Engineers cue mix

[jmarkwolf]

I used to have an old Tascam Model 5 mixer that had a built-in microphone for the engineers cue. I now have a Tascam model M-30 that does not have this feature.

What's a typical method for getting the engineers cue into the submix for a multi-channel headphone amp, on a mixer without this feature built-in?

 

[The Ghost of FM]

Just plug in a spare Mic into a spare input channel and assign it only to a recording buss when you want to do audible tags to takes or if no spare channel strip is present and available, pick up a simple and small Mic mixer, like a used one from Realistic or Shure and put that into the buss in for the cue mix or main recording buss.

If it's mostly just for communicating with the live room talent, inject it into the cue mix.

The M312 or M320 series of mixers from TASCAM have a full talk back system assignable to anywhere on the board, if you feel like moving up in the line?

Cheers!

 

[A Reel Person]

Yeah,...

that's if you have a spare mic & input.

However, the mic (engineer/cue) signal can come through the submix without being assigned to a buss. Simply use that "numbered" Submix control, switched to PRE or POST. Either way.