I’ve been trying to solve a problem using the SQ-5’s ducker, and I’m kind of stumped.
I have the ducker configured, adjusted and working great on an input channel. The problem is routing — I need to feed the “ducked” audio to an Aux mix and NOT have it in the main stereo mix. So naturally I set the Aux send to “pre.”
But the ducking effect is not reaching the Aux mix. The “sent” signal is apparently tapped earlier in the input channel’s signal chain before the signal has gone through the ducker. Or at least that’s the conclusion that I’ve reached. At any rate the input channel’s audio is reaching the Aux mix without any ducking effect.
Am I correct about the signal chain? And is there a way to reconfigure the send so it is both post-ducker and pre-fader? Or is there another trick to route the ducked signal through a backdoor into another input channel (which can then feed that same Aux mix pre-fader)? I suppose this is do-able with a direct out, an XLR cable and sacrificing an input, but I would hope there’s an internal path to do the same thing.
Thanks for whatever advice anyone can offer on this.
