Alesis Studio 24 - Page 3

Contents
2 STUDIO 24 REFERENCE MANUAL
Headphones......................................................................................................................40
Chart of Connections...................................................................................................................... 41
Connecting to an Unbalanced -10 dBV Multitrack Recorder .................................. 42
Connecting to a 2-Track Mixdown Deck..................................................................... 43
Connecting to a Control Room amplifier .................................................................... 44
Connecting to a Headphone Amp................................................................................ 44
Connecting to a Patchbay............................................................................................... 44
Effects and Signal Processing................................................................................ 45
Connecting Aux Sends and Returns to Outboard Effects....................................................... 45
Should you use one or two inputs to effects?............................................................. 46
Using Effects .................................................................................................................................... 47
Connecting Signal Processors to Insert Jacks ............................................................................ 49
Multitrack Recording Applications........................................................................ 51
Recording ......................................................................................................................................... 51
Setting Levels.................................................................................................................... 51
How to Record a Single Source to One Track............................................................. 53
Recording Multiple Sources to One Track .................................................................. 54
Recording Multiple Sources to Two Tracks (Stereo)................................................. 55
Recording Tips ................................................................................................................. 57
About Metering................................................................................................................ 57
Overdubbing.................................................................................................................................... 58
Using MONITOR 1/2 to Monitor the Multitrack...................................................... 58
Using the Channel Faders to Monitor the Multitrack............................................... 59
Getting the Mix to the Headphones ............................................................................. 61
Monitoring MIDI Virtual Tracks................................................................................... 62
Bouncing Tracks............................................................................................................... 63
Playback/Mixdown........................................................................................................................ 65
Getting the Mix to the 2-Track Deck ............................................................................ 65
Mixdown Basics ............................................................................................................... 65
Guidelines for a rough mix ............................................................................................ 66
Sound Reinforcement Applications ....................................................................... 69
Creating a mono house mix .......................................................................................................... 69
Subgrouping with the Group Faders .......................................................................................... 69
Stage Monitor Mix ........................................................................................................... 70
Alternate uses for the Monitor 1/2 section: Stereo recording during a live concert.......... 71
Using Monitor 1/2 to feed a cassette deck.................................................................. 72
Using Monitor 1/2 as the PA mix during multitrack recording............................. 73
Video Production and Post-Production...................................................................................... 74
Description of Controls ........................................................................................... 75
Channel Input Controls ................................................................................................................. 75
Trim .................................................................................................................................... 75
Fader/Monitor Source switch: ...................................................................................... 75
CHAN/MON REVERSE ................................................................................................ 75
DIRECT OUT SOURCE switch ..................................................................................... 76
Equalizer section ............................................................................................................................. 76
75 Hz switch...................................................................................................................... 76
HIGH and LOW............................................................................................................... 77
MID EQ controls: LEVEL and FREQ............................................................................ 78
Auxiliary Send Section................................................................................................................... 79
AUX 3 and AUX 4 Sends................................................................................................ 79
MONITOR 1/2 LEVEL and PAN (Channels 1 - 8).................................................... 79
MONITOR 1/2 LEVEL and BAL.................................................................................. 79
(Stereo Channels 9 - 16)................................................................................................... 79
Channel Output Section ................................................................................................................ 80
Channel PAN (Channels 1 - 8) ...................................................................................... 80
Channel BALance (Stereo Channels) ........................................................................... 80