Mackie SR24•4 Owner's Manual page 40

buses; temporarily patch the Send 6 output to
the track 5 input. This gives you another out-
put bus with complete EQ and fader control
on the channel strip.
If you don't have an extra Aux Send avail-
able ('cause you're just crazy with headphone
sends and effects boxes), another way to
record a fifth track would be to temporarily
patch the input to track 5 directly to the
scratch vocal microphone channel strip by
pushing the plug into the channel strip 12
INSERT jack to the first click (see Appendix
B: Connections). This will act as a sort of
direct output (with no EQ or fader control).
Use the TRIM control to set a decent level on
the signal to tape. When you are finished with
the scratch vocal, re-patch track 5 input back
into SUB OUT 5.
You will be doing all your monitoring
through the multitrack recorder and the Left/
Right buses. Do not assign any of your record-
ing inputs to the Left/Right buses, but only to
the Submix buses shown. You will be able to
listen to the recording inputs through the tape
recorder outputs on channel strips 13–20.
You provide your headphone cueing mixes
via AUX 1 and AUX 2. AUX 3, AUX 4 and AUX 5
will be used as reverb and delay sends, with
the returns coming back on STEREO AUX
RETURNS 1, 2 and 3.
You are also listening to all your MIDI syn-
thesizer voices as you record. To save tape
tracks, they will not be recorded but will be
played by your sequencer in real time.
When you have finished your basic tracks,
record the final vocals and erase the scratch
vocal track.
When the vocals are done, you're ready to
mix. Just tweak up your monitor mix, adjust
the reverb and push Record on the DAT
machine. Viola! A rough mix to take home. In
fact, if you are really on that night, a final mix
for mastering.
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TRACKING ON AN EIGHT-TRACK
output connections
Connection Destination
SUB OUT 1 ........................ Multitrack input 1
SUB OUT 2 ........................ Multitrack input 2
SUB OUT 3 ........................ Multitrack input 3
SUB OUT 4 ........................ Multitrack input 4
SUB OUT 5 * ...................... Multitrack input 5 *
SUB OUT 6 ........................ Multitrack input 6
SUB OUT 7 ........................ Multitrack input 7
SUB OUT 8 ........................ Multitrack input 8
LEFT MASTER...................... DAT recorder left input
RIGHT MASTER ................... DAT recorder right input
TAPE IN L .......................... DAT recorder left output
TAPE IN R .......................... DAT recorder right output
AUX SEND 1 ...................... Headphone cue amp 1 input
AUX SEND 2 ...................... Headphone cue amp 2 input
AUX SEND 3 ...................... Digital effects 1 input
AUX SEND 4 ...................... Digital effects 2 input
AUX SEND 5 ...................... Digital effects 3 input
AUX SEND 6 ...................... (input #5)*
AUX RETURN 1 L ................ Digital effects 1 left output
AUX RETURN 1 R ................ Digital effects 1 right output
AUX RETURN 2 L ................ Digital effects 2 left output
AUX RETURN 2 R ................ Digital effects 2 right output
AUX RETURN 3 L ................ Digital effects 3 left output
AUX RETURN 3 R ................ Digital effects 3 right output
MAIN INSERT L ................... Stereo compressor L input & output
MAIN INSERT R .................. Stereo compressor R input & output
CONTROL ROOM OUT L ....... C-R monitor amplifier left input
CONTROL ROOM OUT R ....... C-R monitor amplifier right input