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Muckelroy
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I'm looking for a patch bay/setup idea, that will allow me to do the following signal flow:
up to 8 mic inputs, normalized to mic pre's 1-8 on my mixer (which, by the way, I still haven't decided on.)
Output of mixer channel to some type of connection/bus in
Output of bus directly to tascam 38 8-track 1/2" tape machine.
Output of tape machine normalized to 8 tracks on my mixer (unless it's possible to use the first 8 as well?)
IN ADDITION, output of aux sends to gear/channel of choice, and return of aux sends to channel of choice.
So, to sum it all up, I'm thinking that I'll need a patch bay which will Normalize (default)the following signal flow:
mic in, to board in, board out to bus in, bus out to tape machine in.
tape mach. out to mix board in.
Because I'd like to be able to bypass the board when tracking to tape, I'd like for the tape machine inputs (or busses) to be patch-board based, not mixing board based.
The reason I'd like a patch bay is to not only normalize the above signal flow, but to allow me to switch flow at the following points:
between mic in and board in, between bus out and tape machine in. Also, to assign patch points to the aux send and returns.
I hope somebody sees eye to eye with this one. Not trying to confuze the hell outta anyone.
THANKS!
up to 8 mic inputs, normalized to mic pre's 1-8 on my mixer (which, by the way, I still haven't decided on.)
Output of mixer channel to some type of connection/bus in
Output of bus directly to tascam 38 8-track 1/2" tape machine.
Output of tape machine normalized to 8 tracks on my mixer (unless it's possible to use the first 8 as well?)
IN ADDITION, output of aux sends to gear/channel of choice, and return of aux sends to channel of choice.
So, to sum it all up, I'm thinking that I'll need a patch bay which will Normalize (default)the following signal flow:
mic in, to board in, board out to bus in, bus out to tape machine in.
tape mach. out to mix board in.
Because I'd like to be able to bypass the board when tracking to tape, I'd like for the tape machine inputs (or busses) to be patch-board based, not mixing board based.
The reason I'd like a patch bay is to not only normalize the above signal flow, but to allow me to switch flow at the following points:
between mic in and board in, between bus out and tape machine in. Also, to assign patch points to the aux send and returns.
I hope somebody sees eye to eye with this one. Not trying to confuze the hell outta anyone.

THANKS!