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Aux Sends have many uses, including:
- Creating monitor or headphone mixes so that performers are able to hear themselves during a live performance or recording.
- Sending signals to some sort of effects processor (reverb, delay, compressor, etc.). ...
- Sending only certain channels into a recording interface. ...
- Creating a submix.
Can you use aux sends for monitors?
To create a monitor mix, start by turning up one of the Aux sends on a channel strip. That sends the channel to an Aux Master, which is then sent to an output of the mixer and the stage monitor connected to the respective Aux output jack. You then need to balance the aux send levels to complement the performer's needs.
Does Aux send stereo?
Each aux output is a mono send. The effects returns are stereo returns. This is quite normal because, typically, you'd be patching a stereo reverb across them: taking a mono input to the reverb and creating a stereo return signal, for example.
Are auxiliary sends balanced?
A: If the aux input carries a stereo signal on a single TRS jack, then it is almost certainly unbalanced. If, however, an aux input supports a stereo signal on two separate left/right jacks, then it is possible that it is balanced or unbalanced.
