Mixdown on Outboard Console - How Do You ROUTE?

[innermusic]

I've been mixing to an outboard recorder (Masterlink) but I'd like to mix to PT from the outboard console. I'm sure there is a simple answer - So My PT tracks are routed out to the console. I tried patching the mix outs from the console into a couple of spare channels on the interface. Signal does show up there. But in PT, there is a feedback loop when I hit record on those tracks.

Fail.

How is this normally done?

[Drew Mazurek]

mute the track.

I do it all the time on an SSL Duality.

[Top Jimmy]

If you're using the 24 I/O, I would appropriate 23-24 for the mix input and monitoring output. The sum from the console goes to 23-24 input and 23-24 output goes to the 2-track inputs on the console for monitoring. In Pro Tools, make sure the mix track is routed to 23-24.

[innermusic]

Originally Posted by Top Jimmy

If you're using the 24 I/O, I would appropriate 23-24 for the mix input and monitoring output. The sum from the console goes to 23-24 input and 23-24 output goes to the 2-track inputs on the console for monitoring. In Pro Tools, make sure the mix track is routed to 23-24.

Just wanted to say - thanks for the idea, using 23-24 as the 2-track.

[Larry Sheehan]

What I did was get a 2x2 interface to another computer which is my 2 track machine.

So, outputs 1-24 from my interface to tape returns 1-24 of the console. \

Tape 1 out from the console to the mixdown machine.

Since the 2d machine is only recording 2 tracks, it doesn't need near the horsepower of the multitrack (ProToools) machine. In fact it's an AMD Athlon x2 w/4 gig.

[innermusic]

Originally Posted by Larry Sheehan

What I did was get a 2x2 interface to another computer which is my 2 track machine.

So, outputs 1-24 from my interface to tape returns 1-24 of the console. \

Tape 1 out from the console to the mixdown machine.

Since the 2d machine is only recording 2 tracks, it doesn't need near the horsepower of the multitrack (ProToools) machine. In fact it's an AMD Athlon x2 w/4 gig.

DAW for the other computer?