Getting Started
Keeping It Digital
Many home studios or project studios these days record to digital audio tape or hard disk recording systems, but lacking a digital mixer, they are forced to mix tracks using a conventional analog mixer. This can actually add color and warmth to some tracks, but is likely to introduce noise into the signal chain.
Once an instrument or singer’s voice has been converted to digital audio by an
With the VM200, you can record and mixdown entirely in the digital domain. This may make a dramatic improvement in the quality of your final recordings.
An Important Note About Word Clock Information
Before you can transfer digital audio from one device to another, the digital audio equipment must be word clock synchronized, or timing problems may result.
For example, if you are recording to another digital device, such as an ADAT, DAT, or digital multitracker, you must synchronize all digital components in your recording system to a common word clock source.
If the VM200 is the only digital component in your recording system, you do not need to adjust any word clock settings.
However, if you are using other digital audio components, please refer to “Digital Connections, Word Clocks, and Sample Rates” on
page 160 for more information on synchronizing to a common word clock source.
Stopless Rotary Controls
The VM200 uses the 12 rotary controls (also known as the Gain, Freq, and Q controls) to adjust values for several different parame- ters, depending on the
Unlike conventional analog control knobs, the rotary controls on the VM200 are stopless; you can rotate them right or left endlessly.
In this way, the knobs can more easily accommodate a broad range of parameter values.
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