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CONNECTION EXAMPLES

BASIC CONNECTION LAYOUT FOR MULTITRACK RECORDING

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Summary of Contents for MT1X

Page 1: ...YAMAHA AUTHORIZED PRODUCT MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...YAMAHA MULTITRACK CASSETTE RECORDER OPERATING MANUAL ...

Page 3: ...on we urge you to thoroughly read this operating manual After reading keep it in a handy place for reference CONTENTS BEFORE OPERATION PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING PRECAUTIONS 2 2 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TRACKS AND CHANNELS 3 WHAT IS A MULTITRACK CASSETTE RECORDER 3 THE CONTROLS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS 4 MIXER SECTlON 4 RECORDER SECTION 7 METER AND MONITOR SECTION 9 CONNECTOR SECTION 11 CONNECTION EXAMPLE...

Page 4: ... receive a very dangerous shock To avoid shorts or cord breakage do not pull the plug out of the AC outlet by pulling on the cord Be sure to grasp the plug itself and pull it out When leaving home for an extended period of time or when the unit will not be used for a long time unplug the AC adaptor cloth NOTE The AC adaptor has been designed for use with 120V or 220 240V AC and must not be used in...

Page 5: ... between the MT1X multitrack cassette recorder and a conventional stereo cassette deck is shown below CONVENTIONAL STEREO CASSETTE DECK The diagram shows how a conventional stereo cassette deck records and plays back music The four tracks on a cassette tape represent the left and right for stereo sound for each side of the tape The MT1X uses these four tracks for single direction recording and pla...

Page 6: ... be performed TAPE MIC LINE Set this switch to the proper position when OFF the output of a microphone keyboard instru ment or electric guitar is connected to the input jack on the front panel Be sure to set the switch to this position when the channel is not being used or when you don t want to playback material already recorded on the track Although sliding the input fader to the O position will...

Page 7: ...ying to change the sound of a certain in strument because you should know that instrument s harmonic sound components as well For example the normal frequency range of a bass drum is between 50Hz and 150Hz To bring out this sound so you can feel it better the LO low control which centers on the 100Hz frequency band can be moved up a little But the har monic sound components are around 10KHz so the...

Page 8: ...ck in the following manner CONNECTING MONITOR SPEAKERS Performers or sound mixers can control the level balance of the four channels instruments with the AUX controls with the total output level adjusted by the AUX MASTER SEND control MASTER FADER This controls the level of all the input faders as well as the final level of the effected signal of the AUX RTN control and the sound mixed through the...

Page 9: ...ng sec tion on page 33 This control adjusts the level of the effect mixed signals from each channel adjusted by each AUX control as well as the AUX signal for monitoring use The final output is through the AUX SEND jack AUX RETURN CONTROL This control adjusts the input level of effects or sub mixers connected to the AUX RTN jack The level of effect in relation to the sound can be set with this Pow...

Page 10: ...the tape Pressing it when the MT1X is in the PLAY mode enables you to hear the sound of the tape while it rewinds This feature is use ful for finding the beginning of a song or other recorded material FF SWITCH FAST FORWARD Use this switch to quickly advance the tape forward Pressing it when the MT1X is in the PLAY mode enables you to hear the sound of the tape while it is moved for ward This feat...

Page 11: ...e level of each track Starting from the far left each meter cor back level is displayed during recording the record ing level is displayed Setting the switch to this posi tion during overdubbing enables easy reading of the recording level responds to tracks 1 4 During playback the play 9 There are 14 LED indicators in each meter which show a range from 20dB to 5dB During recording setting levels h...

Page 12: ...ng or mixdown operations the mixed signal of all the instruments can be monitored MONITOR Position This position is for monitoring the signal of each track You can freely monitor while mixing the sound of each track during recording or playback Using the MONITOR LEVEL Controls and the MONITOR PAN Controls set the desired level and position for each track Track MIX Position This position allows you...

Page 13: ... the addition of a new signal changes the stereo image PHONES CONTROL This control adjusts the volume of the headphones See page 9 CONNECTOR SECTION FRONT PANEL INPUT JACKS PHONES JACK These four jacks are for the connection of microphones or electric and electronic instruments With a high input impedance of 10K ohms and a specified input level range of 10dB to 50dB a wide variety of instruments a...

