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Newbie Mixer Question

chidman	Date: December 9, 2005 @ 7:17 PM Having never used a mixer before, I used the one we have at work (we sell them) while nobody was there. I was surprised to find that although I adjusted the mic and music levels to what I thought was right, as soon as I put any volume into the singing, the music level dropped, coming back up when the vocals quitened. I believe that this may be some sort of compression, but the effects on the mixer (which aren't much good anyway) were all off. For a newbie, can someone tell me whether this is normal in a mixer or if this just means that the one we sell is not good. Many Thanks Chris
Bhairava	Date: December 9, 2005 @ 8:47 PM Hmm... It could be some effects the mixer is routed to of the mixer or something on the mixer. It could certainly be a compressor. There is another thing I could think of. It could be a phase issue. If you have two signals which are opposite phase playing at the same time they will cancel eachother out. However this would happen all the time rather then when you put extra volume into your voice hmm...
Bhairava	Date: December 9, 2005 @ 8:48 PM Sorry I meant off the mixer it would have wires going out of the mixer to something else an external compressor that could be it.