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1642VLZ4

5. Direct Outs

Foundonlyonchannels1–8,thesebalanced1/4"

jacksdeliverthesignalfromtheveryendofthechannel

path;post-gain[3],post-EQ[32],post-lowcut[34],

post-fader[25],andpost-mute[30].Usethesefor

recording,makingthe1642VLZ4perfectforan8-track

studio.

Recording

Whenrecording,youusethersttwochannelsfor

yoursoundsources:vocalmics,drummics,keyboard/

synthoutputs,guitareffectsoutputs,thatsortofthing.

Fromthere,thechannelsmanipulatethesound,but

arenotassignedtotheoutputsection.Instead,they’re

patchedfromthechannel’sdirectout[5]jackstoany

ofyour8multitrackinputs.Thisallowsrecordingof

twotracksatatime.Byreconnectingthedirectouts

tothedifferenttapeinputs,youcanrecordtoallof

the8tracks.

Oncethetrackingiscompleted,theoutputsofthe

multitrackarethenpatchedtochannels3-12line[2]

inputsonthe1642VLZ4(multitrackout1tolineinput

3,2to4,3to5,etc.).Thesechannels(3–12)willbe

assignedtothemixer’soutputsection,deliveringthe

signalstotheirultimatedestination,whichmaybea

mixdown2-track,controlroomsystem,orheadphones.

Butlet’snotforgetthatthe1642VLZ4isa4-busmixer.

Thesebusesleadtothesubouts[8],andaredesigned

toaccomplishthetaskofgettingchannelstothe

multitrackwithoutusingthedirectoutputs.

Forexample,achannelisassignedtosubout1.

Subout1’soutputispatchedtomultitrackinput1.

Fromthere,themultitrackoutputgoestothemixer’s

channel3lineinput,aswejustdiscussed.

Double Busing

Howonearthdoyougetfourjackstofeedeight

tracks?Tofeedan8-trackdeckwithonlyfoursubouts,

simplyusefourY-cords:

• SubOut1feedstracks1and5

• SubOut2feedstracks2and6

• SubOut3feedstracks3and7

• SubOut4feedstracks4and8

Tracksinrecordmodewillacceptthesignal,and

tracksinsafemodewillignorethesignal.It’sthateasy.

Thismethodisexactlythesameasthe

double-busingfeaturefoundinothermixers.

Built-indouble-busingisnothingmorethan

Y-cordslivinginsidethemixerinsteadofhangingout

theback.Sonically,thereisnodifference.

Theadvantages:Youcanassignanychanneltoany

track,withoutrepatching.Youcanassignmultiplechan-

nelstoonetrackandcontroltheoveralllevelofthat

su/jointfilesconvert/312633/bgroup.Youcan’tbouncetrackswithoutthisfeature.

Byreturningtheoutputsoftheeffectsprocessorsto

13/14(EFXA)and15/16(EFXB),youcanchooseto

recordormonitorwitheffects.

Perhapsthebestrecordingmethodisacombination

ofbothapproaches:Usethesuboutstofeed

multichannelsubmixes(likeadrumkit)tosome

ofthetracks,andthedirectoutjackstofeedsingle-

channelsignals(likebassguitar)totheothertracks.

The point is that you never listen directly to the

sourcechannels.Youlistentothemonitorchannels

(3–12)andthey’relisteningtothemultitrackthatis

listeningtothesourcechannels.Themainadvantage

isthatyouwon’tbeforcedtoconstantlyrepatchyour

multitrack—justsetitupandforgetit.You’llalso

knowforcertainthatthesignalsareindeedgettingto

themultitrack,sinceyou’reconstantlylisteningtoit.

Anothermethodofinterfacingamultitrackiscalled

in-linemonitoringwhichrequiresadedicatedmixing

console.Eachofitschannelsisactuallytwochannels:

onecarryingthemic/linesoundsourceandtheother

carryingthemultitrackoutput.

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