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piano or the output of a drum machine, perhaps), then you would connect the
SUB OUT Left and Right Jacks to the INPUT of Tracks 3 and 4. If you only
wanted to record on track 7, you would connect either SUB OUT Left
or SUB
OUT Right to the input of track 7.
FIGURE 6
INTERFACING THE 1622 MIXER TO A MULTITRACK TAPE DECK
LINE INPUTS
MIC
DIRECT OUTPUT
CHANNEL INSERTS
SENDS RETURNS
MAIN OUT
MON TAPE
SUB OUT
MICRO LIMITER
MICRO CUE
AMPLIFIER
MONITOR SPKR
AMPLIFIER
OUT IN IN
IN
IN IN
OUT
OUT
INPUTS
1-8
OUTPUTS
1-8
OUT
MIXDOWN TAPE DECK
STEREO OUTPUTS
1 & 2
EFFECTS UNIT
INTERFACING TO THE MULTITRACK TAPE RECORDER VIA A PATCHBAY
It is also possible to access the Multitrack Tape Recorder by the use of a Patchbay, which is
several rows of jacks that are permanently connected to both the inputs and outputs of the
1622
MIXER , Multitrack Tape Deck, and all of the outboard equipment. This is a slightly more
convenient but more expensive method and is not absolutely necessary for operation; you can
get along just fine without it.
In this case, the patching is the same as in the above example
except that it is now done on the patchbay instead of at the rear of the Console and Multitrack
Tape Deck.
See Figure 7.
FIGURE 7
A TYPICAL PATCHBAY FOR THE 1622 MIXER
CONSOLE DIRECT OUPUTS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
8 TRACK INPUTS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
CHANNEL INSERT SENDS
CHANNEL INSERT RETURNS
1 2 1 2
1 2
L R L R
L R L R
SUB
OUTS
SUB INSERT
SENDS
SUB INSERT
RETURNS
GATE
INPUTS
GATE
OUTPUTS
LIMITER
INPUTS
LIMITER
OUTPUTS
DIRECT OUTPUTS
SUBMASTER OUTPUTS
SUBMASTER INSERT
SENDS
SUBMASTER
INSERT RETURNS
MICRO LIMITER
OUTPUTS
MICRO GATE
OUTPUTS
MICRO GATE
INPUTS
MICRO LIMITER
INPUTS
CHANNEL INSERT
SENDS
CHANNEL INSERT RETURNS
TAPE MACHINE
INPUTS