Mono Plug In on Mains

[J2sound]

I'm trying to tune the L/R of the Mains separately but I don't know how to put a mono plugin on left and one on the right. Any suggestions?

Justin

[Sheldon Radford]

Hi Justin,

The LR bus is a stereo bus, so only stereo plug-ins can be inserted. To tune each side separately, route the L bus to one mono matrix, the R bus to a second mono matrix, and then insert mono plug-ins on each of the matrixes.

Sheldon

[J2sound]

Should I just set the gain on the matrix to 0.0dB?

Justin

[Sheldon Radford]

It depends on where and how you want to control the master level.

The easiest approach is to set the input gain for the L and R buses within each matrix to 0 dB, and set the matrix masters to 0 dB. The default pickoff point for the matrixes is post-fader (Options>Pickoffs), so this means any change to the Mains LR fader will also affect the level being sent to the matrixes (which is normally what you'd want).

Sheldon

[emluper]

Hey Sheldon,

Doesn't he then have to take his outputs to the mains from the matrices and not the L/R outs?

[Sheldon Radford]

Doesn't he then have to take his outputs to the mains from the matrices and not the L/R outs?

Correct. The matrix outputs must now be patched (in the Patchbay) to the physical outputs of the console, which then connect to the inputs of the downstream amp/speaker processor.

Sheldon

[Scott Fahy]

I have been using the Matrix outs as my final drive for about a year and like the extra flexibility. We use aux fed subs and front fills and the system sounded better when I pulled the left center right down 3 to 6 db in relation to the subs. I realize I could have done it in the system DSP but not all the operators use the matrix as there final outs.

Scott