Tascam 424MKIII owner manual How to Connect Your Effects Devices

How to Connect Your Effects Devices

There is no absolute "right" or "wrong" way to do this—there are several ways, each with its own consequences.

CHORUS

LEFT/MONO RIGHT LEFT RIGHT

INPUTSOUTPUT

Mono returns: A special feature of the STEREO INPUT allows continuously variable control between left and right if desired: a mono effect connected to 7/MONO will go to 7-8 LEVEL control if nothing is plugged into jack 8.

Patching effects to an input channel: There's no law that says the output of an effects device must be plugged into a STEREO INPUT, either. They can also be plugged into LINE INPUTS just like any other source, if you are cautious about one thing: make sure the EFFECT controls of those channels are set to the off position (turned all the way to the left). Otherwise, you will be sending the output of the effect device back to itself, which is a kind of feedback. If the effect device is a digital delay, feedback has the same effect as a regeneration (number of echoes) control. An advantage of returning effects to a main channel is that you can EQ the effect return.

To record reverb onto a track : Switch the ASSIGN switch to L-R, and adjust the controls for the sound you want. Remember that stereo signals must be recorded onto two tracks to keep their "stereo" effect.

To hear reverb in the headphones but not record the reverb : Set the ASSIGN switch on the stereo channel being used for returning effects to the right/MON position, turning up the LEVEL control on the stereo channel in use.

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