[sandmanParticipant]

I watched the video. Thanks for sharing. For me, it was one of those things I just couldn’t figure out in soundcheck or choir practice; I had to set aside some alone time to dig deep and keep working with it until I figured it out.
So I have eight strips set aside for FX; four sends and four returns for four different FX. I unmuted all four sends. I unmuted the two returns for the two FX I want to use on two different mics. I set the send faders to “0” and the return faders to “-5”. Then I hit the Mix button for one of the FX sends and pushed up the fader for the mic I wanted to use with it, leaving all the other mics’ faders pulled down. (That’s the trick; you can’t mute an effect for one mic and unmute it for another. The effects sends and returns mute buttons apply to all inputs. You just use the mic faders to choose which FX to use on which mic).
Then I hit the Mix button for the other FX I wanted to use and pushed up the fader for the 2nd mic, leaving all others pulled down. I pushed the mic faders up to -5 db for this and got the sound I was looking for. It’s a simple operation, it just took some time and experimenting to figure it out.
And I realized that you can actually run more than one effect at a time on a mic or other input, although I doubt I’ll ever need to.
I set the amount of effects I wanted in the monitors and rec out auxes by pressing the Mix button on each aux and setting the FX sends and returns to the same level as for the mains. Then I ran their faders up or down to find the effects level I liked for those auxes; it was close to the house level, but a bit different.
Always more to learn!

[sandmanParticipant]

Thanks for your response, SteffenR.
My brain is not up to the task right now. I’ll give it some time.
I realized it would have to be done by hand, but haven’t thought through what that would entail. When I start thinking about it is when the brain gets strained!
If I wanted to change, say, Kick Drum, from channel 10 to channel 1…I would have to move the current instrument on channel 1 to an open number, then record all the channel 10 settings to channel 1. 64 channels to reset this way…then I would want to change the Port B/Dante numbers to match the new channel numbers…then change the Receive Channels on the Dante Contoller…then the input numbers and Channel numbers in Reaper.
Yeah, not going to be happening anytime soon!

[sandmanParticipant]

Mike C.,
Yes, it does seem high. It’s just an estimate; hopefully it won’t be that much. Another tech that I spoke with said that he has mainly worked on Yamaha desks, but has replaced an iLive battery once. It took him 1 1/2 hours to get to it. I’ve read on other forums that it is so hard to access that some owners have asked the repair tech to run wires from the mounting point to another location within the case to “remote locate” the battery for easier access next time.
When they come to do the job, I will take some photos and post them here, and let everyone know what it cost and how hard it was to change out the battery.
Thanks

[sandmanParticipant]

Thanks everyone. You have played a part in our decision. We WILL replace the battery in our iLive. Our concerns were:
1. finding an experienced electronics technician who had worked on these mixers before and would do the work on-site.
2. confirming that we would be saving all of the memory before pulling the battery and being sure we could restore it.
3. the iLive is going on 7 years old. Is it worth putting $1000+ into it?
Well, our vendor, a professional audio installer, has agreed to replace the battery on-site and will ensure that our memory is backed-up and restored.
And they have assured us that it would be cost-effective to repair the iLive and that we could expect many more years of service out of it. I am happy that I will continue to mix on the iLive T112. It does everything I need.
Thanks again,

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