Mixdown on Model 16/24

[Rayf Hellroy]

Just got the Model 16. Set up was a breeze and it’s got a pretty good feel. Used it to record a 2 hour practice the other night. My question is this: when I’m mixing down to the MTR, not all the tracks are heard. I hear everything while monitoring and setting levels, EQ, and FX. But after Exporting Stereo Mix, I open the wav and find all I have are drums and vocals.

Does anyone have a clue? Because, I’m stumped.

Thanks in advance,
Rayf

 

[Mark Richards]

Back in the day, whenever we got a new console in the studio, until we became familiar with the board, we'd use a checklist of all the buttons, switches, and patches that needed activation to do an initial mix .

I don't own a model 24, so all I can offer is that you go through a mental checklist for each track of all the things that need to be turned on, switched on, or engaged for each track to get those recorded tracks (1-22) to the stereo master (tracks 23/24).

 

[Rayf Hellroy]

Thanks Mark. Yep, I’ll verify all that tonight after work.

 

[-mjk-]

Hi @Rayf Hellroy and welcome to the Tascam Forums. What seems weird is that apparently, you hear things while mixing that aren't making it to the master track. Like Mark, I don't own one of those units, but clearly something isn't right with regards to mix monitoring. So, checking what bus is being monitored would be a good thing to add to that list.

By all means, please follow-up with any questions (some here are directly acquainted with the 16) and especially when you have found the solution so we may add to the knowledge base.

 

[Rayf Hellroy]

Hi folks. Thanks for the kind welcome and the ideas. After a couple hours of playing around and digging, I found this on page 37 of the manual: “The MAIN MIX L/R bus does not have a REC button, but it is always in recording standby. The signals of the MAIN MIX L/R bus will always be recorded if the 0 (Record) button is pressed.” My initial (incorrect) assumption was that you set up your mix and used the Stereo Mix Export function to save it. Once I had my mix set up and made sure no individual tracks were armed to record, I just had to return to the beginning of that song and hit the Record button. After that the Export Stereo Mix function worked as expected.

 

[-mjk-]

These hardware units don't render the audio like a DAW. So you have to record the mixdown in real time.

 

[Marcel]

even though you heard the tracks are you sure you armed them so they recorded?