Alesis Studio 24, Reference Manual

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Hooking It Up
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TUDIO
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EFERENCE
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ANUAL
D
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UTPUTS
The DIRECT OUT jack on each channel is an unbalanced RCA connector which
provides a direct output of the post-fader channel signal. If you want to record a
single source to a track of tape, connect this to the inputs of your multitrack tape
recorder, or for any other application where you need a direct output. This is the
most common way of using the Direct Outs and is available when the DIRECT OUT
SOURCE switch is in its up position.
A second method is sending the mix of Channels assigned to the Groups to the
DIRECT OUTs. This technique is available when one of the DIRECT OUT SOURCE
switches is in its down position, as explained on pages 54 and 55.
The third option for getting Channels to tape is to connect the Group Out jacks to the
recorder, as explained on page 31.
In any case, each DIRECT OUT jack is set for a unity-gain output, so it can drive most
-10 dBV devices depending on the setting of the TRIM control and the fader.
I
NSERT
The INSERT connector is a TRS 1/4" jack which consists of an insert send (the tip of
the TRS plug) and an insert return (the ring of a TRS plug), and is used to insert an
outboard effects device (such as a compressor, EQ, or chorus) directly into the signal
path of only one channel: the channel it is connected to (as opposed to the Aux
system, which combines many different channels into an effect). For details on this,
see page 49.