Help on Mixdown Please!

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I'm new to home recording, so this might be an easy quesion. I have a Boss BR-532 4-track digital studio and a small mixer. I want to be able to record my tracks "dry" on the BR-532 and then add effects and EQ each track on my mixer and run the final mix back into my BR-532. I've tried to do this but I get feedback problems. Is there anyway that I might be able to do this or do I have to do the final mix right to my computer? Any help would be great!!!

NOTE: My mixer is actually a P.A. I'm assuming that's why I'm getting the feed back problems, but, I am new to this so I'm not too sure!! :)
 
Dont you have On Board effects on your Boss 532?

Dont take this the wrong way. But why would you want to send your digital recording into a PA?.. Just to send back into the Boss 532?

If you have the built in effects on the 532, Use Them.

Take care. And good luck.


Steven
 
What are you really trying to accomplish? Is it that you want to free up more tracks?

If that is the case, just do some bouncing within your 532.




Steven
 
Steven,

Yes i do have on board effects with the BR532...but there is no EQ. That's what I primary want to get at...I probably should have said that before, sorry. Anyway, that's the main reason I want to run it through the PA. And I really don't want to spend the $$ for a huge 20 some band EQ. But that's probably the only way to solve the problem, unless you have any other suggestions?

The reason why I wanted to send it back to the 532 from the PA is to capture what I had changed with the EQ settings. I hope this makes a little more sense now.
 
Thanks for giving more info.

I would not recommend running into your board. for a couple reasons.

First: When you run out of the 532 and into the mixer; you are only getting a "Stereo: mix..... So, you will only be able to EQ in stereo. Thats not very precise.

Second: You will ALWAYS get feedback when you run out of the 532 - Into the Mixer - Out of the Mixer - Into the 532. Its one big circle, and it will never work in any situation.

Good Luck.

Steven


Only thing I can think of... and this is if you are really hellbent on doing this. I would suggest Go out of the 532 - Into Mixer - Out of Mixer - Into Computer/Tape Deck/CD recorder deck.

Mix down.. do all the eqing you want to do..... Do ALL of your panning on the 532..... run the stereo outs into the mixer..... White= channel #1...Red=channel #2........ Pan channel #1 hard left. and pan channel #2 hard right....... go out of your mixer, into a recording device. like a cd recorder.... than. once you have it mixed down, and recorded.... erase everything on the 532......... play the music through the "Line In" and record it on tracks 1 and 2. this will leave tracks 3 and 4 available for whatever you want.
 
Steven,

Thanks for your help!! I'll experiment a bit and see what sounds good.

Jake
 
As a general home recording tip: Dont use EQ unless you have a good EQ. Next time try to get the tracks to sound right when you record them.

DO NOT run your mix thru the PA. It will just add a lot of noise and the crappy EQ on it will due more harm than good.

When you are starting out try to keep things very simple and use the least amount of effects and eq as possible. The general rule is get it right while tracking and the mix will take care of itself, not the other way around.

Good luck.
 
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