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20AN-16/i iN p u t Mo d u l e us e r Gu i d e

If your mixer has direct outputs available, a cable from each channel that you

want to be part of the monitoring system or audio network is connected to

the AN‑16/i inputs. A maximum of sixteen direct outputs can be plugged into

a single AN‑16/i Input Module.

Submixing

If you have more than sixteen direct outputs from a mixer that need to be

monitored in a system using only one AN‑16/i, then some of the channels will

need to be submixed. This can be accomplished on most consoles by using

a bus output (referred to as a group output on some consoles), described

below. A submix is simply a selected group of channels assigned to a single

output.

Bus Outputs

A bus (or group) output is typically used to route audio signals to a recording

device or to control the volume of a group of channels from a single

fader. Most mixers equipped with bus outputs have fewer bus outputs

than channels. Four, eight, or sixteen bus outputs are common mixer

configurations.

To use a bus output with the AN‑16/i Input Module, the individual channels

in your mixer need to be assigned to the desired bus output. This is usually

done with a selector button located somewhere within each channel strip.

Assigning a channel to a bus output does not remove the signal from the

main mix. (Some mixers do allow the option, however.) Specific instructions

about how to use your particular mixer in this case are beyond the scope of

this document. Consult your mixer’s documentation to learn more.

With a number of channels assigned to a bus output, you can then control the

level of the bus independent of the other levels on the mixer. The individual

channel level fader is used to set the relative balance of all channels assigned

to the bus.

The following example shows a typical mixer. Five of the audio channels are

first assigned to bus #1 using the buttons in the channel strip. This routes

their audio signals to the bus output faders seen on the right side of the

mixer. The level for the combined channels is set by this fader. The output

of the bus fader can be patched as needed to a monitoring system, audio

distribution network, recording device, etc.

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