Hooking up Yamaha MG102 to Tascam DP-02

[ozaruu]

I feel like a child that has wandered into a movie and has no frame of reference . I've been reading about cables all day, I've learned a lot [I think] but I'm struggling to turn that information into a working solution - I have a lot of most likely over-specific questions and I'm not sure if the information I've been seeking is pertinent so I'll broaden the scope of my questions;

(I've been doing lots of searching on this, forgive me if I've missed something obvious here [I know I have, I can feel it in my bones] and if you can point me in the right direction I'd love it!)

How would you recommend connecting these two units?

Can I pan inputs at the Yamaha [for examples sake to 3 o'clock] and have them panned to the same location [3 o'clock] coming out of the DP-02 line out?

Do I need to be able to send a stereo signal to the dp-02 to accomplish this?

Is this possible? Is it possible for me to send a stereo signal from the mixer to the recorder using only one input?

Example; If I want to record a drum kit with three microphones - an overhead mic, kick mic and snare mic and have them panned to separate locations but recorded onto one track

Is this a true statement? the DP-02 records in mono - unless both inputs are assigned and recorded to separate tracks - panned to where I want them and THEN bounced to one track they will remain where I 'put' them sonically

 

[Armistice]

Don't confuse recording mono tracks with stereo mix tracks. If you want to position things, you need a stereo track - your mix bus, or track, and you do it as part of the mix process, usually.

If you want to record a single something (guitar, piano etc.) with two microphones then you record two mono tracks and later, when mixing, you pan to taste.

Stereo requires multiple tracks... that's how it works - one here, one there...
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If you're getting a stereo drum feed from more than two mics via a mixer, then you can pan them in that stereo field and record them to two tracks. But the minute you bounce two tracks to one track, it's mono. And stays that way. And you can record three mics onto one track and have pan positions.

If you must bounce down, then bounce stuff like this to a stereo pair.

Best solution is to get a proper multi channel audio interface and record each mic or input onto its own track. Then you can do whatever you like.

If you have only 3 mics for your kit, perhaps ask in the drum forum about the best way to record a kit - it might not be kick, snare and single overhead, as that's inevitably going to end up very centred. Not my field, however...

DP-02 - did Tascam really build a machine with only two inputs... no additional line inputs? Jeezus wept...

Alternative route - use the DP as a paperweight and buy a small 4 channel audio interface and record to your PC...

 

[Tadpui]

Can I pan inputs at the Yamaha [for examples sake to 3 o'clock] and have them panned to the same location [3 o'clock] coming out of the DP-02 line out?

Do I need to be able to send a stereo signal to the dp-02 to accomplish this?

Is this possible? Is it possible for me to send a stereo signal from the mixer to the recorder using only one input?

Example; If I want to record a drum kit with three microphones - an overhead mic, kick mic and snare mic and have them panned to separate locations but recorded onto one track

Is this a true statement? the DP-02 records in mono - unless both inputs are assigned and recorded to separate tracks - panned to where I want them and THEN bounced to one track they will remain where I 'put' them sonically

Stereo means that you use 2 separate channels: Left and Right. In order for something to have a position in the stereo field, it must have a relative volume between two separate signals. For instance, if the signal is at 100% in the Left channel and 0% in the right channel, we would say it's panned hard left. If that signal is at an equal volume in both the left and the right channel, it would be panned center. And if it's at 100% in the right channel and 0% in the left channel, we'd say that it's panned hard right.

Some inputs/outputs can send both the left and right channels in a single cable, but the MG10/2 doesn't have those (except for the headphone output). Other than the headphone out, all of the MG10/2 outputs have separate L and R signals. So you'd need to connect both the L and R outputs of your MG10/2 into 2 separate inputs on your Tascam in order to preserve a stereo field.

There may be a way in your Tascam's routing software to pair input A and input B into a single stereo signal. Or maybe even in your DAW software, you can pair them up into a single stereo track.