Mackie SR24•4 Owner's Manual page 8

everything up. This will assure you that your
mixer works and has no hum or buzz coming in
Making
on the wiring. Reset your stopwatch one last time
Sound Come
and begin.
Out Right
1. It is preferable to plug the powercords of all
Now
2. Make sure all the faders and controls and
3. Connect the outputs of the RIGHT MAIN
4. Connect the outputs of your stereo tape deck
5. Connect CONTROL ROOM OUT L and R
6. Connect the monitor speakers to the amplifier,
7. Now, let's assume you are mixing down a
8. Engage the L/R buttons and set the faders in
9. Start your tape machine and play the session
10.Decide which tape track is the busiest; which
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STEREO MIXDOWN:
THE FIVE-MINUTE
MUSIC MASTER
Be sure you do the 60-Sec-
ond Exercise first to set
your gear – Mixer, DAT, Power Amp, etc. into
the same powerstrip. Make sure the
powerstrip is properly grounded.
switches are still normalled. Leave the SOLO
master control up, where it was set in the 60-
Second Exercise, but turn the PHONES/
C-R LEVEL control down.
MIX and the LEFT MAIN MIX to the inputs
of your stereo tape deck or DAT recorder.
or DAT recorder to the TAPE IN L and
TAPE IN R RCA jacks on the rear of the
SR24•4.
to the left and right inputs of your control
room monitor power amplifier.
turn the amp on, and go listen to one of the
speakers. You should not hear buzz, hum or tiny
voices urging you to immediately go out and buy
several hot fudge sundaes. If you do hear
anything more than a little pristine hiss or
white noise, you have a wiring or grounding
problem. Sorry; go directly to Appendices A–
D.
recording made on an eight-track recorder.
Connect the eight outputs of the recorder to
the first eight LINE IN jacks on the SR24•4
rear panel.
channel strips 1–8. Then adjust the MAIN
MIX fader to approximate "Unity" on the
mixdown deck level indicators.
you'd like to mix.
track has the most constant activity and
highest levels. Now, on the channel strip for
that track, press the SOLO button and turn
the TRIM control clockwise until you get a
good level on the SR24•4 main meters. (A
"good level" might be average meter readings
of perhaps –7dB to 0dB, with occasional peak
readings of +4dB to +7dB. See Sensitivity
Adjustment Procedure, page 5.) Now
release the SOLO switch.
11.Set the TRIM controls on the other seven
active channel strips to the same point on
their dials.
12.Now turn up the PHONES/C-R LEVEL
control slowly. Depending upon the gain of
your control room monitor amplifier, it could
be really loud. You should hear your tape
track(s) coming clearly through the monitor
speakers. OK?
13.For analog recorders put your two-track
recorder in Source or Record Ready, set the
record input level controls so that the tape
machine's meters read the same as the
SR24•4 meters. For digital recorders use the
24•4 metering to make sure your DAT is
receiving enough signal.
14.If you want to use an auxiliary effect such as a
reverb unit, patch AUX SEND 5 into the
input of the reverb. Connect the outputs of the
reverb to STEREO AUX RETURN 1 L and
R.
15.Set AUX SEND MASTER 5 LEVEL and
STEREO AUX RETURN 1 LEVEL to "U"
and then turn up the source channel strip
AUX 5 until you hear the amount of reverb
you like.
16.Now try a mix: set the channel strip faders,
PAN pots and EQ controls wherever it
sounds good, watch your levels on the main
meters and put your two-track recorder into
Record.
17.To check the two-track playback, press the
TAPE RETURN TO PHONES/CR switch,
and adjust the playback level with the TAPE
RETURN control (located up by the main
meters).
This concludes our "express" instructions for
the chronically impatient. We resume our nor-
mally-paced, lavishly illustrated manual on the
next page.