Interfacing To The Multitrack Tape Recorder Via Apatchbay - Alesis 1622 Reference Manual

piano or the output of a drum machine, perhaps), then you would connect the
SUB OUT Left and Right Jacks to the INPUT of Tracks 3 and 4. If you only
wanted to record on track 7, you would connect either SUB OUT Left or SUB
OUT Right to the input of track 7.
FIGURE 6
INTERFACING THE 1622 MIXER TO A MULTITRACK TAPE DECK
MONITOR SPKR
AMPLIFIER
INTERFACING TO THE MULTITRACK TAPE RECORDER VIA A PATCHBAY
It is also possible to access the Multitrack Tape Recorder by the use of a Patchbay, which is
several rows of jacks that are permanently connected to both the inputs and outputs of the 1622
MIXER, Multitrack Tape Deck, and all of the outboard equipment.
convenient but more expensive method and is not absolutely necessary for operation; you can
get along just fine without it. In this case, the patching is the same as in the above example
except that it is now done on the patchbay instead of at the rear of the Console and Multitrack
Tape Deck. See Figure 7.
FIGURE 7
A TYPICAL PATCHBAY FOR THE 1622 MIXER
SUBMASTER OUTPUTS
DIRECT OUTPUTS
CONSOLE DIRECT OUPUTS
1 2
1 2
TAPE MACHINE
INPUTS
INPUTS
1-8
OUTPUTS
1-8
DIRECT OUTPUT
SUB OUT
MAIN OUT
MON TAPE SENDS
IN OUT IN IN
MICRO CUE
AMPLIFIER
MIXDOWN TAPE DECK
SUBMASTER INSERT
SENDS
SUB SUB INSERT
OUTS SENDS
3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 1 2
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8
8 TRACK INPUTS
SUB INSERT
RETURNS
SUBMASTER
INSERT RETURNS
MICRO LIMITER
OUTPUTS
14
LINE INPUTS
MIC
CHANNEL INSERTS
RETURNS
IN
MICRO LIMITER
IN OUT OUT
EFFECTS UNIT
This is a slightly more
MICRO LIMITER
CHANNEL INSERT
INPUTS
SENDS
MICRO GATE
INPUTS
LIMITER GATE
INPUTS INPUTS CHANNEL INSERT SENDS
L R L R 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
L R L R
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
LIMITER GATE
CHANNEL INSERT RETURNS
OUTPUTS OUTPUTS
MICRO GATE
OUTPUTS
CHANNEL INSERT RETURNS
STEREO OUTPUTS
1 & 2
OUT
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