Yamaha RM800 - Manual (Page 18)

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HiHat signal can be modified
to taste without affecting the
quality of the recorded signal
On an in-line console, multitrack playback can be mixed as required using the
‘monitor section’ of a channel module, while the input fader, EQ etc. positions
are set to optimize signal level on each track of the recorder.
The inclusion of this separate stereo monitor mixer is what differentiates a
recording console from a sound reinforcement mixer. In the early days, con­
soles were “physically split” into two sections: the input mix and the monitor
mix sections, so that our tape return HiHat signal in the above example would
have been sent to another channel (channel 9, for example). Nowadays, to save
space and reduce manufacturing cost, the monitor mix section is, as it were,
‘layered on top of the input section’ of the console.
Note: The HiHat is only an example. You can do the same for other signal sources
you record simultaneously.
That doesn’t mean, however, that you can no longer connect the recorded
HiHat signal to another input module {split concept). If your RM800 still has
room for additional inputs, feel free to do so. If, however, your setup requires
a lot of signal sources and tracks, you may have to go for the in-line approach.
That, by the way, makes working with your RM800 more transparent, because
it allows you to feed the recorded HiHat signal back to channel 1 (monitor sec­
tion), so that the signal source input number (microphone used to pickup the
HiHat signal) matches the monitor channel number (HiHat signal coming
from track 1).
When it is time to perform mixdown of the signals recorded to the multitrack,
it is common to re-patch the multitrack outputs to the input section of the
console to take advantage of the large faders, the EQ sections and Aux Sends of
the input section.
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