Genesys User Manual - AMS Neve

An Overview of the Genesys Signal Flow
Traditionally, mixing consoles are either Split or Inline monitoring design:
• A Split console has a number of input channels, and has a separate
monitor mix panel elsewhere on the control surface.
• An Inline console has a Monitor path input on each Channel input
fader strip. In this way, a 24-fader Genesys also has another 24
Monitor inputs, in effect turning it into a 48-input desk.
An Inline console incorporates multitrack (DAW) monitoring into the
channel strips, so each channel strip has both an input signal path and a
monitor signal path.
Genesys is an Inline mixing console – this means it has both Channel
input and Monitor input paths in each channel strip, with an trim control
for each path (+/-15dB).
Historically, the Monitor path was used to send and return to an analogue
tape machine, but these days this is more likely to be a Digital Audio
Workstation, such a Pro Tools, Nuendo, Cubase etc.
This means there are two main sources of sound in the studio - one is
from the musicians you are recording, the other from the tracks already
recorded on your multitrack tape or DAW (these have a 'Send To' and a
'Return From' path, either one of which can be listened to).
• When Recording with Genesys, the Channel path is used for sending
Microphones or line sources to the DAW/Tape Machine, and the
monitor path is used for listening to the output of the DAW/Tape
Machine.
Having these two paths in each Input module allows you to have fader
control of the recording and to use the monitor path fader to start a
rough mix at the same time.
• When Mixing with Genesys the Channel path becomes your first
series of returns from the DAW to the console and the Monitor path via
I/P2 allows more inputs to be brought back into the mix.
For example a 16 fader Genesys when mixing allows 32 inputs to the
mix buss for mixing, 16 inputs on the channel path and 16 inputs on
the monitor path.
You will need to be able to listen to all the individual channels and tracks
that form the input and the monitor signals on your control room
loudspeakers.
On the Monitor Panel, when in Routing mode, you can send either the
Channel (CH) path or Monitor (MON) path of each input to the L and/or R
of the Main Mix.
As an example, let's look at Channel Strip 1...
The channel input path will take the signal from the selection knob at the
top of the strip, either the Mic or Line (plugged directly into the rear of
each channel strip), or the DAW or DLN (Digital Line Input, which
requires the optional digital card) These last two options take their input
via a D-type connector, 1 per 8-fader section.
This selection is made pressing the knob itself and cycling through the
options, the selection being displayed with the adjacent leds (this knob
also provides +/15dB of input trim).
The level control for this signal is via the fader.
(All the other channel strip inputs perform exactly the same function).
Channel Strip 1 will also have a Monitor path for Track 1 from the
multitrack recorder or DAW. This is an entirely separate signal path from
the Channel input.
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