API Audio 1608 Recording Console - Manual (Page 51)

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10.0 Application Guide
The API 1608 is a highly versatile audio production console and is at home with a wide variety of
applications including:
 Multitrack Recording
 Overdubbing
 Mixing
 Broadcasting
 Post
 Live Sound
API realizes the owners of the 1608 are professional users, so this section of the manual is designed to
provide quick and easy setups for basic applications.
Note: These setups are intended to be a very basic “Getting Started” guide and should by no means
considered to be comprehensive.
10.1 Multitrack
Recording
This setup uses the 1608 as an input path to a multitrack recorder or Digital Audio Workstation
(DAW):
1) Connect the audio sources to be recorded to the channel module inputs as needed
2) Select the appropriate channel input for the sources to be recorded (microphone,
instrument, or line)
3) Connect the following to the inputs of the recorder or DAW as desired:
 Channel Direct Outputs
 Summing Bus Sub-master Outputs (if multiple channels need to be summed before
the input to the recorder…make assignments as needed)
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Odd/Even panning is available
4) The channel input level and polarity will be set by the Preamp
5) Use the onboard filter and EQ as needed
 Additional signal processors (such as a compressor) may be patched into various
places in the channel audio path via the Insert and other connections on the rear
panel
6) Connect the Direct Outputs or the Summing Bus Outputs to the desired recorder or DAW
inputs
 The Direct Output is always fed by the channel Fader
 Make the necessary Summing Bus assignments if needed
7) The multitrack feed will be controlled by the channel Fader and Mute
 If the Summing Buses are used, the Summing Bus Sub-masters (SUB 1-8) will
provide a final output control before the recorder or DAW
8) Unused channels and echo returns can be used to create a mix of the multitrack/DAW
returns
 If a DAW is used, tracks could be sub-grouped as needed before feeding the DAW
outputs
9) The mix of the multitrack returns and cue/effects sends can be created “in the box” (using
the DAW mix and auxiliary buses and outputs)
 If a DAW is not being used, unused 1608 channels and echo returns can be used to
create the needed mixes
10) If a stereo mix is created in the DAW, it could be routed back to the console via unused
channels, echo returns, an external control room monitor input, or even the Program Bus
insert return for further processing, routing, and/or monitoring