User Manual

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The fourth mode – CHANNELrequiresbothswitchesinthe
direct output routing section to be in the DOWN position.
Thisisquitepossiblythemostusefulmodefortrackingifyou
are used to working with an in-line console architecture.
In normal use, CHANNEL mode allows the direct output to be
takendirectfromthemicrophonepreamplier,HPFandpolarity
inverter stage with no added gain stages such as channel trim.
This provides the cleanest signal path for recording.
By using the line input this mode provides the cleanest path to
feedyourfavouriteoutboardmicrophonepreamplierstoyour
recordingplatformbutwiththeaddedbenetofmonitoringdirect
from the latency free environment of an analogue console.
The signal path when in CHANNEL mode is as shown in the
diagram at the bottom of the page.
Using CHANNEL mode it is possible to combine it with the CH/
DAWipswitch(8)tocreatea“pseudoin-line”architecture.
When operating in “psuedo in-line” mode you can effectively take
themicrophonepreamplierorlineinput(whichcouldbefedfrom
yourexternalmicrophonepreampliers),HPFandpolarityinverter
output straight to the direct output and recording device.
Whilstthelineormicrophonepreamplierinputfeedsthedirect
output,thechannelcanbereconguredtoallowmonitoringof
the signal pre recording device and/or post.
One possible path is via the alternative cue input (14) which
allows the signal to be recorded to be monitored (prior to
reaching its destination) by sending the channel input (line or
mic)signaltothecuelevelandpancontrol(11&13)andnally
summing the cue bus into the main mix bus (via the
global control in the centre section above the master fader).
*NOTE that all cue sends will feed the main mix bus if this
control is activated as it is a global assign feature. Therefore this
operation cannot be selected on a channel by channel basis.
This is similar to monitoring your short fader record path on an
in-line console architecture.
By pressing the DAW switch (8) DOWN, the main channel path
(equivalentofthelongfader)isfedbytheDAWlineinput.
This allows you to monitor the recorded signal from your
workstation or tape machine, making simple record and
playback(beforeandafter)monitoringveryquickandefcient.
If you are using a tape machine with a delay between record and
reproduction heads, or a workstation with noticable latency from
inputtooutput–thebenethereishuge.