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Soundcraft Si Multi Digital Card User Guide 1013
LIVE RECORDING WITH THE MULTI DIGITAL CARD
With the Multi Digital card installed in a console, live recording couldn’t be
simpler! Standard mic/line input sources can be recorded through the Si Series
console via the multi-digital card to a DAW or similar. This simple yet powerful
solution is suitable for recording live gigs; but is equally at home in the studio.
To record audio into the Mac or PC you will require a Digital Audio Workstation
(DAW). Any DAWs that allow use of third-party audio drivers like Pro Tools, Logic,
Cubase, Nuendo can be used. These full-featured tools will handle all the
demands of live multi-track recording, becoming the hub for all of the recording
activities.
NOTE: The PC or Mac hosting the DAW requires adequate hard disk space,
RAM and processing power to ensure reliable operation; see the specification
requirements for your chosen DAW package.
The audio to be recorded is typically sent via the ‘direct outputs’ on the source
channels, for example:
Channel 1-32 on the console to... Direct out ‘digital output 1-32’ to... DAW
channels 1-32 as illustrated in the table below.
Example of Patching Console to DAW
Console
:
Console Direct Output:
DAW Channel Inputs:
Input 1: Kick
Multi Digital Out 1
Channel 1: Input 1
Input 2: Snare
Multi Digital Out 2
Channel 2: Input 2
Input 3: Hi Hat
Multi Digital Out 3
Channel 3: Input 3
Input 4: Tom
Multi Digital Out 4
Channel 4: Input 4
etc.
etc.
etc.
