can avoid the expense of buying a separate amp to create a
headphone mix. Plug your headphones into the console’s
headphone connector and use its monitor mix for your
foldback. Alter channel fader levels as you wish to achieve
optimum headphone levels for your performance.
• If your console is not large enough to cope with every
multitrack send and return, connect only as many Direct
Outs as you need per take. For example, if you are
recording solo you will only be recording one instrument at
a time anyway, so a maximum of only two direct outs will
be required for stereo instruments, and one for mono ones.
The same channel direct outs may then be repatched to
adjacent multitrack tape ins to record new tracks. This
should leave enough channels free to monitor all your
recorded tracks.
• If you run out of tape tracks, group instruments together.
For example a fully mic’d up drumkit can be recorded in
stereo to two tape tracks via a pair of groups, or if you are
really stretched you could do this with the entire rhythm
section, including bass and rhythm guitar. However, it is
then essential to mix the balance between the instruments
accurately as, once recorded, they can never be individually
altered again.
• If you have only one effects unit and you need it to create a
variety of different sounds, it may be neccessary to record
the instrument with effects included. Again, remember that
once you have done this there is no going back, so wherever
possible it is best to record “dry” and buy a second effects
unit if you can.
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