal to have the Plate reverb and a bit of delay for slapback echo, you&#039;d simply turn up the AUX 2 and AUX 3 knobs on the that vocal channel.&nbsp; You could then send the background vocals to the Hall reverb with AUX 1.&nbsp; You have complete control over the level of the effects returns by returning them to input channels (and have full EQ and all other input features).&nbsp; Likewise, many mixers have dedicated FX RETURN inputs that provide level, routing and EQ control... some mixers have very basic RETURN features while others have the full complement of an input channel.Using this method you can solo up individual vocals; if you assign vocals to their own subgroup (or &quot;mix bus&quot;) you can solo the vocal blend; you can solo individual effects just as you would a vocal.&nbsp; You should be able to hear the amount of effects in the mix by listening to the PA, but you can always solo the L/R buses in your headphones for confirmation.&nbsp; Also, by returning the FX to either an input (guarantees full routing) or FX RETURN (feature-dependent) you can then send some FX back into the monitors (discouraged, typically, but whatever works for the band) the same way you&#039;d send the singer&#039;s voice back to him/her.This method also allows you to send the delay return to a reverb if you want less of a hard edge to the echo, for example.HTH.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tim McCulloch, post: 68288, member: 67"] Re: Configuring new board: Routing vocals I'm not familiar with the way the X32 names things, so I hope this makes sense. If you're from the Ye Olde Skool of Analog it should... It's more customary to use an AUX SEND for each effect. For this example we'll say AUX 1 is a Hall reverb, AUX 2 is a Plate reverb, and AUX 3 is a Delay. It is also customary to use the AUX SEND knob on the individual channel strips to control how much of each input is sent to the effect. Typically each effect is returned to an input channel (like any other source such as a microphone or DI) and that channel assigned to either L/R or an audio subgroup which is then assigned to L/R. So if you want the lead vocal to have the Plate reverb and a bit of delay for slapback echo, you'd simply turn up the AUX 2 and AUX 3 knobs on the that vocal channel. You could then send the background vocals to the Hall reverb with AUX 1. You have complete control over the level of the effects returns by returning them to input channels (and have full EQ and all other input features). Likewise, many mixers have dedicated FX RETURN inputs that provide level, routing and EQ control... some mixers have very basic RETURN features while others have the full complement of an input channel. Using this method you can solo up individual vocals; if you assign vocals to their own subgroup (or "mix bus") you can solo the vocal blend; you can solo individual effects just as you would a vocal. You should be able to hear the amount of effects in the mix by listening to the PA, but you can always solo the L/R buses in your headphones for confirmation. Also, by returning the FX to either an input (guarantees full routing) or FX RETURN (feature-dependent) you can then send some FX back into the monitors (discouraged, typically, but whatever works for the band) the same way you'd send the singer's voice back to him/her. This method also allows you to send the delay return to a reverb if you want less of a hard edge to the echo, for example. HTH. [/QUOTE]

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