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RECORDING
CHECK
THESE
SETTINGS
FIRST
1 Set MONI
TOR
SELECTOR
(1
2)
to "
INPUT
."
2 Set both MICROPHONE
RECORD
LEVEL
(1
1)
and
LINE
RECORD
LEVEL
(1
3)
to "
ZERO
."
3
Be
sure both switches,
PLA
Y-
RECORD
(2
1)
and
REW
I
ND
-
FAST
FOR
-
WARD
(23)
,
are
at
the
ir
neutral points.
GENERAL NOTE :
An outs
tand
ing fe
atu
re
of
f/,1
s
ma
chine is th
at
a
ll
re
cordi
ng
adjust
men
ts con be
made
before
r
he
rope " ocruolly set
,n
mo
ri o n. (
See
" M
ON
ITORI
NG
,"
pa
ge
10.J
. . .
WITH
MICROPHONE
1 Pl
ug
in microphone
cab
le to MICROPHONE connector
(14)
.
2
3
Use
test
sc
ri
pt or rehearsal
music
to set the recordi
ng
level j
ust
before
starting to actually record on the
tape
.
Adjust MICROPHONE
RECORD
LEVEL
control
(11)
until the most intense
peaks of the "
run
-through
..
swi
ng
up to
approx
imately "Zero" on the
red scale of the
VU
METER
(
2)
, or to l 00 on the black scale.
YOU
ARE
NOW
READY TO
RECORD
ON
THE
TAPE
4 Depress
RECORD
SAFETY
BUTTON
(20)
and
tu
rn
PLAY
-
RECORD
SWITCH
( 2
1)
to "
Re
cord."
YOU
ARE
NOW
RECORDING
ON
THE
TAPE
AT
OPTIMUM
RECORD
LEVEL.
5 Stop the recording at any
ti
me by returning switch
(21
) to its neutral
position.
WARNING
:
Do
not
stop
the
recording
by
snapping
power
switch
(1
51
"off
."
.
..
WITH
RADIO
OR
PHONOGRAPH
1 Plug
in
tuner, phonograph
or
another
tape
recorder cable to
LINE
INPUT
connector
(19)
.
2 Follow identical procedures
above
fo
r recording wi
th
microphone ex-
cept
that
the recording level is now adjusted with the
LINE
RECORD
LEVEL
control
(13
).
MIXING
By
simultaneously using bath MICROPHONE
and
LINE
INPUT
recording
channels, two programs can be mixed.
For
example, voice announcements
or
instrumental accompaniment can be
dubbed
into a program being
recorded from a tuner, phonograph pl
ayer
or another
tape
recorder.
To
do
so, make the proper connections for both recordi
ng
channels. Then
ad
j
ust
both microphone
and
line record level controls until the desired balance
is
atta
ined.
RADIO
PHONOGRAPH
MICROPHONE
SPEAKER
POWER
'-----'
AMPLIFIER
.___L
-~-~-I~-___.
14
19
The
Ampex
600
moy
be
conne
ct
ed
as a
pe
r
ma
nen t
pa
rt
of
the h
ome
music sy
st
em
be
t
wee
n
the
tu
ner or ph
onog
r
aph
pr
eamp
lifier and
th
e
amp
lifier-speaker.
Fo
r stroigh t-thru
operat
ion,
set
th
e
MON
IT
OR
SE
L
EC
TOR (12) to I
NPUT
. The
Mode
l 600 is then r
eady
to record a t o
moment s
notice
.
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