On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 1:06 PM, John Rigg <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 05, 2014 at 10:33:25AM -0800, J. Liles wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 3:18 AM, Stefan Gofferje <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > So, with a select button, it would be possible to take the signal off >> > the primary bus while keeping it on every other (configured and >> > selected) bus, which maybe doesn't have too many use cases in recording >> > but is definitely useful for BC and live-stuff. >> > I guess, also in recording it might be useful for audition talkback or >> > controlroom comms. >> >> Also, regarding this, keep in mind that if you place an Aux module >> BEFORE the default Gain module on a strip, then the MUTE button will >> have the effect of muting/unmuting the mains output of the strip >> without affecting the Aux output. >> > > When I earned a living as a touring sound engineer I developed a strong > dislike > of misconfigured house PA systems that behaved like this. On small venue sound > systems where the front-of-house mixer also controls the sends to monitors, a > channel mute that fails to also mute the monitors can be an expensive > liability. (It may be useful in broadcast applications).
Of course this totally is optional. Part of the concept of Non Mixer is that such things are left up to the user to wire however they prefer.
