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Applications: Chapter 6
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C HAPTER 6
A
PPLICATIONS
O
VERVIEW
This chapter is designed to give you an idea of the multitude of applications for the
XT. These applications are not broken down into great detail. Therefore, where
applicable you will need to refer to other sections of this manual for instructions on
how to setup the XT for a particular job.
C
OMBINED
M
ULTITRACK
/M
ASTERING
D
ECK
The XT can serve as a combination 6-track multitrack recorder and 2-track mastering
deck. Record your audio onto tracks 1–6, then run them through a mixer, using the
sub or group outs to send them back to tracks 7 and 8. Tracks 7 and 8 will contain
the stereo master recording; their outputs should then be connected back to the
mixer’s 2-track playback inputs.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
OUTPUT
INPUT
OUTPUT
INPUT
LOCATE/PLAY
LRC REMOTE
PUNCH
IN/OUT DIGITAL SYNC
OUT IN OUT IN
Mixer Inputs Bus Outputs
In addition, an external synchronizer connected to the XT’s [SYNC OUT] can output
SMPTE or MTC to simultaneously synchronize a MIDI sequencer to tape. This way,
you can mix down not only the first 6 tracks from the XT but your “virtual” tracks on
the sequencer as well, all onto tracks 7 and 8.
If you are using a multiple machine system (with one or more XTs and/or ADATs),
you can dedicate any two tracks in the system for a stereo mix. Because all machines
are perfectly synchronized to one another, you can punch-in and -out of the mix itself.
This opens up all sorts of possibilities, like changing the EQ, effects and other mix
settings for different sections of the mix.