PreSonus StudioLive 24.4.2 - Manual (Page 50)

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4.4 Aux and FX Buses
StudioLive™ 24.4.2/16.4.2
Owner’s Manual
4.4.4 Creating Monitor Mixes
Creating custom monitor mixes is critical. If musicians can’t hear themselves or their
bandmates, their performance will suffer. A monitor mix can be mono or stereo. Most
often, an individual live monitor mix is mono and is sent to a floor-wedge or sidefill
monitor. (The obvious exception is in-ear monitor systems.) A studio monitor mix
is usually stereo because it is sent to a headphone amplifier which requires both a
left- and a right-channel input. In both cases, the function of the aux bus is the same.
As an example, let’s create a mono monitor mix on Aux 1.
1. To begin, press the Mix button in the Aux 1 section. The Fat Channel meters
will display each input channel’s send level to Aux 1. The encoders below
each meter control the channel’s level in the Aux 1 mix. Use these encoders
the same way that you use faders to set the output level to your main mix.
Ask your musicians what they would like in their monitor mix and use their
requests as a starting point.
2. By pressing the Select button for Aux 1, you can add dynamics processing
and EQ to the overall monitor mix. These are especially useful for
eliminating feedback in a monitor. Keep in mind that an equalizer can also
be used to increase the presence of an instrument by boosting that
particular frequency range without necessarily boosting the volume in the
mix. This is great for getting the lead guitar to cut through in the guitarist’s
monitor mix and to provide that extra rumble in the bassist’s mix.
3. Use the Aux 1 Output knob to control the level of the entire aux mix.
4. You can listen to the aux mixes you are creating, using your headphones or
your control-room monitor, by simply soloing the aux and selecting Solo as
the source in the Monitor section.