D&R CinemIX, Owner'S Manual

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Therefore, you will only require tape tracks for vocals and those instruments not
adequately reproduced on today's keyboards. If there is a multitrack recorder in
the MIDI studio, one of the tracks would be used to record a time code
(SMPTE or MIDI code). This will allow your sequencer to keep keyboards,
drum machines, and other MIDI equipment synchronized.
Cinemix was designed with the digital or analog multi-track and MIDI studio in
mind. In today's medium to large MIDI studio, there is a need for as many as
100 inputs to be used for everything from tape tracks to keyboards and drum
machines. For this reason, the Cinemix, when fitted with both Dual Path
modules and stereo return modules, can net over 106 inputs in the virtual track
session or mix down.
6.6 Surround mixing
The Cinemix is the perfect mixer for laying down surround tracks.
As already mentioned mixing down on 4 tracks (Pro-logic standard) is very easy.
Use the Left/Right and Center outputs and the Surround left or right output
which both give the same signal when the Encoder is on.
These signals are fed to the encoder unit by way of the 25 pole sub D connector
and the stereo outputs are fed back into the mixer for checking purposes.
By depressing the Encoder Active switch the four output signals will be fed to
the external Encoder and not to the 4 CRM outputs anymore.
At that very moment the stereo output of the Encoder is fed to the main CRM
monitors. The Center and Surround monitors will be muted at the same time.
By activating the external Decoder( depress the DECODER ACTIVE switch),
the encoded stereo signal will be decoded to full surround and fed to
Left/Center/Right and surround monitors for checking.
When the Decoder Active switch is in its up position a full stereo signal (Left
total, Right total) will be heard and mono compatibility is checked with the
Mono switch.
This easy set-up of surround sound coding and decoding makes a mix-down into
surround sound very easy to accomplish.
SIX CHANNEL 5.1 (DTS DOLBY DIGITAL)
When mixing down in 5.1 all signals (Left/Center/Right/ Surround left/Surround
Right/ and Sub Bass) are mixed down onto a six channel recorder and monitored
back through the 6 Track input (eventually with the CP65 Dolby decoder).
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