THE 802a - Input Channel Strip

SENDS
Two mono sends and one stereo send can be assigned to three buses (8 total sends). These can be used for cue feeds, effects, or buses. Each send has a cut and a pre-fade button. On Send C, engaging the EXT IN function can feed SEND C, and if no bus is selected, the external input feeds the SEND C level pot and then directly into the fader, which can serve as a return to the channel from a send. This is useful for guitar effects, where the guitar is in the channel, sent out to a pedal, and comes back into the channel, blending with the guitar in the same channel and controlled by the channel fader. If a bus button is pressed, the EXT IN now feeds the send sea level control and the panner, which feeds the buses. This can serve as an additional mixer or additional cues. Each of the stereo buses and the send buses all fold into the GRAND MASTER FADER as selected in the MASTER SECTION.

ROUTING/DAW MODE/UNITY GAIN MODE
This mode is the same as an inline console and functions the same way. There is a fader pot and a pan pot which is part of this DAW function. When you engage the DAW LOOP switch, input ONE of the module automatically engages the SMALL fader for monitoring into the 3 stereo busses. Inputs 2 and 3 feed the large fader, and feeds the filters, TQ, insert, sends busses and to the direct out. When you press the fader flip button, it swaps the small fader and the large fader. The large fader now feeds 3 stereo busses and the small fader feeds the rest of the module for tracking. Above the small fader is a switch called FDR=0. This function sets the main fader at “0” or unity, so the console can be used in a summing mode when mixing using the DAW automation.

INPUTS
The input selector allows the selection of three inputs into the module. All three inputs can be on at the same time, allowing them to sum into one module (allowing for large channel counts on mixdown). In DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) mode, input 1 should be the DAW, while inputs 2 and 3 are the inputs to feed the recording part of the session. This section also includes a trim control that can trim the level down by 10 dB and up by 8 dB.

BLEND
The INSERT button has a BLEND function it allows you to blend the wet and the dry signal from the insert.

FILTER/T-Q
First in line is the T-Q, which is a Baxandall “tilting” type equalizer. above that is a high pass filter that sweepable from 20Hz to 1K5Hz and a low pass filter that sweepable from 500Hz to 20KHz.

STEREO BUSES/PANNER
Above the panner you can select the three stereo buses, A, B and C, these buses feed the three sets of tone cards that can be configured for your favorite console sounds. Choice of three stereo busses. Each stereo bus can be outfitted with the op amp and transformer of your choice on a “tone card”. These tone cards consist of a summing amp and a booster amp for the bus. The WOLFF Console can then sound like any console you prefer.

SOLO/SAFE/CUT/POLARITY
SOLO can be configured as (SIP) Solo in Place, (PFL) Momentary Pre Fader Level, or (AFL) After Fader Level. The mute function also has several configurations. When the channel is on or active, the mute button displays a level indicator by pulsing a green light in the switch. Full brightness is around +4dBu. When muted, the mute switch turns red. Engaging the solo in place turns the Mute button blue. If one of the channels is muted where the button is red, When solo is engaged, solo in place mode will make all unselected channels blue, and if the channel is already muted, it will reflect that mode by making that button purple, indicating that it is muted, so you know when you come out of solo in place that the channel will still be muted. The solo button also has a solo safe switch, which ensures that that channel will not mute when solo in place is engaged. Above the mute switch is a polarity switch, which inverts the polarity of the module.