Connecting To An Unbalanced -10 Dbv Multitrack Recorder - Alesis Studio 24 Reference Manual

Hooking It Up
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ECORDER
Interfacing the Studio 24 with a typical multitrack recorder using semiprofessional
unbalanced phono or 1/4" phone jacks is a simple process. The Studio 24 is not
designed to be used with the balanced inputs and outputs of the ELCO-type
connector on the ADAT.
To interface with a typical unbalanced multitrack recorder:
1 Connect any microphones or instruments to be recorded into the MIC or LINE
INPUTS of channels 1 through 8. Line-level instruments can also be connected to
the stereo channels.
2 Connect the DIRECT OUTs to the corresponding tape tracks by using either
1/4"-to-RCA cables or RCA-to-RCA cables.
The Studio 24's DIRECT OUT SOURCE switch allows you to re-route the Groups
to tape tracks without repatching. See the description on pages 54 and 55 for
details.
3 Connect the tape machine's outputs to the TAPE IN jacks of the same-numbered
channels of the Studio 24. Whenever you want to hear the playback of the
machine, track 1 will appear as the MONITOR source of channel 1, track 2 will
appear at channel 2, and so on. (For the mixdown, press the CHAN/MON
REVERSE switch on each tape Channel to route the tape tracks to the Channel
FADERs).
Connecting your recorder(s) at the -10 dBV unbalanced level can yield good results,
provided that the cables between the multitrack and the Studio 24 are no more than
20 feet long.
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