Tracking re Auxes on A & H Zed 22-FX ;
I bought an Allen & Heath ZED-22 FX analogue mixer, and since I got it have tracked everything by way of the "Minimal Signal Path" approach. So far I've only been recording my own material, -on my own.
-However I'm getting to projects soon that will involve other artists, multiple musicians recording and playing to tracks already recorded.
I've looked through the mixer's manual that cite that it is the Auxes (Auxes #1 + #2 in the ZED-22 FX case) -that are to be used as feeds for recording or for "Foldback Monitoring".
-However I have tried the Auxes and what I thought to be every combination of the various switches on the mixer -and can't seem to get a situation where I can use a previously recorded vocal track as a guide track, (that is unusable otherwise itself because of guitar bleed in) and track another vocal without also recording the previous vocal track).
I know that this is a very common practice and that audio engineers often have a different mix for the artist to hear while they're recording, (often with a bit of reverb on their own voice and certain other tracks brought up that will help them in their new track performance), and another dry mix more balanced overall for their own monitoring as tracking engineer.
I bought a fairly good pair of Sony closed-back headphones for that expressed purpose, -so that musicians could hear the music on previously recorded tracks that they will be playing to -without any of the sound of the other previously recorded tracks bleeding into their new track from the headphones.
As this is something that I will have to know how to do I thought that I would get into this now whilst I'm still just recording alone, (and only wasting my own time).
I have to believe that this procedure must be simple enough, -I must of overlooked something ?
-Just to clarify, -in this world of DAW recording that we're now living in, -I'm not using the ZED-22 FX's USB stereo recording facility, -I'm "out of the Box", -going from the Allen & Heath ZED-22 FX,s analogue console -into a Radar 24.
As I am also concerned with being as non noise-compromised as possible, -I tend to record "minimal signal path" from the very quiet Grace Design 101 pre -into my Radar 24. (-Someday I intend to get a much better, quieter, and more appropriate studio mixer.)
But as I am soon to be recording with other people & ensembles, I need to be able to track over tracks -without recording previously recorded tracks recorded as well onto the new track.
-For multiple musician multi-track recording I have 16 Hosa Docs jumpered insert cables to get around the fact that this ZED-22 FX is a performance mixer. -This will make the mixer much quieter, (as long as I don't pick up any radio signal interference or noise from the unbalanced system -which much depends upon the room location.)
I don't have a headphone amp. It will be a while before I can afford more gear.
The ZED-22 FX has only 3 Auxes, -Aux #1 & #2 are pre and Aux #3 is post.
Right at the moment I'm not dealing with a stereo issue, -I have one vocal track that has guitar-bleed-in that I want to replace with one new vocal track, -using it for a guide track. I tried many things with the Auxes #1 and/or #2, (pre & post), and the Auxes buttons & switches etc. but still couldn't record without picking up my guide track as well. -I know that there is some simple way to do this.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Thrip
I bought an Allen & Heath ZED-22 FX analogue mixer, and since I got it have tracked everything by way of the "Minimal Signal Path" approach. So far I've only been recording my own material, -on my own.
-However I'm getting to projects soon that will involve other artists, multiple musicians recording and playing to tracks already recorded.
I've looked through the mixer's manual that cite that it is the Auxes (Auxes #1 + #2 in the ZED-22 FX case) -that are to be used as feeds for recording or for "Foldback Monitoring".
-However I have tried the Auxes and what I thought to be every combination of the various switches on the mixer -and can't seem to get a situation where I can use a previously recorded vocal track as a guide track, (that is unusable otherwise itself because of guitar bleed in) and track another vocal without also recording the previous vocal track).
I know that this is a very common practice and that audio engineers often have a different mix for the artist to hear while they're recording, (often with a bit of reverb on their own voice and certain other tracks brought up that will help them in their new track performance), and another dry mix more balanced overall for their own monitoring as tracking engineer.
I bought a fairly good pair of Sony closed-back headphones for that expressed purpose, -so that musicians could hear the music on previously recorded tracks that they will be playing to -without any of the sound of the other previously recorded tracks bleeding into their new track from the headphones.
As this is something that I will have to know how to do I thought that I would get into this now whilst I'm still just recording alone, (and only wasting my own time).
I have to believe that this procedure must be simple enough, -I must of overlooked something ?
-Just to clarify, -in this world of DAW recording that we're now living in, -I'm not using the ZED-22 FX's USB stereo recording facility, -I'm "out of the Box", -going from the Allen & Heath ZED-22 FX,s analogue console -into a Radar 24.
As I am also concerned with being as non noise-compromised as possible, -I tend to record "minimal signal path" from the very quiet Grace Design 101 pre -into my Radar 24. (-Someday I intend to get a much better, quieter, and more appropriate studio mixer.)
But as I am soon to be recording with other people & ensembles, I need to be able to track over tracks -without recording previously recorded tracks recorded as well onto the new track.
-For multiple musician multi-track recording I have 16 Hosa Docs jumpered insert cables to get around the fact that this ZED-22 FX is a performance mixer. -This will make the mixer much quieter, (as long as I don't pick up any radio signal interference or noise from the unbalanced system -which much depends upon the room location.)
I don't have a headphone amp. It will be a while before I can afford more gear.
The ZED-22 FX has only 3 Auxes, -Aux #1 & #2 are pre and Aux #3 is post.
Right at the moment I'm not dealing with a stereo issue, -I have one vocal track that has guitar-bleed-in that I want to replace with one new vocal track, -using it for a guide track. I tried many things with the Auxes #1 and/or #2, (pre & post), and the Auxes buttons & switches etc. but still couldn't record without picking up my guide track as well. -I know that there is some simple way to do this.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Thrip