Re: Tascam M-2600 mixer help

[Mike Rivers]

In article > writes:

> I have a Tascam m2600 mixer. I used it in a recording environment and
> now I would like to use it in a sound reinforcement system. Can anyone
> help with perhaps a wiring diagram to setup a live sound configuation?

Go to the Mackie web page and download the manual for the 1604 mixer.
It has several hookup diagrams including a couple for live sound
applications. They hook up the same way regardless of who makes them.

> The board has no monitor out and I would like to setup a foldback or
> monitor mix though the same board and not give up the ability to
> record the shows.

Sure it has a monitor out. That's what auxiliary sends are for. Use a
pre-fader one for your foldback mix. You could use one pair of
subgroups to feed the PA system and another pair to feed a stereo
recorder, or insert or direct outputs to feed a multitirack recorder.

Understand that there may be some things that you'll want to send to
the recorder that you don't want in the PA mix (or don't want much of,
like amplifiers, if it's a small venue). By using separate subgroup
busses, you can assign some channels to the recording mix that you're
not using in the PA mix, and vice versa (like CDs played during
intermission).




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I'm really Mike Rivers - )

[Raymond]

Mike wrote
>Understand that there may be some things that you'll want to send to
>the recorder that you don't want in the PA mix (or don't want much of,
>like amplifiers, if it's a small venue).

I agree with Mike's statement's but if the band your recording is not low key
(low stage volume) and your in a small club you may be better off (and/or just
in case) taking a good stereo pair mix with live mic's on the PA.
I've tracked live bands to multi-track in club's where the band was stuffed
back in the corner or just crammed into a small room, it was very hard to mix
it down on a track by track basis. At times it was next to impossible to keep
things settled in each individual track.