ONYX FireWire Card

14.You can monitor the recording by assigning all the channels to the L/R mix on the Onyx mixer, and selecting MAIN MIX in the CONTROL ROOM/PHONES SOURCE section. This provides direct monitoring through a pair of monitors connected to the Control Room Outputs. You can connect the Headphone output to a headphone distribution amp to provide monitoring for the musicians, as shown in the hookup diagram on page 20.

16.Click the Record button in the bottom right section of Track- tion to start recording (or press the R key on the keyboard).

Overdubbing

CONTROL

ROOM/

PHONES SOURCE

MAIN MIX

FIREWIRE

(OPTION)

ALT 3-4

TAPE

ASSIGN TO MAIN MIX

Say you want the lead singer to add a second vocal part in harmony with the lead part that you just recorded.

1.Create a 17th track in Tracktion and assign Input 1 from the FireWire card to it (assuming the vocalist’s mic is connected to channel 1 of the mixer). Unas- sign tracks 1-16 to disarm recording. You just want them to play back.

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ONYX FireWire Card