User Manual

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2. Project Studio
Bass Guitar
Guitar
Engineer’s Headphones
Stereo Keys
Main Active Monitors
Stereo Keys
Thunderbolt
TM
Computer running DAW
and Focusrite Control
Microphones
One of the Clarett 8PreX’s advantages is the large number of physical inputs it provides. In a project
studio, these can be (more or less) permanently committed to specific sound sources, thus minimising
the amount of re-patching required when switching from one instrument to another, as you build up
the various tracks making up a song.
In the example below, we assume that guitar and bass guitar will remain connected to Channels1
and 2 via their INST inputs, while various electronic instruments can be connected to the LINE inputs
of all channels. The MIC inputs of all channels would typically be connected to mic input sockets at
different locations in the recording space.
If more instruments need to be connected permanently in this way, a patchbay can be introduced into
the setup; alternatively, the number of inputs can be expanded with an OctoPre unit (see Example 3).