Using Aux Sends in Analog and Digital Mixers for Effects Loops

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[diegus]

You should also make a video tutorial on how to make a video tutorial. This is exactly what I needed but when I put a search on YouTube, videos were like 45 minutes long and the guy just went on and on and on. Thank you so much for this nice concise video!

[rettcobb]

This is really helpful. It's funny how, as soon as somebody starts talking about these aspects of looping and patching etc--even super experienced and skilled guys--they just don't seem to know how to verbalize the logic clearly. I guess the loops make their brains loop. So it's nice that this fellow really knows how to make ir clear to the viewer. Nice job.

[sixstring]

Thx for the awesome video, took a while to find vids on using auxs for external efx..thx again!

[SRFJTrio]

Wish I'd see this years ago. Fantastic explanation.

[peter-paulburns]

Very good video. Would it be possible to connect a compressor in the same way through the Aux?

[digsdorito]

I use a single 1/4 inch stereo jack that has split
Left & Right 1/4 jacks on the other end. I:
1) Plug single stereo 1/4 jack into Insert on audio mixer
2) plug the left (white) into the FX INPUT
3) plug the Right (red) into the FX OUTPUT.
I do this to create an FX loop on a single channel. It works with my reverb guitar pedal.

[wtc]

Fantastic information - so well explained. Many thanks!!

[abelgeovannygarcialopez]

Incredible, you are a master, greetings from Nicaragua, Central America, I wanted to know how to connect an RC-300 to the 1202fx console and make all the channels LOOP, using the FX, but without losing the effects of the console, just bring the loop signal to the console, I don't know if I make myself understood, bring the loop pedal signal to the console, but continue using the effects of this same console, I would appreciate your help

[frankiepcastle]

Thank you.. your video is still essential...

[thusithagunawardena]

Thank you so much for this. Very clear explanation and easy to understand 👌👌👌👏👏👏🌹🌹🌹

[bhekimkhwanazi]

thanks for sharing your great knowledge and please tell me wich button knob you are using to control reverb on channels, , is AUX KNOB BUTTON OR GAIN KNOB BUTTON?

[kingorbit]

damn you are an awesome explainer / illuminator.

[DavidMoviez]

T H A N K you for these videos... A W E some. I was looking for this for AGES!

[KutAnimus]

TY for explaining! Is it also possible to not have original signal but only wet signal in sends?

[maypikee]

Does Aux send cable needs to be stereo jack cable or mono is ok?

[BruceT-rgbp]

can you please help me? I have the echo/Mic amplifier which has the echo effects only apply to the microphone slots. Meaning I have to connect the microphone to one of the 2 Mic slots to get the echo. Can I connect the mono 1/4" jack from the Mixer to the the Mic slot on this Echo/Mic amplifier? This way I can connect 4 MIc connected to the Mixer. Thanks a lot

[gala]

Thank you that really helped. I was trying to figure this out on my mixer. Thank you really appreciate it.

[brianly]

After you sent the signals out of aux 1 to the effect in on the effect board and the last two cables you connected from the effect board out are they both came out of the put of the effect board or came out of one in and one out of the effect going back to the stereo return? I would appreciate it if you could comment back..

[truckstophooligans]

how do you get the internal effects into the AUX send for a monitor mix? Our AUX mix is dry. We can't seem to figure it out on our Behringer XENYX X2442 which looks kind of similar to the one you're using here.

[whenshemethimmusic]

simple and straight to the point! thanks!