Where are the ins/outs at?

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So I am looking at a couple ADATs and I am thinging to myself, I am going to need a mixing board.

I am looking a bunch, Mackie and the likes, and I don't get where I send 24 tracks to the ADATs, and input 24 returns.

I have seen Mackies with 24 direct outs, but I don't understand where the returns are at. One of the boards looked as though it had 24 sends, and only 16 returns.
 
:) You would need a board with inline monitoring facilities. one on the market now is the Behringer MX3242X. Older Tascams like the 25 hundred series has this also the 3500,3700. Another option is repatching each time, or use 2 mixers. One for the tracking and sending signal to recording device, out the direct outs: then another mixer taking the recording devices outputs signals and with this mixer you build a monitor mix for the recording engineer to monitor, also construct the final mix to your mixdown format. This eliminates repatching hassles. This does eat into budget, but the second mixer can be a smaller unit.



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Damn. I was really hoping I just was not seeing it on the boards. Thanks.
 
Outlaws said:
So I am looking at a couple ADATs and I am thinging to myself, I am going to need a mixing board.

I am looking a bunch, Mackie and the likes, and I don't get where I send 24 tracks to the ADATs, and input 24 returns.

I have seen Mackies with 24 direct outs, but I don't understand where the returns are at. One of the boards looked as though it had 24 sends, and only 16 returns.
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Unless you repatch you need an inline mixer like this...http://www.americanmusical.com/item.asp?UID=2003042810384368&menu=&keyword=&item=DSP+ALESTU32
but it is 16 channels.
 
How are the Alesis preamps?

And if I was to get 2 12 channel mixers, how would I deal with the monitoring situation, headphones, etc.?
 
;) They are fair to good.
Band monitoring would come off the first mixer, the engineers monitoring would come off the second mixer. You would use the AUX section/sends.
 
if you get a 24:8 desk by mackie, you have 24 direct outs, i THINK you have 24 bus outs aswell (the 8 duplicated 3 times).

You then have 24 tape ins on the back of the desk. you should have a mix B function on the mackie, and if you select these to the tape ins, you should be able to make a new mix on the returns using the mix b path...if that's what you wanted..


visit www.mackie.com
 
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