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INPUT LEVELS (SENS
and PAD controls) and WHERE TO VIEW THEM
This is the single most important level to set, so here goes:
Select the INPUT
display. This display show the level of the signal BEFORE they are
passed to the INPUT MIXER.
The aim here is to get as hot a level as you can WITHOUT GOING OVER. So,
it's a wise person who sets this level a bit on the weak side (unless
using
external preamps/compressor to level the signal before it get to the
2480...
and are sure you won't get spikes in the signal.)
OK, pressing the PAD button IN will REDUCE the level of the incoming
signal.
If the SENS knob is fully CCW (Counter Clockwise), and the INPUT level
is STILL too strong, press the PAD to reduce the incoming signal BEFORE
it reaches the SENS control.
Remember, the 2480 preamps sound best when the SENS control is fully CCW.
They sound OK until the SENS control is above 1 o'clock or so. But
still, with
some mics, I need to push that SENS knob WAY up. So be it.
But if you can get the same level with the PAD OUT and the SENS DOWN, it
will sound better than with the PAD IN and the SENS UP.
INPUT MIXER
OK, now that your INPUT is set up, select to display the IN MIX levels.
Set
the INPUT MIXER's fader to 0dB, and you should see the same level as you
saw on the INPUT screen. Here is where you can apply "stuff"
THAT WILL BE
RECORDED with the input. I almost always use the HPF (High Pass Filter)
in the EQ section here to cut out room noise/rumble. But *very* little
else. Anything
you do here can and does change the level going to the Recording Track,
so
adjust your Input Mixer Fader accordingly.
TRACK MIXER
Here is where you apply FX and stuff that will be heard while tracking
and
playing back, but will NOT be recorded with the input. This is where you
set
up "the mix".
It's not a bad idea to monitor the INPUT levels WHILE TRACKING, not to
adjust "the mix", but just to make SURE that nothing is
approaching the 0dB
point. Remember to adjust the SENS control to make changes in the INPUT
level.
Submitted by:
Lakestone Karl
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