Hey- This does help. I spent a while today rewiring stuff and have some new issues. The a,b,c,d pots on each individual "in" (1-16) they are just a trim before it actually gets to the main a,b,c,d, where you can also adjust the volume? It seemed like it didnt have that much control over the overall volume, but a little. Also, the foldback send is going into another mixing board, (just because it has a good amount of headphone outs) but it is making a very noisy hum. Would you say that is the foldback send, or the wire. It is an old wire. Another thing......the studio monitors. Right now I am just using some chinese made stereo speakers. The volume is rather low. Any idea? Would better speakers be louder? I wouldnt guess that they would be, but I guess it is a possibility.
Okay, and here is the major complication. The sub return.....I am going into the board, to the sub, to the computer. I am then returning/monitoring the computer plugin effects via the sub return. Is this the proper layout? I mean, I am on sub return 2, because 1 is a little busted on the back.....but my point is, it would seem like there was one major return, instead of returning it to an individual sub channel and then being able to hear it through the foldback. Jeez, I hope this makes sense. It is coming together. Should I be realizing that everyones signal flow is a little different. My main goal is to be able to give each musician a good headphone mix, where they can ask for more or less of anything. Ok thanks! Colby -----Original Message----- From: Matt Syson <[email protected]> To: neotek <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, Jul 17, 2011 4:33 pm Subject: Re: NEOTEK: Signal Flow questions/foldback on Series 2. Hi Auxiliary outputs, Echo sends and Foldback are basically the same things but given different names to help the operator work out what is going where. There may be some differences in actual routing, maybe fixed pre or post the fader sends for example. ER echo Return is simply a nicely labelled control to bring a signal from your echo unit (almost definitely not in the desk) back onto the stereo mix. Foldback outs are usually fed to headphone amplifiers or maybe speakers (like stage wedges). Some 'Foldback' desks can end up having more output paths than input channels, a kind of 'un-mixer' and is effectively a matrix with pots on each path. Having a load of foldback outs can be handy if you have several bits of outboard FX to use. Not sure if this helps. Matt S On 17/07/2011 19:22, Colby Wallace wrote: Hey All- So, I have some questions....alot actually. I am not a trained engineer, so please pardon any of my shortcomings. Okay, I have a mid-80's Series 2 console. I had it hooked up just utilizing the basics. I had mics in, sent to subs, subs out to computer. What I am trying to do now, is actually utilize evrything the board has to offer. Hmm. Okay, so my predicaments...... I had not used any "foldback" features on the board. I am still not completely sure of this function. My guess is that next to each mic/line in is these a,b,c,d knobs. The A and B are to act as headphone monitor controls? Does the board....this is going to sound real dumb.....does the board have a built in echo unit. The c and d are echo levels it says. Also, there 2 channels that are ER, which is Echo Return. My goal is to have the line in, sent to the subs to go out, but also to this foldback thing so each player can monitor/adjust what they are hearing the other players doing. I have the signal going to the computer, and I have it returning to the board,but the affects I use on the computer are not being heeard when I return it back to the board. I would ideally like the musician to be able to play and in real time hear what this, in essense, is a piece of outboard gear is adding to the sound. I hope this makes sense. If anyone would just want to tell me their signal flow choices, that would be informative too. It just seems that now with the foldback in the picture, the signal is being split up in so many places, and I am kind oflosing track of what is actually in control of the signal going out. Also, like I said I cant seem to understand why the signal going to the comp. is not playing the added affects in real time on the foldback mix. Okay, thanks, Colby
