Re: Looping with a mixer

[John McIntyre <mcintyre@pa.msu.edu>]

Estan Milko wrote:

>  >to make sure that the next mixer I buy has effects send.
>
> Of course it is not that simple.  More than one effect send is better
> than just one.
> And there's the matter of pre-fader and post-fader sends.  Pre-fader
> means the
> signal from the module/turntable/source gets sent to the send before
> it reaches the
> fader in the mixer.  Post-fader means the signal goes to the send
> after it is effected
> by the fader in the mixer.  Post-fader means the signal sent to the
> effect will vary as
> you move the fader.  Pre-fader will not vary with the fader level:
> this allows you to have
> the effected signal even while the fader on the source is all the way
> down; i.e., just
> effect, no source.
>
> John McIntyre
> Physics - Astronomy Domine Dept
> Michigan State University
> mcintyre@pa.msu.edu