You can route an output to more than one physical output via the routing tab. So while in an analog console, the main L/R mix is only going to the physical main L/R XLR outputs, on a digital desk (including the Avantis), you can route the main L/R mix to any/every physical output (XLR output 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 etc). Basically you can send any output mix to any physical output – even it is is duplicated (ie one output mix going to many physical outputs). As noted earlier, if you route it this way, every output’s signal level will be the same. Any change to that output’s fader level will affect all the outputs equally. The only way to control the volume of the various outputs independently would be at the amplifier. Obviously that would be hard to change during an event.
This is why it was suggested that you use Matrix output if you need independent control of each output’s signal level (you may or may not need this in your particular situation). A matrix is a mix of outputs mixes. You can send the main L/R mix to Matrix 1 & Matrix 2 & Matrix 3 & Matrix 4 & Matrix 5, etc, etc, etc. You can use the main L/R fader to control the overall signal level going to each matrix (if you pull the main L/R fader down 10db, the signal to every matrix will go down 10db), but each matrix will also have it’s own fader. If you need matrix 2 to output 5db more than the other matrix, you can simply turn up the fader on matrix 2 to +5db while leaving the other matrix faders at unity.
Hopefully that makes sense.
