Fostex 280 Owner's Manual page 19

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< EXAMPLE 1: STEREO RECORDING OF 8 SOUND SOURCES. >
Adjust amount
of effects unit
for each sound
source.
Adjust left and
right image
perspective
of each sound
source.
Mies
Synth.
< EXAMPLE 1: STEREO RECORDING OF S SOUND SOURCES. >
1. Connect the microphones and instruments as shown in
the drawing and set all four INPUT selectors (1) to INPUT.
Set the four MIX/TRK selectors (6) to MIX. (These settings
are not necessary for channels 5-8 because input sig¬
nals here are automatically routed to the stereo bus.)
2. Select only STEREO in the MONITOR selector (16). When
more than two headphone sets are required, connect the
MON OUT jacks (30) to an external amplifier and use its
headphone outputs).
3. Set the MASTER fader (15) and the channel 1 INPUT
fader (2) to the nominal 0 reference begin the signal
source for channel 1, adjust the left-to-right perspective
with PAN (5) and adjust the EQ (7). Then adjust TRIM (3)
for the proper meter reading (19).
4. Press MUTE (4) for channel 1, begin the sound source for
channel 2, and adjust gain, pan and tone for channel 2.
This method of muting while setting individual channel lev¬
els is very useful. Continue this procedure for all channels
(5—8 have no TRIM (3) controls because they are set for
line level (-10dBV) signal sources)
5. AUX 2 (8), (11) is used for a mono effects send. Connect
the AUX 2 send jack (33) to the input of an external
processor and connect the output to the AUX RTN jack
(34), The total amount of processed signal applied to the
stereo bus is adjusted by AUX RTN GAIN (14),
6
.
Cancel MUTE (4) for all channels, and begin rehearsing.
You'll no doubt need to make further adjustments of gain,
tone and pan as all sound sources play together.
NOTE: Try to maintain a relative balance among the
INPUT faders (2) and the MASTER fader (15). The 0 set¬
ting is the nominal reference. If most of the input faders
are set low while the master is set high (or vice versa),
there is an imbalance between gain stages and problems
of noise or distortion will result.
7. This composite mix (original plus processed sound) will
be recorded in stereo on tracks 1 & 2. Engage the cor¬
responding RECORD TRACK selectors (24), press the
RECORD and PLAY buttons simultaneously and begin
recording. Meters L & R (19) will carry the output signal
of the stereo bus and meters 1 & 2 (19) will indicate the
recording level to tracks 1 & 2.
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