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Connections between digital mixer and a digital recorder?
Hi, the Tascam board is down, so I am asking this group for much
needed advice. I have a Tascam TMD1000 digital mixer and have acquired a Fostex VF08. Now, I know they both have spdif connections. So, lets say I record two tracks on the VF08, using my mixer as a preamp, so I can get a decent signal coming in. Then I want to record another set of tracks on let's say 3 and 4, while listening to 1 and 2. I believe by using the spdif connections this can be accomplished. So, how do I go about this? If there would be a better setup, then inform me. I really want to get some demos made this fall and burned to CD. I will await your expertise before forging ahead, Derrick |
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Connections between digital mixer and a digital recorder?
Vladan wrote: Since Tascam is TDIF while Fostex is ADAT, I guess youd need one TDIF to ADAT converter, Tascam would probably be very happy to sell one, now and then. That way your machines could comunicate 8 tracks at a time, instead of 2, as it is with SPDIF. Not to mention all 8 in sync. Tascam's IF-TAD, if I remember correctly. |
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Connections between digital mixer and a digital recorder?
Hi, thanks for the tidbits. What I am trying to achieve is a setup
where I can turn on the digital mixer then the Fostex VF08 with the mics, keys and guitar cables plugged into the mixer, with the outputs of the mixer going either into the 2 main inputs on the Fostex or the spdif connections. In another rephrasing, would this be more advantageous? Thanks for the input and PLEASE respond if you have had any experience in this basic demo-making setup. IAT, Derrick |
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Connections between digital mixer and a digital recorder?
On 16 Oct 2003 14:17:36 -0700, (psongman) wrote:
Hi, thanks for the tidbits. What I am trying to achieve is a setup where I can turn on the digital mixer then the Fostex VF08 with the mics, keys and guitar cables plugged into the mixer, with the outputs of the mixer going either into the 2 main inputs on the Fostex or the spdif connections. So, what's stoping you? If I understand you well, you want to submix whatever No. of channels from rolland to 2 tracks on Fostex, right? If I do, please read the following. If I don't, it'll be of use for someone else. You can do that. That would leave 6 empty tracks for other instruments. It's quite good setup for recording the whole band live, at once. For example, you could plug 4, 6, 8 (I'm not really familiar with roland mixer) drum mics in your roland, make a mix and route that to fostex, while having the rest of the band pluged directly into vf08's remaining 6 chanels (bass, guit1, guit2, vox, bvox, keys). Of course, this is just an example. You may find better to separate kick and snare,and put rytham guitar and backing vox togrther with the rest of the drums, or any other combination. In another rephrasing, would this be more advantageous? Unless you are recording whole band at once, I don't think ther's much point in conecting roland at all. Fostex' pres are probably not worse (if not better). Maybe if roland is equiped enough, you could apply some compression and/ or EQ in recording. Roland could be of use in the mixdown, especially if conected via TDIF to ADAT interface. As I understand it is now (SPDIF only), you should be able to feed roland 4 separate tracks from fostex. MainL, MainR (via SPDIF), Sendl and SendR (via analog). If you are carefull with paning and asigning, after getting it almost done in Fostex, you should be able to give lots of aditional polish in roland, before recording the mix to a 2tr master machine. For instance, you could go Kick and bass, snare to MainL, Lead Guitar and Vox to MainR, Rytham guit to sendL, keys to sendR and the rest of the drums panned to these two apropriately (as recorded). By the way, when not on PC, I use VF16 conected via ADAT to EZBus. Before that I used to go 8 tracks via VC8 + 4 as described above into Behringer MX8000 in mix and oposite direction in recording. Vladan www.geocities.com/vla_dan_l www.mp3.com/lesly , www.mp3.com/shook , www.mp3.com/lesly2 www.kunsttick.com/artists/vuskovic/indexdat.htm |
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Connections between digital mixer and a digital recorder?
On 16 Oct 2003 14:17:36 -0700, (psongman) wrote:
Hi, thanks for the tidbits. What I am trying to achieve is a setup where I can turn on the digital mixer then the Fostex VF08 with the mics, keys and guitar cables plugged into the mixer, with the outputs of the mixer going either into the 2 main inputs on the Fostex or the spdif connections. So, what's stoping you? If I understand you well, you want to submix whatever No. of channels from rolland to 2 tracks on Fostex, right? If I do, please read the following. If I don't, it'll be of use for someone else. You can do that. That would leave 6 empty tracks for other instruments. It's quite good setup for recording the whole band live, at once. For example, you could plug 4, 6, 8 (I'm not really familiar with roland mixer) drum mics in your roland, make a mix and route that to fostex, while having the rest of the band pluged directly into vf08's remaining 6 chanels (bass, guit1, guit2, vox, bvox, keys). Of course, this is just an example. You may find better to separate kick and snare,and put rytham guitar and backing vox togrther with the rest of the drums, or any other combination. In another rephrasing, would this be more advantageous? Unless you are recording whole band at once, I don't think ther's much point in conecting roland at all. Fostex' pres are probably not worse (if not better). Maybe if roland is equiped enough, you could apply some compression and/ or EQ in recording. Roland could be of use in the mixdown, especially if conected via TDIF to ADAT interface. As I understand it is now (SPDIF only), you should be able to feed roland 4 separate tracks from fostex. MainL, MainR (via SPDIF), Sendl and SendR (via analog). If you are carefull with paning and asigning, after getting it almost done in Fostex, you should be able to give lots of aditional polish in roland, before recording the mix to a 2tr master machine. For instance, you could go Kick and bass, snare to MainL, Lead Guitar and Vox to MainR, Rytham guit to sendL, keys to sendR and the rest of the drums panned to these two apropriately (as recorded). By the way, when not on PC, I use VF16 conected via ADAT to EZBus. Before that I used to go 8 tracks via VC8 + 4 as described above into Behringer MX8000 in mix and oposite direction in recording. Vladan www.geocities.com/vla_dan_l www.mp3.com/lesly , www.mp3.com/shook , www.mp3.com/lesly2 www.kunsttick.com/artists/vuskovic/indexdat.htm |
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Connections between digital mixer and a digital recorder?
Of course, if your mixer is not Rolland, but is Tascam, everything I
wrote still stands. Vladan www.geocities.com/vla_dan_l www.mp3.com/lesly , www.mp3.com/shook , www.mp3.com/lesly2 www.kunsttick.com/artists/vuskovic/indexdat.htm |
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Connections between digital mixer and a digital recorder?
Of course, if your mixer is not Rolland, but is Tascam, everything I
wrote still stands. Vladan www.geocities.com/vla_dan_l www.mp3.com/lesly , www.mp3.com/shook , www.mp3.com/lesly2 www.kunsttick.com/artists/vuskovic/indexdat.htm |
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