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SEQUENCE 5: The MIDI or Virtual Tracking.
Virtual Tracks: The MIDI Setup
In most MIDI studios you will see an 8 track tape machine
rather than a 16 or 24 track. Most all of the music
production is programmed on a sequencer using MIDI keyboards,
drum machines, or any other MIDI equipment. Because of this,
you only need tape tracks for vocals and some instruments not
adequately reproduced on keyboards today. If you have a
multitrack tape recorder in the MIDI studio, you would use
one of the tracks to print a time code (SMPTE or MIDI code).
This would allow your sequencer to keep your keyboards, drum
machine, and all other MIDI equipment in sync with each
other. Most all MIDI studios purchase the Dayner for the
following reasons;
1. You can custom order the Dayner to fit your exact
requirements (D&R will load it your way).
2. Five different chassis sizes (from 18 to 81 positions).
3. Digital quality specs (with that many inputs, it MUST be
quiet).
4. You can customize your own patchbay (todays standard
patchbays are too limited for MIDI).
5. D&Rs "Floating Subgroup System" allows any input module
to be a subgroup, anywhere in the chassis.
6. The Dayner has 8 aux send busses for all those effects
in todays MIDI room.
A popular configuration for a State of the Art MIDI studio
would be:
1 DC59 Chassis (will hold up to 56 modules).
46 DSM Dayner Split Input Modules (for keyboards, drum
machines, effects returns, subgroups, and line/mic
inputs).
8 DIM Dayner In-line Modules (for 8 track tape recorder).
2 DRM Dayner Effects Return Modules (four returns on
each module).
This configuration would give you 70 virtual track inputs
during mixdown. You can download any Dayner console to fit
your special needs. The above example uses an eight track
tape machine, however, the Dayner is currently in MIDI
studios with 16, 24, and 32 tracks as well.
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