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Procedure For Studio Recording |
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1 Channels The mixing board is always ON. Begin your set-up by selecting which microphones you will use during your session. Mics 1 through 4 are at the table. The mic at the mixing console is called the Presenter mic, and is on channel 5. To use these mics, press INPUT 2 button, and the Mic source indicator will light up in the window at the top of the channel column. |
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2 Fader, ON/OFF Each channel has its own fader. To open the channel, press the ON button. |
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3 MAIN OUTPUT Turn up the OUTPUT faders on the right side of the mixer (PROGRAM and AUDITION), all the way up to zero
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4 MUTE / PROG Press the MUTE button for the Control Room Monitors to avoid feedback while mics channels are up. Press the PROG button. Connect your headset and turn the volume down before putting the headset on. Put the headset on and turn up the volume only a little using the CONTROL ROOM PHONES knob, |
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5 LEVELS (With the Channel ON) Have someone speak into a microphone and move the fader up on that channel on the mixing board until the VU meter moves.. Raise the channel fader so that the VU meter on that channel shows a reading between -10 and -1. If the needle rides between -20 and -10, the level so too low; raise the fader. If the VU meter needle goes into the RED area, the level is too high; lower the fader. If the red DIG CLIP indicator lights up, lower the fader so the CLIP light on the channel fader does not light up. |
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6 Adjustments To make adjustments in EQ or TRIM, first press SELECT on the channel you want to control, then make the adjustments needed. The adjustments will apply only to the channel that has the lighted SELECT button. As you turn the knob to the plus or minus, indicator lights will show the level of adjustment |
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6a (phone) For telephone interviews, the telephone line is dedicated to channel 12 on the mixing board. On the tabletop next to the mixing board is the phone box. To power ON, set the switch to I. On the mixer, open channel 12 so you can hear the phone line. On the phone box press CALL to open a line and DROP to disconnect. The keypad works just like any other phone. Telephone calls typically need to have the LF (Low Frequency) Equalization control turned down to a minimum because of noise in the phone lines. In most cases, a regular telephone will yield better sound quality than a cell phone. |
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7 Recording CD-R Power ON the CD Recorder in the equipment rack. Place your blank CD-R disk in the tray. After it has loaded, press the RECORD button. Have someone do a voice check again. During the voice check you should see the signal level indicated on the orange LED VU meter on the CD Recorder. |
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8 Back-up It is recommend you always make a back up recording by using the second CD Recorder or using the Alesis Digital Hard Drive recorder. To use the Alesis, power it ON and press: NEW TRACK. Then press RECORD and the incoming signal will be displayed on a VU meter on the front of the unit. |
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9 RECORD When you are ready to record, press the Play arrow and wait for the counter to begin moving to confirm it is recording. |
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10 TIMER Reset the Timer on the mixing board and press start as you begin your recording. |
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