31
USER GUIDEUSER GUIDE
USER GUIDEUSER GUIDE
USER GUIDE
OPERAOPERA
OPERAOPERA
OPERA
TIONAL NOTESTIONAL NOTES
TIONAL NOTESTIONAL NOTES
TIONAL NOTES
RECORDING A TRACK AGAINST EXISTING MATERIALRECORDING A TRACK AGAINST EXISTING MATERIAL
RECORDING A TRACK AGAINST EXISTING MATERIALRECORDING A TRACK AGAINST EXISTING MATERIAL
RECORDING A TRACK AGAINST EXISTING MATERIAL
If using a metronome, to hear the click, activate the metronome in your sequencer / hard disc
recorder.
Ensure the soundcard outputs are connected to the Compact4 or Compact10 mixer inputs
(Balanced, or unbalanced are available for use with cost-effective soundcards and also professional
grade soundcards). It is advisable whilst doing this that you check your system is “pan-correct”
i.e. that left and right are never mis-wired. Sometimes left and right can be incorrectly wired twice
and sound correct, but can lead to very confusing mixing.
Create a new track within your sequencer / hard disc recorder and ensure the inputs to the track
are coming from your soundcard inputs.
Press REC on the channel you want to record on the “CompACT” mixer, this will prevent any other
inputs being recorded, by sending only the REC-ord channel to the main outputs of the mixer (The
monitor, and engineer headphone outputs will carry this audio when the monitor button on the
same channel is pressed).
The engineer headphones will always carry the same signal as the monitor outputs. The artist
headphones will carry the same signal as the engineer headphones (to allow 2 people to listen
to the mix on headphones), unless any/multiple REC buttons are pressed. When any/multiple
REC buttons are pressed, the artist headphones will carry a mix of the REC channel and the main
outputs, the % of each dependent on the position of the ARTIST MIX control. This allows the artist
to hear a mix, which has a controllable level of their own voice/instrument and the mix output,
rather than a level to headphones control which can be difficult to rebalance.
Rebalancing a headphone mix would result in at least three control parameters being adjusted,
the REC level to headphones control, the MAIN output level control and the ARTIST HEADPHONES
level control. By using the ARTIST MIX control, the artist only needs to adjust two parameters, the
ARTIST MIX control and the ARTIST HEADPHONES level control.
Press the record enable on the sequencer / hard disc recorder track you are recording to, and
check that you have sufficient level for recording coming from the “CompACT” mixer. You can
adjust the volume with the LEVEL control on the channel and the REC-ord output level control.
If you only want to record a mono signal, then pan the mono input you are recording over to the
left as far as it will go and just record the left input to your sequencer/hard-disc recorder.
Activate recording in your sequencer / hard disc recorder, and record your track.
To Next Page
Loading...
