Ignatius-
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Hey Guys... So I'm not exactly sure where this should go...
After the rather traumatic experience of purchasing a completely useless M-520 to go with my TSR-8, I settled on a Soundcraft Ghost 24 (not LE). I'm super happy with this mixer (although I really miss the M-312b I traded for the M-520).
I've tried searching about this on multiple forums, but I can't seem to find anything - most people interface these with a DAW setup, so that doesn't really help. The manual says that the board has the ability to change the tape inputs and group (buss) outputs from +4dbu (stock) to -10dbv. Has anyone successfully done this? Do you think this would cause problems if, say, 8 of the tape ins and the group outputs were -10dbv and the rest of the board was set to +4dbu?
Say I want to run an AUX send to a reverb unit or something, since the AUX outputs (and all of the other outputs) are +4dbu, will this boost the -10dbv level of the tape return? Or will it just keep the same level? Also, if I make this change, how will that effect the mixdown? I am going to a Tascam 32 right now... Will I just have to really watch the levels (and crank the gain if I'm monitoring off this machine)?
I'm still trying to wrap my head around incorporating new +4dbu equipment. I used to run a completely -10dbv setup (it was awesome), and I never had to think about levels getting all messed up between gear. I posted about this in The Rack, but my situation has changed completely... would it be better to get just get a Fostex 5030 and keep the board at +4dbu? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
After the rather traumatic experience of purchasing a completely useless M-520 to go with my TSR-8, I settled on a Soundcraft Ghost 24 (not LE). I'm super happy with this mixer (although I really miss the M-312b I traded for the M-520).
I've tried searching about this on multiple forums, but I can't seem to find anything - most people interface these with a DAW setup, so that doesn't really help. The manual says that the board has the ability to change the tape inputs and group (buss) outputs from +4dbu (stock) to -10dbv. Has anyone successfully done this? Do you think this would cause problems if, say, 8 of the tape ins and the group outputs were -10dbv and the rest of the board was set to +4dbu?
Say I want to run an AUX send to a reverb unit or something, since the AUX outputs (and all of the other outputs) are +4dbu, will this boost the -10dbv level of the tape return? Or will it just keep the same level? Also, if I make this change, how will that effect the mixdown? I am going to a Tascam 32 right now... Will I just have to really watch the levels (and crank the gain if I'm monitoring off this machine)?
I'm still trying to wrap my head around incorporating new +4dbu equipment. I used to run a completely -10dbv setup (it was awesome), and I never had to think about levels getting all messed up between gear. I posted about this in The Rack, but my situation has changed completely... would it be better to get just get a Fostex 5030 and keep the board at +4dbu? Any help would be greatly appreciated!