Question

My goal is to be able to route my Snare mic to multiple channels so I can use different sounds based on the song being played. I at first thought this would be simple through digital patching. But for some reason digital patching only allows the source to be routed through only one output.

How can I accomplish parallel processing on the 64s? Matrix Mix? 1st hand knowledge on accomplishing this is appreciated.

Answer 1

The solution is not to think where to route a channel TO, but where to source a channel FROM. Example: Snare on channel 1. If you want to hear snare on channel 2, go to the channel 2 settings/patching and select Analog 1 as input for channel 2. If you want to see snare on channels 3 to 5, simply repeat this procedure. Select Audio input 1 as source for channels 3, 4 and 5.

Answer 2

And that works the same if all the channels come in via AVB?

if snare comes in AVB-2 (Fader 2) and I want the snare also on Fader 3 would I source fader 3 as AVB 2? Or Analog 2?

Answer 3

Yes, it works for any input type and source. If snare is coming in via AVB 2, select AVB 2 as input source for channel 3, channel 4, channel 5 etc. If the microphone is using phantom power, channels 3 to 5 do NOT need phantom power, because input signal 2 is "splitted" digitally.

Answer 4

This process worked perfectly! Thank you! I now have multiple channels of the snare drum with totally different sounds. In fact the second snare runs through the Sub Aux also for a bit more punch!