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Old 29th February 2008   #4
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Originally Posted by John Willett View Post
To split the fig-8.

One way is to plug it into a channel of the mixer - take a direct out and plug it into the next channel polarity-reversed. This can either be done with a polarity-reverse switch on the mixer or by polarity reversing in the cable. (polarity-reverse is sometimes called phase-reverse, but the latter is not really technically correct).

The two levels have to be exactly the same.
Just to add 2 or 3 to the zillion variants-

1. You might take the "side" direct out and go to a stereo channel in-you'll then have one pot or fader for the side level, with side EQ if you want it.

2. "Side" direct out to a stereo return-then you'll have again one pot for the side level w/o EQ, nice when you can't bypass the EQ otherwise. (You'll notice that the non-defeatable EQ in lower end mixers will keep the side from nulling perfectly.)

3. If desired you can route the "mid" to a mono "normaled" return as well.
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