[sdiy] FX send /return - wet/dry control operation

[Alwyn Lloyd]

On Tue, 16 Apr 2013, Neil Johnson wrote:

> The AUX send on a mixer is send only.  The returns tend to be
> completely separate circuits.  I've only heard of one mixer having a
> wet/dry pot on an insert (useful for per-channel effect) but that was
> a bit of an oddity.
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> But yes, wet/dry is simply a mix between the raw (dry) and processed
> (wet).  The simplest way to do this is to apply both signals to each
> end of a pot's track, and then the mix comes from the wiper.  There
> are nicer ways to do this of course.

The Pro-Co Juggernaut has a quite elegant way of achieving a wet dry mix.
http://analogguru.an.ohost.de/001/schematics/ProCo_Juggernaut.gif

P4 is the mix control, rather than turning things up, it turns things 
down.

[ZAR]

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> Neil
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> On 16 April 2013 17:29, Justin Owen <juzowen at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Bump?
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>> :)
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Justin Owen [juzowen at gmail.com]
>> Received: 15.04.2013 20:17:07
>> To: SDIY List
>> Subject: FX send /return - wet/dry control operation
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Am I right to think that the wet/dry control control on a parallel FX send/return set up (e.g. like the Aux send on a mixer) is basically just a cross-fader type arrangement that increases the level of the wet/return signal while decreasing the level of the dry/original signal (or vice versa)?
>>
>> So - a pot cross-fader in the simplest form or two VCAs for a more exotic number?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> J
>>
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