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4 Hints and advanced tips  

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4 – Hints and advanced tips

This section gives a few hints and tips
which may be useful to you when you
make recordings using the Porta02.

4.1

Recording techniques

Learning how to record is an art, not a
science. One of the best teachers is expe-
rience. However, there are a few things
mentioned here which may be useful to

you, and there are several good books on
the subject which can explain the theory
of recording and some of the techniques.

4.1.1 Recording electric guitars

Much of the sound of an electric guitar
(and also bass) is due to the effects,
amplifier and speakers, as well as the gui-
tar and style of playing. If you plug the
guitar straight into the Porta02, you will,
of course, be able to record it, but the
sound will probably not be what you are
used to.

Plugging effects units between the guitar
and the Porta02 will certainly help to pro-
duce a fuller sound. The sound which
will come closest to a live sound, though,
will be provided by the amplifier itself.

You can adopt one of two approaches:
either to put a microphone in front of the
guitar speaker and record this (at 

MIC

level), or to connect the output of the pre-
.amplifier to the Porta02 and record at

LINE

 level.

4.1.2 Recording with effects

Professional recordings often use effects
like digital reverberation on vocals, etc.
You can add some of these effects by
plugging the microphone into an effects
unit, and plugging the unit into the
Porta02. Note that the effects unit must
be able to accept microphone-level sig-
nals, and will output to the Porta02 at

LINE

 levels.

In addition, you will need to use the inter-
nal balance control in the unit to decide
how much of the “dry” (un-effected)
sound will be passed through to the
Porta02 for recording.

If you do not have access to a reverbera-
tion unit, you can try recording vocals in
a very “live” room (without much furni-
ture).

WARNING

Do not connect the speaker output (or head-
phone output, if provided) of the amplifier to 
the Porta02. This will almost certainly dam-
age the Porta02, and may damage the ampli-
fier. Only use outputs which are marked 

LINE OUT

PRE OUT

,

 DIRECT OUT 

and so on. Avoid using any outputs marked 

SPEAKER OUT

SP OUT

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or the like.

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Страница 1: ...9101411800 OWNER S MANUAL...

Страница 2: ...he rear panel Please record the model number and serial number and retain them for your records Model number Serial number WARNING TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN...

Страница 3: ...if the product has been dropped or damaged in any way f when the product exhibits a distinct change in performance _ this indicates a need for service 21 Replacement Parts When replacement parts are r...

Страница 4: ...have been recorded at different times This is done by multitracking taking the different sounds feeding them through a mixer s inputs channels and recording them on a special tape recorder which spli...

Страница 5: ...g to a stereo recording is called mixing down to a stereo master or mastering recorder The Porta02 includes a mixdown section which allows you to mix to a stereo cassette or MD recorder 1 2 Some safet...

Страница 6: ...one side of the cas sette the marked length of the tape will be halved that is a C60 tape will run for 30 minutes a C40 for 20 minutes etc Always store cassettes in a safe place away from the magneti...

Страница 7: ...better per formance and longer life from your Porta02 Clean the heads and metal parts of the tape path before every session with the Porta02 and also after every session 1 Open the tape cassette cove...

Страница 8: ...is turned off 2 Connect the LINE OUT terminals of the Porta02 to the amplifier using a pair of terminals on the amplifier such as AUX or VIDEO 3 Connect your mastering recorder to a set of four TAPE...

Страница 9: ...Parts of the Porta02 9 Parts of the Porta02...

Страница 10: ...the control is fully counter clockwise It has no effect on the level from the LINE OUT connectors 7 MONO switch When this switch is pressed down in it changes the stereo signal from the PHONES jack in...

Страница 11: ...nter position the output will appear equally from both the left and right When the PHONES MONO switch is pressed these controls will have no effect on the output from the PHONES jack 13 REC FUNCTION s...

Страница 12: ...re are a few points you should note Pressing the RECORD key will also press down the PLAY key If the left record protect tab of the cas sette has been broken out or if there is no cassette loaded the...

Страница 13: ...jacks of the amplifier See 1 4 Connecting the Porta02 if you are not sure what you should be doing here 4 With the INPUT 1 fader at the 0 position plug the microphone into the MIC LINE 1 jack Do not...

Страница 14: ...ctronics controlled by the fader will not have to amplify the signal too much causing noise or have too much signal going into them causing distortion 4 Switch the microphone on if necessary Speak int...

Страница 15: ...an hear clearly what you have just recorded Note that meter 2 now shows the level of the tape replay on the right LINE OUT rather than what is being input to the tape 6 Rewind and replay the tape agai...

Страница 16: ...and record when you are ready When you are recording the meter of INPUT 2 will show the input levels of input 2 Since the signal is now going to track 2 the meter for input 1 will not show anything 6...

Страница 17: ...t playing the CD track you will be recording Adjust the faders so that the 6 meter indicators light on the loudest parts of the CD 6 Slowly turn up the amplifier volume so that you are listening at a...

Страница 18: ...EVEL controls is about the 2 to 3 o clock position This is the position you should regard as normal It is usual to put the PAN controls for a stereo source such as a CD fully right and fully left You...

Страница 19: ...t the amplifier input source to the mastering recorder and replay your mix 10 If you are not happy with the mix you can do it again either recording over the old mix or adding the new mix after the ol...

Страница 20: ...f You can adopt one of two approaches either to put a microphone in front of the guitar speaker and record this at MIC level or to connect the output of the pre amplifier to the Porta02 and record at...

Страница 21: ...t that you have are your ears Train yourself to use them so that you can spot mistakes quickly and you know how to put them right just by listening It s a useful skill 4 2 1 Recording more than four t...

Страница 22: ...a new one it s not worth hanging onto bad cables The Porta02 s POWER light does not come on Is the PS P2 adaptor plugged into the power supply Is the PS P2 adaptor plugged into the Porta02 Is the swit...

Страница 23: ...he heads are dirty Clean them see 1 2 4 Cleaning the heads Pitch changes wow and flutter The capstan and pinch roller are dirty Clean the capstan and pinch roller see 1 2 5 Cleaning the pinch roller A...

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