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4.6 Example of usage (Recording)

In the following application, your PC/Mac is used for

recording while the CMS functions as premium A/D con-

verter, without the need for an external sound card.

LIVE-RECORDING OF EVENTS

The mixer master signal is transmitted to the PC on USB

channels 1-2 of the DIGITAL AUDIO INTERFACE. This is

the basic setting for a live recording of your event.

On USB channel 3 (or 4) the AUX (or MON) way is trans-

mitted to the PC. If the AUX or MON ways are not yet re-

served or occupied for monitoring, effect applications or

other purposes, you can use them instead to record two

additional signals, which then are available during post-

production of your recording. This, for example, provides

the possibility to enhance solo vocals or a solo inst-

rument at specific passages so that they stand clearly in

front of the mix. For that, you need to assign respective

input channels to the AUX/MON bus using the AUX/MON

controls.

A very recommendable option is to use the two ways in

order to record the signals of a stereo microphone posi-

tioned in front of the stage. Recordings, which are fed

only from the PA mixer, are often disappointing, because

audience reactions are completely missing and the sound

does not reflect the live performance. That is because of

the fact that particularly in small venues the acoustic out-

put or electrical signal of many musical instruments,

which by nature already have sufficient clout (such as

drums, electric guitar, etc.) gets reproduced only to a

slight degree or not at all via the public address system.

Conversely, sound recordings that only employ a room

microphone, very often sound indirect and especially the

vocals suffer from a lack of clearness and intelligibility.

The CMS offers the possibility to simultaneously record

both signal sources (mixer output and room microphone)

separate from each other. During post-production of the

recording you can comfortably match all tracks in propor-

tion to each other.

HINT: Make sure that during recording the signals of

the room microphones are not included in the

PA mix to prevent feedback. Therefore, the fad-

ers of the „room channels“ have to be pulled all

the way down. The AUX way, nevertheless, has

to be operated in pre-fader mode in order to

feed the signal to the DIGITAL AUDIO INTER-

FACE.

4.7 MIDI tone generator and multi-

effect unit

As already explained, the CMS can be used to transfer

MIDI data for instance from a master keyboard to a PC/

Mac. Using appropriate software, such as a multi-track

recording application and suitable PlugIns (e.g. the sup-

plied Cubase LE software), the entire world of most up-

to-date sounds is always at your disposal. Due to the

efficiency of today's laptops, it is no longer a problem to

expand your personal sound library even in Live-use with

sounds that, a few years ago, were only to be found on so-

phisticated studio synthesizers. Connect your master

keyboard to the MIDI IN jack and select the MIDI INTER-

FACE as input for the tone generator in the software

application. The computer-generated sounds are trans-

mitted over one of the two USB stereo channel strips

back to the CMS. Using the faders, you can comfortably

adjust the volume level, as if you had connected a key-

board with built-in tone generator to the stereo line in-

puts.

The CMS offers similar options for the creation of sound

effects. The PC serves as an external, extremely powerful

multi-effects unit. Since the signal is fed from the AUX

way, the operation during mixing becomes as simple as

using the internal effects of the CMS. The AUX way should

be switched to post-mode. The effect signal generated in

the PC is again added to the overall mix via USB stereo

channels 1-2 or 3-4. The stereo channel faders serve as

FX-return controls.

Finally, it has to be mentioned that, depending on the

software and drivers, some of the options described can

also be used in parallel. For example, you can use the four

recording channels of the CMS for live recording and at

the same time play back music from the same PC, e. g. for

stage performances.

Illustration 4-6: Using the PC/Mac as MIDI tone generator

(illustration shows CMS 1000-3)

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