- The master bus is the last component of the mixing network. It contains all auxiliary effects, groups and main mix output (master).

Versions:
- MB7 : 7 bus inputs, 1 X channel input, 3 Rec channel inputs, 3 aux return inputs. 1 main mix output, 1 Rec channel output, 3 aux send outputs, 8 individual outputs for busses and X channels.

- Mix5, Mix7: 5 or 7 channel mixer, 1 wave input, 3 rec inputs, 1 rec output, 8 individual outputs.

• Link to gallery (Stems and Master Bus)

Stems are always stereo. This is because even mono channels have stereo outputs after the "pan" parameter. Therefore, mono channels are stereo and so stems only need stereo inputs.

The "Stem" folder is one of the most crowded of the Modular Mixer.
In there, you will also find "Routers" (eg, R205) and "Groupers" (eg, G82.dev).  Stems include a level gain in the device. Routers are like stems without the level gains and is the module of choice to use with the "level-channels" modules. It is also very flexible with Live Aux-effects because the levels of the mixed signals can be independant from the aux send levels. Groupers are more specific and allow to send a few signals to more sophisticated channels with dual-mono insert slots. Routers without vus are lighter, but routers with vus allow better monitoring of running signals.

• Link to gallery (Stems and Master Bus)

Channels are connected before the "stems" and allow to use effects and filters for individual channels.
Channels may not always be necessary,j as one could simply use effects in his DAW and send groups to Stems, but it is always nice to be able to take advantage of the superior sound of the Scope plateform.

Channels are what allow to customize your mixer, depending on your hardware equipment and asio channel needs, and so come in various version of 16, 12, 8 and 4 channels. They also have various combinations of mono and stereo channels.
Channels are classified depending on the number of channels. For example, in the "Channels 8" folder, you will find all 8-channels modules, wether mono or stereo.

The name of channel modules contains indication about their content.
So far, we have the following "codes"
- M : refers to mono channels.
- S : refers to stereo channel
- H: refers to a hybrid channel, but the exact type of "H" channel will depend on the modules they are incorporated in.
- G: comes only as "SG" and refers to the inclusion of an input gain on stereo channels. All mono channels have input gain, so there is no need for a specific "G" version. SG chhanels are good to use with external stereo sources that need gain.
- FP: is a mono channel like on FP mixers, ie, with insert-modulation, to use with BlackBox filters. It actually exist only in its own module, the "M4FP" which is 4 mono FP channels.

For example, a mono hybrid channel (MH) is the same as an M channel, except for the last insert in the chain, which is stereo. So the "hybridation from mono to stereo" doesn't concern the inputs, or the entirety of the channel, but only its last insert and outputs.
On the contrary, an SH channel (stereo hybrid) is more classic: it is the inputs thatwill become mono, as well as insert slots, with the exception of the last insert which remains stereo. So here, the hybridation concerns the inputs, but the outputs stays the same.
The difference is small though, and at the end of the day, all H channels look the same, eventhough the means used to reach such result are different.

However: the lettering has not always been kept in the device name. This is because, in the course of building, I realized some channels were the same as other version and did not need an H in the name.
For example, few mono modules includes an H in the name, eventhough all of them have H channels. Removal of the H made module names less complicated to read.
But as I kept the H in some name, and also because H channels do exist and have a purpose, it is important that you know that there are H channels.

Versions:

16 Channels:
- M16: 16 mono inputs, 16 stereo outputs, 1 rec channel output.
- 8S8H: 16 stereo channels, where the last 8 channels can be converted into mono (SH channels).
- S16 : 16 stereo channels with the last 8 as G channels (with input gain)

12 channels
- M12 : 12 mono inputs, 12 stereo outputs, 1 rec channel output. The 4 last channels are MH channels (last insert can be stereo)
- 8S4H: 12 stereo channels where the 4 last can be converted into mono channels
- S12: simple 12 stereo channels

8 channels
- M8 :8 mono inputs, 8 stereo outputs, 1 rec channel output. The 4 last channels are MH channels (last insert can be stereo)
- 4S4H: 8 stereo channels where the 4 last can be converted into mono channels.
- SG8: 8 stereo channels with input gain on each channel.

4. Channels
- M4H: 4 mono hybrid channels
- 4SH: 4 stereo channels that can be converted into mono H channels.
- SG4 : 4 stereo channels with input gain
- M4FP: 4 mono channels with insert modulation. Perfect for self-recording.

• Channel Modules Gallery

Sidechainers are devices that allow various automatic works on levels They were actually called "Gate Pumps" and have been renamed as "Sidechainers" to make it easier for users to grasp the number of application avalaible through those Sidechainers: sidechainers can do level works by using two type of algorytm: CG (compressing gates) and "Exp." (expander). Grossly speaking, it adds or remove gain of the sound source in consideration to a modulator which can be another channel or another independant source.

Sidechainers are not integrated into devices for one simple reason: sidechainers could be put in various section of the modular mixer, pre or post, or even only for busses, or may be just a few channels and just a few busses. So integrating sidechain inside modules would have made bigger modules with less possibilities.

Another reason is to be able to chain sidechainers. Why not add a sidechained after another one and create another typoe of level modulation.. by keeping them "standalone" the sidechainers can be added, chained, modified etc, without having to touch any other component of the mixing network, and allow you to use just the modules you need instead of having one huge sidechainer stuck inside a device.

Sidechainer, for the moment, are only stereo. As they were designed as gaters in the first place, they could only be stereo, because a spacef gater is always a stereo one: it allows to take a big string-pad and create a stereo bass with it... this is like the "minimum" required to be a gater at spacef-devices.... :-)

A sidechain "channel" is simply a "pass through" circuit (kind of "true bypass" for non-electrical poxered devices :-) ) coupled with level modulation (I have used the "G.Mod" of multisynth due to its capacity to treat all extremes (ie from gates to exapnder) as well as being very precise and flexible for gate creation.

All sidechainers inlcude 2 modulators to allow stereo pumps. It means you can use any source to level the Left channel, and the same or any other source to level the Right channel.

The labelling of Sidechainers is a bit like the one of stem. For example, a SC 242 device has 24 inputs and 2 modulators. A 162 would be 16 inputs and 2 modulators.

Versions:
- SC 242: 24 stereo inputs, 24 stereo outputs, 2additional SC inputs, 2 Gain modulators
- SC 162: 16 stereo inputs, 16 stereo outputs, 2 additional SC inputs, 2 gain modulators
- SC 82: 8 stereo inputs, 8 stereo outputs, 2 additional SC inputs, 2 gain modulators

Check this page for more information about Sidechainers.