Mackie SR244 / SR324 Owner's Manual - Page 40

buses; temporarily patch the Send 6 output to the track 5 input. This gives you another output bus with complete EQ and fader control on the channel strip. If you don't have an extra Aux Send available ('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 recording 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 synthesizer 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. 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 38