User Manual

Mixer Basics
Quick Guide
MG206C-USB/MG166CX-USB/MG166C-USB Owner’s Manual
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To hear playback of the track you have just
recorded, use either the Transport panel
[Rewind] button or the ruler to rewind to
the beginning of the recorded section, then
click the Transport panel [Start] button.
The overall playback level will be displayed via the mas-
ter section bus level meter on the right side of the mixer
window, and the channel level will be displayed via the
channel strip level meter.
• Click the [Narrow/Wide] button in the upper left
corner of the mixer window to increase the
width of the mixer’s channel strips.
• The output signal from Cubase AI 4 is routed to
the MG mixer’s 2TR IN inputs. To hear the play-
back sound via a pair of headphones plugged
into the MG mixer, set the bus select switch to
TO MONITOR ( ) and adjust the volume with
the 2TR IN/USB control and the MONITOR/
PHONES control.
5
To save the project file select [Save]
from the [File] menu and enter a file
name before actually saving the file.
Save your project file frequently to insure against losing
large amounts of data if a problem occurs.
6
Repeat steps 1 through 5 to record further
material on the same track.
7
To record additional material on a different
track, select a new track and repeat the
record procedure.
You can monitor the sound being recorded and
a previously recorded sound simultaneously
while recording (MONITOR MIX). Refer to “F
2TR IN/USB” on page 22 for details.
In this section we’ll try mixing down multiple recorded audio tracks to stereo, and creating a wav file. Mixes can be stored as
WAV or AIFF files, which can then be recorded to audio CDs.
1
Launch Cubase AI 4 and open a project
file.
2
Click the [Start] button on the Transport
Panel.
3
While listening to playback, drag the chan-
nel strip level faders up and down to create
the desired initial balance, then adjust the
overall volume using the bus volume fader.
4
Drag the pan controls on the top of the
channel strips left and right to set the
stereo position of each track.
NOTE
Level meter Bus level meter
[Narrow/Wide] button[Narrow/Wide] button
NOTE
Step
6
Mixing with Cubase AI 4