Alternate Uses For The Monitor 1/2 Section: Stereo Recording During A Live Concert; Using Monitor 1/2 To Feed A Cassette Deck - Alesis Studio 32 Reference Manual

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Alternate uses for the Monitor 1/2

section: Stereo recording during a live

concert

The most popular and obvious application of the MONITOR 1/2 section to hear the

tape tracks in the control room or headphones while using the main faders for the

sources, during multitrack studio recording. But you should think of the MON 1/2

section as an independent, 16x2 mixer with an effects send, like this:

At a major concert, feeds from microphones are often "split" so they can be sent to

two different consoles: a monitor mixer on stage, and a house mixer in the audience

(and, sometimes, a third console for multitrack recording). This allows engineers to

change the controls without affecting each other. Here are some examples of why

separate mixes are needed:

the recording truck needs to have microphones in the audience to record the

applause; but it would cause feedback if these microphones were sent to the PA

system.

the PA engineer needs to raise and lower levels during the show, with different

mixes for each song. But the multitrack recording engineer tries to set levels so

that each track is at the ideal maximum recording level for that track. (The

recording's final mix levels will be set later, in a studio mixdown session.)

If you can afford several consoles and an expensive 2-way splitter box, good for you.

But if you think of the monitor section of your Studio 32 as if it were a separate

mixer being fed by the same microphone, a whole set of possibilities open up.

Since the Studio 32 has a true stereo mixer independent of the main console, it can be

used to create a stereo reference mix of a live concert, while the main faders set the

PA mix. This technique is popular especially with artists who want to hear a tape

to evaluate each performance. If you just record the mix going to the PA, the

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