Tascam 414MKII Portastudio 414 Mkii Brief Guide, Input Selection and Adjustment, Monitor Section

PORTASTUDIO 414 MKII Brief Guide	For detailed information on each feature, see
	"Features and Controls", pp. 31-35.

Input Selection and Adjustment

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Channels 1 through 4

EQ HIGH : Cuts or boosts treble frequencies. Shelving point is at 10 kHz.

EQ LOW : Cuts or boosts bass frequencies. Shelving point is at 100 Hz.

EFFECT 1 and 2 : These control how much signal will go to the correspond-

ing EFFECT send jacks. They get their signal from a point just after the channel fader.

TAPE CUE : The EFFECT 2 controls can be switched to act as the TAPE CUE level controls (by means of the correspondingly labeled switch) and adjust the playback level for the musicians in the studio.

PAN : Sets the pan position (left-right balance) of the channel. Note that the Left Mix can be recorded on tracks 1 and 3, and the Right Mix onto tracks 2 and 4.

INPUT : Determines where the channel signal comes from.

TAPE; Makes tape playback the channel source.

GUITAR; When this is selected, makes the GUITAR input the channel source. If no instrument is plugged into the GUITAR input, this is equiva- lent to OFF.

MIC/LINE; Brings the MIC/LINE input into the channel.

Channel fader : Sets the volume of the channel feeding the MASTER fader.

TRIM : Sets how much preamplification will be added to the MIC/LINE IN jack. Push up if the signal needs amplification, pull down if the signal is so loud it is distorting the mixer electronics.

MIC/LINE IN (on the front) : These are the input jacks for the mixer channels. Line-level, unbalanced signal sources (such as electronic instruments) may be connected here. You can also connect lower-level signals (down to –50 dBV) and use the TRIM control to amplify them.

INPUT L & R : These balanced XLR-type connectors are for balanced micro- phones. If a signal source is connected to the front MIC/LINE IN jack cor- responding to the XLR-type connector where a microphone is connected (L=1 or 3, R=2 or 4), the microphone signal input here is ignored. In other words, if you want to use microphones with these connectors, make sure that nothing is plugged into the corresponding MIC/LINE IN jack at that time.

GUITAR IN jack and TRIM control : This 1/4" jack is specially designed for connection of an electric guitar (or bass guitar). This dedicated input is provided because these instruments have an impedance that is different to that of microphones or line level sources. A guitar played through this jack will be used as the signal to a channel, if the INPUT switch of the channel is set to the center GUITAR position. Use the TRIM control by this jack to match the level of your guitar.

Channels 5 through 8

STEREO INPUTS : Connect any line-level signal (such as an effect return, or electronic instrument) here.

Mono Feature : Plug a mono signal into the channel 5-6 (L/MONO) jack and leave the 7-8 (R) jack empty. The signal is then automatically taken into the two pairs of channels (5-6 and 7-8).

LEVEL : Controls the volume of both the left and right

inputs simultaneously on their way to the respective stereo mix sides.

Monitor Section

LEVEL : This sets the output level of the monitor mix feed- ing the MON OUT and PHONES jacks.

MONITOR switches : These select the source of the MON

OUT and PHONES jacks.

– What you hear when the EFFECT 2/TAPE CUE switch is pressed on, depends on the setting of the master select switch below.

Master Section

EFFECT 2/TAPE CUE : When set to EFFECT 2, sends sig- nals after the channel fader to effect devices, and when set to TAPE CUE, sends playback signals to the moni- tor.

MASTER fader : This sets the total output level of the stereo mix.

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