Intro To The Multi Channel Studio

Session 1: Day 1 In The Studio

The top 3 Health & Safety Hazards are Fire checking you know
where the alarms are, Trip Hazards making sure all the cables
are tucked away safely so nobody is at risk of falling over them
& Electrical Safety making sure that no food or drinks are near
any electricals & that every electric item gets PAT tested every
year.

Live Room

Visual Alarm that

flashes incase
music is too loud

Control
Room

Key:
= Door
= Fire Alarm
= Fire Extinguisher

Studio A
Fostex

Fire Exit

Interfaces

Akai
MOTU
2408

KRK E8
Speake
r

Computer

MixingSoundcraft
Desk Sapphyre

KRK E8
Speake
r

Patchbay

Outboard
Equipment

Joemeek

Power
Strip PS11

The physical mixing desk came before the digital one. The
digital mixing desk has no restrictions & is easier but also
quicker to use. To record from the Live Room the routing is from
the stage box to the mixing desk & then into the audio
interfaces. This patch bay has 35 channels each with 7 outputs.
The left side of the patch bay is made of connections to
individual channels& the right side is for outboard equipment.
Patch leads are either a quarter inch (about 5mm) or different
sizes but Bantam leads are most accurate.

Session 2: Channel Strip

Recording & Mixing is the two uses of a channel strip. The top
faders are for recording & the bottom faders are for play back.
There are 12 channels on the right side of the desk which
record from the stage box. There are also 5 main sections that
make up the channel strip. These are;
Top Pot controls input
gain

1.

Bottom Pot controls

tape return
Controls phantom
power

Phase
Low Cut button cuts
frequencies below
100 hertz

2.

Threshold &
Frequency work
together but you
have to turn the
gate on.

Frequency

Threshold
Channel
Release

3.

High Frequency & Low

Frequency are a certain
type of EQ. HF=12K ,
LF=60 Hertz.

4.

LMF is the bottom pot & has its own gain above it. HMF is the top pot
& has its own gain below it. Its only semi parametric because the
third variable (band width) is not there.

Gain

Gain

5.
Headphones

Reverb Unit

Session 4: Mixing Desk Info

Insert is another word for plugin
When recording from the live room, on the mixing desk
you need to press on each channel then pan left or right
If connected to line in, the line button on that certain
channel must be pressed
Using send means you must use return otherwise you
could lose the signal without it. You tend to use send and
return whilst recording and not mixing
On the mixing desk you only have one reverb. Too many
plugins could crash the computer. You can also use reverb
through auxiliaries
Muting the aux gives a dry sound, do a mix of wet and dry.
Always record the reverb and dont send anything to the
reverb if you want it to stay dry. You must record the
reverb and the aux. Aux is stereo control
On the 9th channel, go to channel output & stick in the 9 th
input soundcard

 The Yamaha reverb unit to the auxiliary then to the send

only gives back to you what you get from the unit
Youre able to send loads of individual channels to one
place
You would use aux instead of inserts because it enables
you to send a bit of each channel to reverb as there is only
one

Session 5: Checking Snare on the Drum Kit from Session 3

Send the snare through the compressor to one output using the
patch cable then back to the compressor to get a signal come
out of the compressor to input 1. Expanding the old & the new
snare would be delayed causing latetancy.

Definition of Terms:
Audio Interface Piece of equipment that provides inputs &
outputs to a computer. Allows you to record with different live
instruments
Auxiliary Send Is an electronic signal routing output used on
multi channel sound mixing consoles used in recording &
broadcasting settings
Direct Injection There are many forms of Direct Injections such
as a DI Box. Direct injection is a method of connecting
instruments to a mixing console. Also this helps limit distortion
and noise hindering your recordings
EQ Equalizers come in two different varieties, high and low
Noise Gate An electronic device or software that is used to
control the volume of an audio signal
Semi Parametric Has one or more features missing.
Sometimes used to describe a single band of equalization

Shelf EQ Is locked at 20HZ. Its different to a parametric EQ

Outboard Compressor Some outboard compressors could
consist of Joemeek & the LA-610. Something similar to what
you would find in D.A.W
List of Drum Kit Microphones :

Shure SM58
Audix F15
Shure SM57
Audix F14
Audix F12
Audix F10

Some instruments need a stronger microphone to get the most

accurate recording like an acoustic guitar needs a condenser
microphone as it is more powerful & sensitive meaning that it
will pick up a bigger range of frequencies.