Solid State Logic XLogic Alpha Channel Manual page 4

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- The INSERT IN button should be down to enable the insert send.
- The SUM button should be up as there is nothing connected to the insert return in this situation.
- The POST EQ button should be up as we wish to record the non-EQ'ed signal. This means the signal
appearing at the Insert Send jack will be immediately after the pre-amplifier and filter, but before the EQ
and Limiter.
- The filters can be used to taste to cut out unwanted low frequency microphone noise.
- The EQ IN button should be depressed so the vocals can be EQ'ed to suit the singer. The limiter can also
be engaged to catch the peaks in the vocalists monitor path.
A major consideration when recording into a host based DAW (Cubase, Logic, Sonar etc) is that there is
always a latency associated with a signal passing through the software.
This method allows you to extract the cleanest possible signal into your chosen recorder whilst still utilis-
ing the Alpha Channels EQ and limiter functions in the monitor path.
In a DAW setup it is desirable for the musician and engineer (who may be the same person!) to monitor
the signal before it reaches the computer audio interface. If you wish to monitor the signal after it has
passed through the hardware and software then you will need to run the system with a very low buffer
size to avoid hearing a delayed signal; this is not always possible.
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