Can someone explain the concept of Bus 1, Bus 2, etc..

[NeroMan2]

I'm not sure how the concept works nor do I know what the benefits are and would like to understand...

I've looked all over the net for an explanation but haven't found anything.

[HCMarkus]

A bus is simply a conduit for signal. Busses allow one to route signal to multiple destinations, create submixes and effects sends... the list is long. If you understand how a multi-bus analog mixer works, you'll get it. Try reviewing the manual from something like a Mackie 8-Bus console. I don't have the time to go into more depth at this moment, but you'll get it with some reading, I'm sure.

[mhschmieder]

HC is right. Even though Mackie is far from my preferred mixer brand, they have an excellent mixer guide that is deliberately written as a general mixer tutorial and isn't specific to their mixer line or any particular model or model year.

I have a printed copy, which used to be handed out in retail music stores for free. Likely they have a PDF at their website that you can find. It really does a good job of describing mixer basics, and I found that I learned rather quickly from it.

Another option is to go to Yamaha's site and search for a manual on one of their MG-series mixers, as they too do an excellent job of covering the basics without being too specific to their own line of mixers.

[zed]

http://www.mackie.com/support/compactmixer/index.html