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18 F-CONTROL AUDIO FCA202 User Manual
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To provide a professional recording interface between
mixing console and computer, you can use the FCA202 in
combination with a suitable mixing console that includes
subgroup outputs. This type of setup allows you to record
several signals in the computer at the same time, to
simultaneously play back several takes or playbacks which
have been recorded, and to listen to the whole recording via
loudspeakers or headphones. Figure 4.1 shows one possible
setup with an UB1204FX-PRO mixing console.
Connect the outputs of the subgroup (in this case ALT 3-4
OUT) with the inputs of the FCA202 [9]. You can choose to
connect the outputs [8] of the interface either to the TAPE
INPUT sockets or to a stereo channel output (e.g. LINE 7/8).
Connect your loudspeakers to the CONTROL ROOM outputs of
the mixing console. You can connect control headphones to
the socket [1] of the FCA202 or to the headphones output
of your mixing console.
By routing each channel that you want to record through the
ALT 3-4 subgroup, you can now use the input channels of the
mixing console to record different signals (e.g. microphone,
guitar, sound module etc.) in the computer. If you connect
the OUT sockets of the FCA202 to channel inputs 7/8 (not
via TAPE INPUT), make sure that the signal is not switched
to the subgroup but instead to the main output of your
mixer (MUTE key on the UB1204FX-PRO in channel 7/8 not
pressed). Otherwise feedback can occur. Make sure that you
use the SOURCE section on the mixing console to select the
correct monitoring paths (ALT 3-4 + MAIN MIX or ALT 3-4
+ TAPE).
If you lead the FCA202 back via a channel input
(not TAPE INPUT), you can also use the Aux channel to set
up a monitor mix for live musicians. To do this, use the Aux
Send (e.g. Aux 1) in this channel input. If the musicians
want to hear themselves as well as the playback or previous
recording takes, use the Aux Sends in the recording channels
to mix in the recording signals with the monitor mix.