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6.4 Using the StudioLive as an Audio Interface
• Aux Return A (Aux Input A)
• Aux Return B (Aux Input B)
• FX Return A (EFXA Return)
• FX Return B (EFXB Return)
• 2 Track Left/Right
• Talkback Left/Right
• Solo Left/Right
Note that either channel of the stereo pair can still be accessed on a mono
track in your host application; only the routing must be assigned as a stereo
pair. For instance, if you have a backing-vocal group routed to Subgroup 1
and a guitar group routed to Subgroup 2, you would create two mono tracks
in your recording application. The track whose input is assigned to Subgroup
1 will record the backing-vocal group, and the track whose input is assigned
to Subgroup 2 will record your guitar group. However, if, for example, you
have a stereo drum group assigned to Subgroups 3-4, you can create a stereo
track in your recording application and assign its input to Subgroups 3 and
4. For more information on subgroup mixing, please see Section 8.4.
The obvious exception to this principle is the Talkback Mic input. The Universal
Control Device window allows you to assign the Talkback output to one of the
stereo FireWire sends. In this instance, the same signal will be printed on both
sides of the send. In your recording software, you can create a mono track and
assign it to either side of the stereo FireWire send to which it is routed. Both
FireWire sends receive the same mono signal from the talkback mic preamp.
Please note that you have access to both the internal eects-send group as well
as the eects returns. If you record an internal eects send (Aux Sends A and B),
you will be recording the unprocessed (“dry”) mix of the channels being sent
to that internal eects bus. To record the processed mix, choose the internal
eects returns (FX Return A or FX Return B). This is the direct output from the
internal eects, so it will be 100% wet. You may wish to record both the dry
and the wet mix so that you can blend them to taste within your session.
Section 7.2.5 discusses how to select the sources for these eight stereo FireWire sends.
Each of the StudioLive’s 16 inputs are hard-coded to receive their respective FireWire
returns. Outputs 1 through 16 in your recording application route these playback
streams to their respective channels on the StudioLive (that is, the software’s Output
1 always goes to the StudioLive Channel 1 input and so on). Once you route a track in
your recording application to play through one of these outputs, it will always be
accessible on its channel by simply pressing the FireWire input button.
POWER USER TIP: It is important to think of your FireWire returns and your analog inputs
the same way. When a FireWire return is engaged, it replaces the analog input in the mix.
You can process in the Fat Channel, include in Aux mixes, and send to an FX mix.
To provide the most exible mixing environment, the main mix output for any
application should be assigned to the Main FireWire Returns (Outputs 17 and 18).
These FireWire returns are hard-coded to the FireWire input buttons in the 2 Track In
and Monitor sections of the StudioLive. In this way, you can monitor the main output
from your recording application without using two channels on your StudioLive,
leaving the other 16 outputs available to be routed to the Fat Channel or for inserting
a plug-in on a live instrument (see the next section for more details).