Page 14: ...eniently used in the following ways Another 4 track recorder can be connected for direct dubbing of all four channels An external mixer can be connected for mixdown ST OUT JACKS The mixed signals of each channel and each track are output in stereo signal through these jacks Since these jacks output the final mix a stereo cassette deck can be connected These jacks can also be used as follows The MT...

Page 15: ...CONNECTION EXAMPLES BASIC CONNECTION LAYOUT FOR MULTITRACK RECORDING 13 ...

Page 16: ...abs broken out Playing tapes recorded on other cassette recorders When playing Normal position tapes or tapes encoded with Dolby B noise reduction the MT1X the following steps are advised 1 Playing Normal position tapes move the HI equalizer fader in the direction to boost the high frequencies until the sound is satisfactory 2 Playing tapes encoded with Dolby B NR put the dbx switch in the OFF pos...

Page 17: ... shown Put 7 on the bottom Then put 3 on top Replace the battery cover 15 ATTACHING THE BATTERY PACK Align the battery pack on the left side of the MT1X Slide it on and tighten the battery pack mounting screw with a coin or screwdriver The battery pack is now firmly attached NOTES When using the battery pack as a power supply remove the AC adaptor The battery pack can only supply power to the MT1X...

Page 18: ...e than a second or two then distortion may become a problem It s also important to remember that distortion at lower frequencies is less apparent than distortion at higher frequencies Keep the dbx switch ON to expand dynamic range and to reduce inherent tape noise STEREO POSITIONING It s important to think about the acoustic position of all the instruments well before you start your multitrack rec...

Page 19: ... will be used when recorded tracks will be ping ponged and what sort of end result is desired The recording process of the ex ample we will explain in this section is illustrated on page 16 Signal route when recording drums RECORDING THE DRUMS The drums will be recorded on track 1 In recent years drum machines and rhythm machines have made an appearance with Yamaha coming out with the high perform...

Page 20: ...ette door and insert a chrome position CrO2 tape Bias HIGH Eq 70us Return all the switches and controls to their nor mal positions referring to the control panel illustra tion on pages 4 9 Turn the power switches on for the effect and microphones and then turn the MT1X ON The POWER indicator will light 3 Setting up the recorder section Press the RESET switch to return the counter to 000 Turn ON th...

Page 21: ...ying slide the gain con trol for channel 1 towards the MIC direction stop ping when the 3 indicator on the far left level meter flashes occasionally on the sound peaks Pull the input fader for channel 1 back down to 0 The proper input level for channel 1 is now set Set the input fader for channel 2 to 7 While the drums are being played slide the gain con trol for channel 2 towards the MIC directio...

Page 22: ...AUX MASTER SEND control If necessary go over steps to several times until everything is just right Adjust the master recording level with the MASTER fader setting it at the point where the 3 in dicator on the far left level meter flashes occa sionally on the sound peaks Explanation diagram for steps to and to 7 Recording Push the PAUSE switch to start recording Just before the musician starts play...

Page 23: ...o about 7 Make sure the METER SELECT switch is set to 4 TRK Press the PLAY switch and check the sound record ed on track 1 by headphones and by looking at the level meter 21 At this point if the track is recorded properly and there doesn t seem to be any problems press the REW switch and reset all the knobs and controls to their normal posi tions Now it s time to record the bass If the recording i...

Page 24: ...the drum part already record ed on track 1 There are two ways to record the bass place a microphone in front of the bass amp or run a direct line from the bass into the recorder If you re after a really clear recording direct line record ing is the way to go If you re using an effect of some sort you ll want to run a noise gate thru the final stage of the effect This is true with all electrified m...

Page 25: ...r This also goes for the rest of the steps Keep the ZERO STOP switch ON until mixdown This also goes for the rest of the steps Keep the dbx switch ON until mixdown This also goes for the rest of the steps Set the RECORD SELECT position to 2 the REC indicator will flash to show that the bass guitar con nected to input jack 2 will be recorded on track 2 Press the pause switch to start the recording ...

Page 26: ...level ac cording to the reading on the meter second from the left 6 Adjusting the monitor sound Press the PAUSE switch to start the tape and set the sound balance of the bass guitar and drums If necessary control the combined volume level with the PHONES volume control Now using MONITOR PAN controls 1 and 2 decide the left right stereo positioning of the two tracks During this the bass guitar will...

Page 27: ...ansfer or collapsing tracks shown here allows you to re record these three tracks onto one track thus freeing up tracks for other recording operations You can also add other new parts during the ping pong process As long as there are empty tracks you can ping pong from one or more tracks to another as many times as you like However each time a track is ping ponged onto another track some degradati...

