M-Audio Delta R-BUS Manual page 39

Let's say that we're recording a band. We've got eight mics on the drum set,
with the guitar and bass going 'direct' into the digital mixer. We're going to
combine some of the drums while recording, just to make it a little more
interesting. We have 8-busses in our digital mixer, and the R-BUS connection
on the Delta R-BUS PCI Audio Card is capable of eight audio input and
output streams. The guitar and bass will take up two of these streams, so we
have six left for the drums (we could have used just six mics, but we're not
limited to that if we combine some of the drum channels).
NOTE: Because improper connections can potentially make
very loud noises, it's a good idea to have monitor levels
down while hooking up audio equipment. – Turn your
computer off before making the connections to the mixer,
then mute all channels before connecting the mics.
1. Connect the Delta R-BUS's 25-pin R-BUS connector to the digital
mixer's R-BUS buss out/tape return connector, using a R-BUS cable.
2. Plug the microphones into the mic inputs 1-8 of your digital mixer,
and place the mics around the drums in some strategic fashion (you
may want to consult a book on recording techniques). A logical
suggestion would be: kick, snare, hi-hat, hi-, mid-, and lo-toms, plus
two overheads. Plug the guitar and bass into direct boxes, and then
into line inputs 9 & 10 of the digital mixer.
3. Set up the digital mixer's input channels 1 through 10 (those channels
with the mics and guitars plugged in) to send their signals to the
mixer's eight busses. Do not select "stereo buss" for these channels, as
they will be monitored from the tape returns, which are the Delta
R-BUS's outputs "returning" to the digital mixer (see Appendix B for
suggestions on a bussing configuration).
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