Effects:

"On the FX...select your channel, hit the Q-channel button, turn FX 1
(example), up to where you want it. Go to the "bank" buttons - select "FX" -
make sure the FX channels (last four faders), you want are "on" (green),
and bring their faders up. Go into the FX page, and select the FX type
you want - then "recall" it. Select Bank 1 (for inputs), or Bank 2
(tracks already laid), - adjust your FX.
Remember to put your FX "on" in the FX-menu.
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Adding Effects:

1. select recorded channel
2. press [Q-channel]
3. turn the FX1 knob halfway up
4. press [FX]
5. choose the FX1 you want
6. put the FX on(!)
7. open group/fx faderbank
8. grab the fader for FX1 and turn it up to 0dB
9. you can turn the FX1 on the Q-channel to where you think it is best.
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Effects routing:

The FX routing on the DPS24 works exactly like on an analog mixer.
The difference is that there are 4 internal stereo FX processors in the
DPS24 (standard). You can also use up to 4 external processors.

There are several things to check to use the FX:
* FX/AUX SETUP in MIXER page (defaults to 4 internal mono sends)
* Master FX sends faders should be open and ON.
(Faders 1-4 in the default USER Fader Bank)
* FX Return faders should be open, ON and assigned to the L/R mix buss
(Faders 9-12 in the GROUP/FX Fader Bank)
* Select Effect types for FX 1-4 in the FX page and make sure that they are ON.

Then, all you need to do is adjust the FX1-4 send levels for the mixer
channels to which you want to add effects.

You can also do this:
Use the Q-STRIP mode which allows you to quickly send multiple channels
to the same FX (for instance for sending all the drum tracks to a reverb)
Use the Q-CHANNEL mode allowing you to send the same channel to up to 4
different FX (for instance for adding reverb, delay and chorus to a guitar track).
In Q-CHANNEL mode, you can also switch each FX send PRE or POST.
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Effects 101

Here are some ways to add effects to recorded tracks.
The following points are covered:
global
pre
post
pre fader
input source
everything else in the effects chain

This is kind of a beginners guide to effects.
And how to route a track to the effect then to the L/R master.

Go to the channel page for the track you want to add effects to(mixer screen,
channel/F1...then press select for the track after having gone to the track fader
bank for the track you want to add fx to). Scroll to FX send 1 and input a value
on the keypad (try 00.0)...you'll notice that "enter" is now flashing, that's it's way
of saying "hey!, push me". You'll now see a send for fx#1. Next, press the fx button
under the lcd. FX #1 should be highlighted...scroll right then up or down the list to
select an fx...press recall. You now have assigned that type of fx to fx#1.
The only thing left is to go to the group/fx fader bank and slowly raise fx#1
(fader #9) while the track is playing. Since the fx are (by deault) assigned to the
L/R masters you will hear the fx along with your tracks (assuming that your tracks
are still assigned to the L/R also...that's it.

In the default config of the user bank, faders 1-4 are the master sends for
fx 1-4, faders 5-8 for aux 1-4 and fader 9 controls the stereo aux in.

For the fx to work, the fx has to be on in the fx page -no 'X" next to its name-,
the master send in user bank has to be open, the fx return in group/fx
bank has to be open.
To set the amount of fx on a specific track/input,
use the q-channel key -this calls up the channel page anyway-,
select the channel and use the pots above faders 9-12 to set send level
for fx 1-4 for that channel -and you can use the fx/aux 1-4 keys above the
pots to select pre/post for each fx.
Otherwise, when setting reverb -fx1- on multiple tracks -say, drums-,
Disable the q-channel key, select fx/aux 1 as the q-strip function instead of pan,
select the fader bank for the drum tracks and adjust the amount of reverb for
each track using the pots. Just like an analog mixer.

In pre-fader, the FX send is proportional to the signal level coming in to
the channel, no matter what the fader position is. In post-fader,
it's proportional to the signal going out.
If your fader is set to 0 dB, there's no difference between the two.

* Q-CHANNEL for EQ and FX/AUX sends on the selected Channel.
Dynamics are adjusted using the 6 Q-LINK knobs next to the screen.

* Q-STRIP for PAN or FX/AUX send on multiple Channels.
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For the fx to work, the fx has to be on in the fx page (no 'X" next to its name),
the master send in user bank has to be open, the fx return in group/fx bank
has to be open. And the FX RTN should be assigned to the L/R bus.
(It is normally assigned by default,
but this might have been unassigned manually)

Usually, when using FX when mixing, Post-fader sends are used:
If you fade down a vocal that is sent to a reverb, the amount of vocal in the
reverb is reduced as well.
If you mute that vocal, it won't be heard in the reverb either.

Pre-fader is mostly used in the following cases:
* when using an FX as a processor, a flanger for instance, and you
don't want to hear the original unprocessed signal, but only the processed
signal (wet). For this application, you can also use Post, and simply
unassign the source signal from the L/R mix.

* when using the AUX sends as a cue mix
(when FX/AUX 3/4 are set to Studio, for instance).
In this case, you want to be able to set the levels in the Studio
independently from the Master L/R level in the Control Room.

By setting the send to pre...you can get the effect of moving off into the
distance ( you've heard this one many times) or into a tunnel, by first
dropping the channel's fader (a smooth automation can work here)
leaving only the return and then the return fader.
Dropping the channel's fader will leave only the reverb, and then fading
the return will complete the illusion.
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