5Playback level

Press PLAY and, while listening to the tape play, tentatively set the channel faders.

6Adjust the PAN controls to set each track's left-to- right position for the desired stereo image. You may also want to use the EQ controls to adjust the individual tracks for the desired tonality. (For using effects, see pp. 27 & 28.)

7Using the MASTER fader, adjust the overall playback level.

8Review

When the signal balance, level, and tonality sound right, rewind the tape, and press PLAY again to check the result.

9Rewind the multitrack tape again. Put a blank tape in the mixdown deck and let it play for 5 seconds, then stop it and reset the mixdown deck's counter to zero.

Step-By-Step-Operation Guide

10Press PLAY on the 414 MKII.

11Record level

Put the mixdown deck into its "Record Ready" mode, and adjust its input level controls for the desired record level.

12Rewind the multitrack tape to the beginning of the recording.

13Put the mixdown deck into Record mode then press PLAY on the 414 MKII.

14When recording is done, stop both machines, rewind the mixdown tape and listen to it.

If the mixdown tape does not sound right, make the necessary corrections and re-do from the beginning.

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