Yamaha RM800 - Manual (Page 24)

General System Setup
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Tip: You can also use the "addi­
tional input feature" whenever
you need more than 4 effects.
Stereo jack connected
to INPUT CH INSERT
aD[
a
Mono jack connected to the
signal source's output
“Special insert cabie" that
allows you to add even
more input sources
To keep things clear for this general outline, let us agree to connect signal
sources you wish to equalize and/or process using the effects connected to the
AUX 1-4 busses to the TAPE IN connectors and set the M/L TAPE switches at
the top of all input modules to TAPE, thereby assigning the TAPE IN signals to
the input module controls.
Connect all signal sources that don’t require frequency correction to the
MIC/LINE connectors. As a rule, synthesizers, modules, etc. with on-board
effects (and possibly also equalizers) qualify as such. Set the MONI/AUX 5-6
switches of those input modules to M/L. You can set the level and stereo posi­
tion of the MIDI gear with the MONI/AUX 5-6 level and PAN controls.
Press the (MONITOR/AUX SEND 5-6) TO ST switch in the Aux Return sec­
tion to assign the AUX 5-6 busses to the stereo bus. All signals connected to the
AUX 5-6 busses are ‘connected’ to the 2-track master recorder.
Adding even more input sources. If you only need two outboard effects con­
nected to the AUX RETURN 1 and 2 jacks, you could use the AUX RETURN 3
and 4 jacks to add four more signals to your master mix. We strongly suggest
you only connect stereo sources to the AUX RETURN connectors as there is no
way to position the signal fed to an ‘R’ connector at the left side of the stereo
image when both AUX RETURN (L & R) inputs are used. If you use no effects
at all, the AUX busses add eight more inputs, giving you a total of 40 (or even
56) input channels!
Additionally, you could use the 2 TR IN connectors for two more input
sources, though that would require repatching the 2-track master recorder
whenever you want to listen to your mixdown. And finally, why not use the ST
SUB IN +4dB connectors to add another two input sources?
If that still isn’t enough, you could use custom cables to add 8 more input
sources via the INPUT CH INSERT lines, though that would mean that the
level and pan settings of the corresponding TAPE IN signal would also be
applied to the inserted signal. It may be worth a try whenever the success of
your project depends on another eight inputs.
Additional effect sends. In mixdown, if additional Aux Sends are required, the
AUX SEND 5-6 control of each input module can be used as extra stereo send
buses. Connect the MONIOUT/AUX SEND 5-6 jacks to the stereo inputs of
your SPXIOOO etc. and feed its stereo outputs back to the RM800 by connecting
them to two (preferably adjacent) input modules or the ST SUB IN jacks.
Note; The use of AUX SEND 5-6 for additional effects means that you can no
longer take advantage of the 2 x 16 (or 2 x 24) setup as that would mean that the
signals fed to the MIC/LINE connectors would also be processed by the fifth effects
processor.
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