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Thanks for the RE-ENFORCEMENT(sound re-enforcement (joke, play on words)) and direction ;-) on my
thoughts and actions.
Actually I'm just recording a mono mix although I'm geared for a stereo mix. My goal however is to record any channel to of my Mix and not record others by backing them down to zero sound. For instance when I record the Pastor's sermon, I only want to hear him in my recording. I don't want any open Microphones which would add a hiss sound to my recording. If I want to record the Choir and the Clavinova or Soloist and Performance track of a CD. I want to be able to turn the volume up on those channels individually for the record.
I would use the AUX sends for recording, however there are only 6. I use 1 and 2 for Monitors on stage. Lets say that I use 3 & 4 for the effects device. I could use 5/6 for Recording. There is I believe one problem with that however 3/4 and 5/6 are linked to the same volume knobs and use a SHIFT switch to switch between them. If I understand the routing, when I shift from 3/4 to 5/6 the sound going to 3/4 is dead. If this is the case this kills my effects device. That's why I thought about using the MIX-B.
Now you brought up an interesting idea about using the subgroups. If I understand correctly I could for example use subgroup 1 and 2 NOT assigned them to the main mix, but just use the 1/2 submaster insert out then select the 1/2 button on the channels I want to record and control them from the 1/2 faders.
The advantage I believe I see of the Mix-B idea is that I can independently control the volume on each channel almost like using an aux sent.
Do you have any other ideas?
How about this, instead of using both 3/4 aux sends for effects, use 3 for effects and use 4 for recording?
I only have that one soundcard on the computer with one record-in I wish I had a 24 track recorder that would be nice, but for as small a church as we are maybe 70 to 100 in attendance on Sunday mornings and our budget for sound support is limited, the 24 track recorder is out of range.
We are very fortunate to have this Mackie 24*8 Mixer/recording console. Another church that was closing its doors donated it to us.
Rob
In a message dated 05/05/07 2:38:13 P.M. Central Daylight Time, richard@... writes:
I'm getting the sense from you that all you are after is a stereo mix?
If so, then it would appear that you can use the Mix-B output for this purpose. This isn't
the typical use for the MIX-B which you may or may not realise. Mackie being Mackie have
just added a few more components to make the function more useful should you not want
to use the desk more traditionally.
So, if in an instance you couldn't use the MIX-B, you could use another pair of auxes,
rather like we did to feed the FX box before. Just send that aux to your computer. You
could set this to be either pre-fade - so that the mix was pre-determined that you were
going to record, or post-fade to allow it to follow what you're doing on the FOH mix.
Either is valid in differing circumstances....
You could use a pair of the sub-group busses, and take an output there.
There are also a pair of balanced main outputs and a pair of unbalanced main outs. If your
sound card only has unbalanced inputs, you could used the (presumably) spare
unbalanced main outs, and these would copy your FOH mix for recording.
Doing a stereo mix whilst doing a PA mix is always a matter of compromise, and typcially
the recorded mix suffers at the expense of the PA mix, as the PA mix is the main gig here!
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