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Subject: RE: [motm] Main output mix?

From: "John Loffink" <jloffink@...>
Date: 2003-07-12

Based upon previous experience, I always record composite patches to
separate channels, leaving mixdown for a later time. I once made the
mistake of mixing two simultaneous patches/tracks performed live on
another modular. I had this great dynamic panning effect going on in
one sound. Unfortunately, due to the monitoring situation with stereo
speakers too distant, I didn't notice that this effect was sometimes too
overt, sounding like dropouts. Once I had recorded the two patches
together, it became virtually impossible to fix. If the two patches had
been recorded separately, fixing the too wide stereo separation would
have been simple.

John Loffink
jloffink@...

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> Hello all,
> Since list traffic is a little slow today, I thought I would ask this
> question:
>
> How do you route the final output of a complex patch?
>
> In larger patches, there may be three, four, or more "sub-patches"
> contributing to an overall sound. How do you go about combining all of
> the aspects of a patch like this?
>
> Do you cascade a number of mixer modules to handle all the elements
> of a patch, or (taking into consideration the 10v levels) do you send
> individual patch elements to an external mixing desk? Both, perhaps?
>