Alesis 1622, Reference Manual

SECTION 3

APPLICATIONS ........................................................................................................ 18

MULTITRACK RECORDING ......................................................................... 18

INTRODUCTION TO MULTITRACK RECORDING ........................... 18

RECORDING ....................................................................... 18
MONITORING ...................................................................... 19

MULTITRACK MIX................................................... 19
MONITOR SPEAKER (CONTROL ROOM) MIX....... 19
CUE MIX.................................................................. 19

MIXDOWN ........................................................................... 19

THE 1622 MIXER AND A 4 OR 8 TRACK TAPE DECK................................. 19

USING THE 1622 MIXER TO RECORD

A SINGLE SOURCE TO 1 TRACK ....................................... 20
TWO OR MORE SOURCES TO 1 TRACK........................... 20
2 OR MORE SOURCES TO 2 TRACKS ............................... 20

RECORDING TIPS ........................................................................... 21
HOW TO PLAYBACK FROM MULTITRACK..................................... 21
HOW TO SET UP A CUE ................................................................. 22
MIXDOWN ........................................................................................ 22
HOW TO CREATE A DEPENDABLE  MIX........................................ 23
HOW TO GROUP SEVERAL CHANNELS TOGETHER
WHEN MIXING ................................................................................. 25
HOW TO PLAYBACK A MIX FROM THE MIXDOWN TAPE DECK .. 26

PLAYBACK TIPS.................................................................. 26

SOUND REINFORCEMENT APPLICATIONS IN MONO .................. 27
USING THE SUB MASTERS ............................................................ 28
LINE INPUTS USED AS ADDITIONAL MIC INPUTS ........................ 29
USING THE SUB MASTERS FOR SEPARATE OUTPUTS .............. 29
STAGE MONITOR MIX FROM THE PRE-FADER SENDS ............... 30

DEDICATED MIDI KEYBOARD MIXER......................................................... 30

SECTION 4

TROUBLESHOOTING .............................................................................................. 32

NO SOUND ................................................................................................... 32

NO SOUND WHEN CHANNEL IS SOLOED ..................................... 32
NO SOUND WHEN MONITOR LEVEL TURNED UP ........................ 32

OVERLOAD PROBLEMS .............................................................................. 32

DISTORTION HEARD WHEN INPUT CHANNEL IS SOLOED.......... 32
DISTORTION IS BEING RECORDED ONTO TAPE, BUT DISTORTION
NOT HEARD WHEN INPUT CHANNEL IS SOLOED ........................ 33
DISTORTION AT MIXDOWN MACHINE OR SOUND SYSTEM ....... 33
DISTORTION ON THE RETURNS.................................................... 33

SECTION 5

GROUNDING............................................................................................................. 33

SECTION 6

SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................................................................. 35

GLOSSARY ........................................................................................................................... 36

APPENDIX ............................................................................................................................. 42

INDEX .................................................................................................................................... 44

BLOCK DIAGRAM................................................................................45