Isn't that Yamaha only a 2-buss stereo mixer?
Ok… I see how they’re doing it.
When I first looked at it I saw only two master faders and assumed one was right and one was left.
Turns out one master fader is for buss 1 & 2 and one is for stereo out, which is pretty counter intuitive to the way it’s usually done. But I guess a buss by any other name is still a buss.
You’ll have to think of the left/right stereo out jacks as 3 & 4 instead.
Jeff described how to use an 8-track recorder with a 4-buss, which is the same way I do it.
Buss 1 feeds tracks 1 & 5 on tape
Buss 2 feeds tracks 2 & 6 on tape
Buss 3 feeds tracks 3 & 7 on tape
Buss 4 feeds tracks 4 & 8 on tape
Panning to the left and right will select odd and even busses when recording.
You’ll need four Y-cables so each of the four outputs are split into two. Thus you will have eight total outs to match the eight inputs of the 38. However since you only have a 4-buss each input on the 38 shares a buss with another input, as Ghost lists above.
With your Yamaha there are buttons right next to each fader on channels 1 ~ 8. One button is labeled 1-2 and the other is labeled ST (Stereo). On each channel press either of these buttons to assign it to either buss 1/2 or Buss ST (which we are now calling 3/4). Now use the pan controls on each channel to turn the signal all the way left so it will come out of an odd number buss (1 or 3), or all the way right for an even number buss (2 or 4).
This way you can assign any of the first eight channels to any of the four buss outs, which go to the 38 as described by Ghost. Remember you don’t have an output for each input to the 38 because you are sharing four busses.
Chew on that for a bit before you move on.
And don't fail to study your manuals for the digi and
the MG124CX like you are preparing for finals.