Page 28: ...elector switches 1 3 to the TAPE position Press the PAUSE switch to start the tape Adjust the input balance of each track with the in put faders 1 through 3 Set the overall level with the MASTER fader Use the level meter on the far right as the reference Set the equalizer controls for each channel 1 3 to get the desired tone for each instrument AFTER PING PONGING IT WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE TO CHANGE TH...

Page 29: ...Mastering it will allow you to re record even the smallest segment on a track without disturbing the rest of the track or the other tracks When all the tracks are playing back press the REC switch to start the tape punch in at the starting point of the section to be redone set the RECORD SELECT switch of the track to be redone to the REC position for the new recording and then punch out return the...

Page 30: ...t Operation Before and after the punch in the sound from tracks 1 4 plus the new sounds to be recorded can be monitored However during the punch in only the sound from tracks 1 2 and 4 plus the new sound being recorded can be monitored 28 ...

Page 31: ... the REC switch If the FS 1 is being used the unit is put into the REC PAUSE mode and the REC indicator lights If the FS 1 is connected set its foot switch so that the REC indicator flashes 29 3 Setting the monitor and meter sections Set the PHONES SELECT switch to MIX If it s not set to this position you won t be able to monitor the new recording sound and the playback sound of tracks 1 4 during ...

Page 32: ...lization set the recording level preferably at the same level as the initial recording 6 Recording Press the PAUSE switch to start the recording Punch in when you reach the passage that must be redone by sliding the RECORD SELECT switch to the 3 position When using the FS 1 press on the foot switch In both cases the REC indicator will light Punch out when you have finished redoing the passage by s...

Page 33: ...certain sound balance in level effects and stereo positioning and then recorded onto one side of a cassette tape in mono or stereo This tape is the final master Signal Path During Mixdown In this next step the instruments are put in their place in the stereo sound field and a slight amount of reverb will be added to the vocal track with the REV7 31 ...

Page 34: ...k with the equalizer controls for channels 1 4 Add the effects to the vocal track using the AUX 3 AUX MASTER SEND and AUX RTN controls Explanation diagram for steps to and Determine the stereo positioning of the instruments recorded on each track using the PAN controls 1 4 If necessary repeat steps through until everything sounds right Watching level meters 1 and 2 use the MASTER fader to set the ...

Page 35: ...he MIDI syn chronizing signal is converted to an FSK signal that analog instruments can handle An example of synchro recording using the RX 15 rhythm programmer Set the RX15 to create the desired rhythm effects Connect the RX15 in the following manner After putting the MT1X into the REC PAUSE mode turn the SYNC switch ON In this con dition both the tape will start and the RX15 will start playing w...

Page 36: ...kground music on track 3 If this music is in stereo use tracks 3 and 4 If it s just mono track 3 will suffice Sound effects can be recorded on track 4 Mix down the sound from tracks 1 4 and record them on the video soundtrack using the video decks overdubbing function NOTE This example is when editing the soundtrack of a monaural video deck with an overdubbing function MAINTENANCE As a good genera...

Page 37: ...BLOCK DIAGRAM NOTE When the REC button is engaged the panel switches can be used to individually order recording on only those channels with RECORD SELECT not switched OFF 35 ...

Page 38: ...ut level 10dB at 50k ohms AUX SEND output impedance 1k ohms rated impedance load 10k ohms or over rated output level 10dB at 50k ohms TAPE OUT 1 4 output impedance 1k ohms rated impedance load 10k ohms or over rated output level 10dB at 50k ohms PHONES rated impedance load 8 40 ohms maximum output level 100mW 100mW Equalizer Characteristics HIGH 10dB 10kHz shelving LOW 10dB 100Hz shelving Sound Sp...

Page 39: ...INTRODUCTION TO THE ACCESSORIES 37 ...

Page 40: ...SERVICE The MTlX is supported by Yamaha s worldwide network of factory trained and qualified dealer service personnel In the event of a problem contact your nearest Yamaha dealer ...

Page 41: ...SINCE 1887 NIPPON GAKKI CO LTD HAMAMATSU JAPAN ...

Page 42: ...YAMAHA Recyclable Yamaha Corporation of America MT1X OM 6600 Orangethorpe Avenue P O Box 6600 Buena Park CA 90622 6600 Recycled 5 15 98 28791 MT1X OM ...

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