Teac DS-M7.1 Applications Guide - Manual (Page 2)

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DS-M7.1
Applications Guide
DAW Monitoring
Digital Console Monitoring
A s the mixers built into Digital Audio Worksta-
tions become more capable, many professional
and project studios are recording and mixing all
of their audio on one computer workstation such
as Pro Tools® or Nuendo®.
With the DS-M7.1, the digital outputs of the DAW
can be connected directly to the Console Inputs of
the DS-M7.1. Since these are digital connections,
you don’t need to purchase extra D/A converters
in order to monitor your work in surround.
You can collapse your mix down to any surround
format – from 7.1 to stereo – to check how it will
sound on smaller systems. You can even monitor
an independent stereo feed at the touch of a button.
Your mix can easily be sent to an external dubber
for recording, or you can simply bounce the mix
internally. Between your DAW and the DS-M7.1,
you can mix without a console for a compact yet
incredibly powerful mixing system.
I n larger facilities, multitrack digital audio
recorders like the MX-2424 often supplement
DAWs to boost track count during mixdown. The
system pictured here shows a studio mixing down
a multitrack hard disk recorder through a digital
console. The audio is being mixed to a multitrack
tape recorder in discrete 7.1 surround.
In this application, the console can be connected
to the Console In of the DS-M7.1. The multitrack
hard disk is connected to the Track Recorder Inputs,
and the tape-based stem recorder is connected to
the Master Recorder I/O. If your equipment doesn’t
use the supplied TDIF, ADAT or AES/EBU digital
formats, you can install other analog or digital
interface cards into the rear-panel expansion
slots.
The DS-M7.1 allows you to monitor at resolu-
tions up to 96kHz/24-bit for detailed, holophonic
surround mixes. You can monitor either the return
from your master mixdown recorder or the console
bus outputs by pressing the BUS/RTN button. Plus,
you can send the buss outputs directly to your track
recorder allowing you to record to your multitrack
without repatching. Just leave the DS-M7.1 con-
nected and start mixing in surround at the touch
of a button.