Scottgman
Legend in Own Mind
Does this trick of inserting a cable to the first click work on other mixers also? I have a Behringer board and am wanting to do the same thing but assumed I'd need a better mixer.
Cheers!
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crosstudio
New member
I have a mackie 1604 vlz pro and frontier designs wavecenter which has 10ins/outs (8 lightpipe, and 2 SPDIF)
rather than putting the cable in partially, I plug an insert cable (Y) all the way into the channel insert.
I put the send cable into the input of the recorder and the return cable into the output of the recorder.
In the Wavecenter software, I can then either monitor all of the tracks being recorded through a single stereo output, or patch the inputs to the outputs and monitor through the original channel on the board.
Here is what I actually have set up on my 1604:
1: return wavecenter 1 (RNP A is sending to wavecenter 1)
2: return wavecenter 2 (RNP B is sending to wavecenter 2)
3: send/return wavecenter 3
4: send/return wavecenter 4
5: send/return wavecenter 5
6: send/return wavecenter 6
7: send/return wavecenter 7
8: send/return wavecenter 8
9: roland xv-3080 line-in left (via patchbay)
10: roland xv-3080 line-in right (via patchbay)
11: ensoniq asr-x pro line-in left (via patchbay)
12: ensoniq asr-x pro line-in right (via patchbay)
13: unassigned
14: unassigned
15: unassigned
16: unassigned
aux 3 wavecenter SPDIF for playback monitor left
aux 4 wavecenter SPDIF for playback monitor right
most of what i do is just mono or stereo recording through the RNP, so the line-ins for channels 9-16 are the normal for my patchbay. when i'm ready to record the 3080 or asr-x, I patch them to the RNP.
however, i have channels 3-8 on the mackie ready to record onto the other 6 available D/A/D channels when called upon. All i have to do is connect the instrument/mic and press record on the appropriate track.
I have no outboard FX or dynamic processors, so the returns for aux3|4 are used to monitor previously recorded tracks in those situations where all 8 lightpipe channels are busy.
rather than putting the cable in partially, I plug an insert cable (Y) all the way into the channel insert.
I put the send cable into the input of the recorder and the return cable into the output of the recorder.
In the Wavecenter software, I can then either monitor all of the tracks being recorded through a single stereo output, or patch the inputs to the outputs and monitor through the original channel on the board.
Here is what I actually have set up on my 1604:
1: return wavecenter 1 (RNP A is sending to wavecenter 1)
2: return wavecenter 2 (RNP B is sending to wavecenter 2)
3: send/return wavecenter 3
4: send/return wavecenter 4
5: send/return wavecenter 5
6: send/return wavecenter 6
7: send/return wavecenter 7
8: send/return wavecenter 8
9: roland xv-3080 line-in left (via patchbay)
10: roland xv-3080 line-in right (via patchbay)
11: ensoniq asr-x pro line-in left (via patchbay)
12: ensoniq asr-x pro line-in right (via patchbay)
13: unassigned
14: unassigned
15: unassigned
16: unassigned
aux 3 wavecenter SPDIF for playback monitor left
aux 4 wavecenter SPDIF for playback monitor right
most of what i do is just mono or stereo recording through the RNP, so the line-ins for channels 9-16 are the normal for my patchbay. when i'm ready to record the 3080 or asr-x, I patch them to the RNP.
however, i have channels 3-8 on the mackie ready to record onto the other 6 available D/A/D channels when called upon. All i have to do is connect the instrument/mic and press record on the appropriate track.
I have no outboard FX or dynamic processors, so the returns for aux3|4 are used to monitor previously recorded tracks in those situations where all 8 lightpipe channels are busy.
F
fishtop_records
New member
Scottgman said:
I expect it will. The insert jacks on the Mackie are
just standard switches, when you insert it all the
way, it opens the switch between the out and in.
The cool thing about this, is you can try it for free.
See if it works. It takes a minute or two.
cstockdale
supafly killa homey
IN the user guid for the 1402VLZ Pro, it also says that you can achieve the same thing by just plugging a mono cable into the insert all the way, and it will cut the signal going to the main (ie, just send and interrupt the main), or if you use a stereo/mono cable and just insert it to the first click, it will send with no return, but NOT interrupt the main send.