Basic Principles Of Mixing & Multitrack Recording - Alesis Studio 24 Reference Manual

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Source select, level control, and destination assignment
When it's being used in a recording studio, the Studio 24's job is to control the
volume, tone, pan and effects for many different inputs such as microphones,
electronic instruments and digital recorders. You could think of this as the "where
from" (source select) and "how much" (level control) function of the console. Then, it
must route these signals to a monitor system and recorder tracks so they can be
heard and recorded: this is the "where to" (assignment) function of the console.
The two-way signal flow of multitrack recording
Using a console for recording is very different from a live PA application, where
signal basically flows in one direction: from the microphones to the speakers. During
multitrack recording, signal flows two ways: from the input sources through the
mixer to the recorder, and simultaneously back from the recorder through the
monitor section to speakers or headphones so the musicians can play along with
previously-recorded tracks. This two-way flow is what makes a true recording
console more versatile than a PA-only console.
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