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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Rheaume" data-source="post: 138917" data-attributes="member: 9043"><p>Re: X32 Discussion</p><p></p><p>Jay, </p><p> Thanks for taking the time to reply in such detail!</p><p>I'm actually a guitar tech for a touring band, so I'm not normally the guy behind the console at FOH -- however, </p><p>I am also a musician with a home studio, so the bulk of my experience running a desk is through that paradigm.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm not surprised that the board has master FX return channels, but I suppose I was approaching this much differently.</p><p>My thought was to send channels to a bus that had an effect inserted on the bus itself. This is how it is mostly done in </p><p>a DAW like Cubase -- send your channels in varying amounts to a bus that has a VST insert on it.</p><p></p><p>So do you gain anything by using the actual FX return channel? By inserting the FX on the bus itself, it seems you would have the ability to use all 8 FX in parallel (inserted into 8 respective buses) as opposed to 4 series inserted on channels/buses & 4 series/parallel inserted on buses and returned to the master FX return bus?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>As far as this hiss and gainstaging -- while I am no expert, I am actually quite familiar with gainstaging as it pertains to a studio recording environment, and I approached this digital desk the same way. I've received and read numerous answers about looking for improper gain, but the hiss I reported was present right after initializing the entire console, with nothing connected to any channel, and with the master L/R fader muted and pulled all the way down. The idea that the power amps may be running too hot is very possible, but these are self powered speakers without a trim control. It seems like my only option is to buy or build an inline attenuator. This isn't such a big deal. I can't stress enough that the hiss is not out of control, it just sounds like my old analog A&H Mixwizard with everything pushed really hard. I was mostly just confused at how this was even possible with a master fader muted...but thinking about it as a digital gain before the DAC does account for this.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for your help!</p><p>-Daniel</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daniel Rheaume, post: 138917, member: 9043"] Re: X32 Discussion Jay, Thanks for taking the time to reply in such detail! I'm actually a guitar tech for a touring band, so I'm not normally the guy behind the console at FOH -- however, I am also a musician with a home studio, so the bulk of my experience running a desk is through that paradigm. I'm not surprised that the board has master FX return channels, but I suppose I was approaching this much differently. My thought was to send channels to a bus that had an effect inserted on the bus itself. This is how it is mostly done in a DAW like Cubase -- send your channels in varying amounts to a bus that has a VST insert on it. So do you gain anything by using the actual FX return channel? By inserting the FX on the bus itself, it seems you would have the ability to use all 8 FX in parallel (inserted into 8 respective buses) as opposed to 4 series inserted on channels/buses & 4 series/parallel inserted on buses and returned to the master FX return bus? As far as this hiss and gainstaging -- while I am no expert, I am actually quite familiar with gainstaging as it pertains to a studio recording environment, and I approached this digital desk the same way. I've received and read numerous answers about looking for improper gain, but the hiss I reported was present right after initializing the entire console, with nothing connected to any channel, and with the master L/R fader muted and pulled all the way down. The idea that the power amps may be running too hot is very possible, but these are self powered speakers without a trim control. It seems like my only option is to buy or build an inline attenuator. This isn't such a big deal. I can't stress enough that the hiss is not out of control, it just sounds like my old analog A&H Mixwizard with everything pushed really hard. I was mostly just confused at how this was even possible with a master fader muted...but thinking about it as a digital gain before the DAC does account for this. Thanks for your help! -Daniel [/QUOTE]
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