Audient ASP8024 Large Format Recording Console - Manual (Page 16)

Operation Manual
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Using the ASP8024
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Track bouncing is used to mix a limited
number of tracks together and rerecord
them. This may be to free up some tracks
on the tape recorder so that additional
material may be recorded or it may be so
that the final mix is simplified by having
certain groups of instruments already
premixed. This could also be done, during
mixdown, by using the sub group facility.
Signal coming off tape is normally sent
through the LF path. To rerecord it is
necessary to route the signal to the routing
matrix to assign the signal to the
designated recording track.
The FLIP switch could obviously be used
to route the playback signal through the
SF path and hence back to the tape
machine but this would necessitate
replicating panning and EQ in the SF path.
However, it is preferable to use the LF
button located by the routing matrix which
will select the output of the long fader to
the routing matrix. This will preserve any
panning and EQ that has been set up.
Ensure that all the tracks to be bounced
are unrouted from the mix. The end result
can be heard by assigning the destination
track’s LF path to the mix.
TRACK BOUNCING
Pressing a solo button on a channel with
either PFL or AFL selected allows either
the PFL or AFL signal for that channel to
be heard on the monitors and viewed on
the stereo output meters.
Associated with the solo switch is the
SOLO-IN-FRONT control and this allows
the relative level of the solo’d signal and
the stereo mix to be adjusted. It is thus
possible to hear a channel in isolation or
with some amount of the mix behind it.
SOLO
Solo-in-Place is an extension of the AFL
and PFL facilities. If SIP is selected on the
master module the signal on the main
stereo bus will be replaced by the AFL (Post
Pan) signal of the soloed channel. This is
the equivalent of cutting all other channels
except the one you want to check, but is
achieved by just a single button push.
Note that if you are recording when
Solo in Place is used this will be
recorded !
For this reason the SIP switch is
illuminated alerting users to possible
danger. The most likely use for SIP will be
just before a mix when equalization is
being set up. It is often easier to adjust
the equalization on a solo’d channel but it
is essential to check how it sounds when
in the mix.