Mixing Down - SoundCraft Series 200 User Manual

input modules which are unused, you can start preparing for you mix
as you overdub. You may not necessarily mix straight away, but it is
often useful to monitor via the Input modules so that Eq may be used
and more than one auxiliary send accessed.
Reserve one of the pairs of groups for sending to the multitrack, and
then route all the other input modules to the other pair. Say for
example that 3-4 will be used to send the multitrack , and 1-2 will now
form the monitor mix.
Plug up the outputs from the 8-track to 8 input modules (1-8 if
possible for simplicity - they may already be plugged permanently -
see plugging up) and turn down all the rotary controls 1-8. Press SUB
above faders 1 and 2, set them to unity gain (OdB) and pan 1 hard
left and 2 hard right. This pair of faders is now feeding the stereo mix
bus and, consequently, the headphone output.
Now your monitoring can be done via the 8 input modules
corresponding to the 8 tracks and the Input/output status is controlled
at the machine. When overdubbing is complete, you are already set
up to Mixdown.
Mixing Down
Plugging-up and switching for mixing down has been described
above, and it should be noted that the monitoring channels 5-8 may
be used as effects returns as they directly access the stereo mix bus
via their pan pots and respective level controls.
It is also possible to use monitoring channels 1-4 as effects returns,
but the procedure is not as simple:-
Assuming that groups 1-2 are being used for mixing, and their SUB
buttons are down, then by pressing RET on 3 and 4, they will also act
as effects returns in the same way as channels 5-8, (because their
SUB buttons are UP). Level controls 1 and 2 may also function as
effects returns by pressing RET, but their pan controls are, of course,
now working with the faders below. So the signal being fed into rotary
control 1 only goes into group 1, and similarly 2 only goes into group
2.ie. if these channels are used as effects returns, they can only feed
left and right respectively. Therefore they are ideal as a stereo echo
return or similar.
The same rules would apply to rotary controls 3 and 4 if their SUB
buttons were pressed.
Note that the master faders control the send to the mixdown machine
and also the feed to the headphone socket. The headphone socket
then has a seperate level control and amplifier, but you will not hear
anything unless the master faders are up or the REP button is
pressed. REP feeds the outputs trom your mixdown machine directly
to the headphone output.
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