7 RECORDING
7-3 AUDIO MONITOR OUTPUT SIGNAL SELECTION
Select the audio to be output to the headphones jack or the rear panel [AUDIO MONITOR L/R] connectors. Select
a single channel or mixed audio from the four available channels. During playback, select the playback audio monitor
output signal.
1. Press the [AUDIO MONITOR] button so that the [AUDIO MONITOR] button
is illuminated.
● When the [AUDIO MONITOR] button is illuminated, the audio channel
indicator can be used for the audio monitor output signal.
2. Select the audio monitor output signal by pressing the audio signal select
button.
Select the audio signal from CH 1 to CH 4 to be output to the L and R channels
of the [AUDIO MONITOR] connectors and the headphones jack.
The selected channel indicator lights.
[AUDIO MONITOR]
button
L channel
R channel
Channel indicators
Audio signal select buttons
●Select the output level
mode for audio monitor
mixing output with menu
switch No. 222 <MONITOR
MIX MODE>.
●Setting the audio monitor
output level
Set the audio monitor L
and R channel output
levels to +4 dB, 0 dB or +6
dB with menu switches No.
232 and No. 233.
(Illustrated example)
● L channel of the [AUDIO MONITOR] connectors and headphones: Output mixed
audio of the first, second and fourth channels.
● R channel of the [AUDIO MONITOR] connectors and headphones: Output the
audio from the third channel.
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● The recording level of this unit can be adjusted either fixedly or manually.
To adjust the recording level, pull out the [REC] volume controls to engage the
Manual mode and push in them to engage the Fixed (Unity) mode.
Either mode can be selected independently for each audio channel.
Fixed recording level adjustment
Push in the [REC] volume controls to engage the Unity mode for recording level
adjustment.
● In the Unity mode, the [R] indicator on the upper section of the meter lights. This
means that adjustment is not possible with the [REC] volume controls.
Manual recording level adjustment
● Pull out the [REC] volume controls to engage the Manual mode for recording
level adjustment.
In the Manual mode, the [R] indicator on the upper section of the meter goes out.
There are two ways to adjust recording levels manually.
Adjust the audio level for each channel independently with the CH1 to CH4
[REC] volume controls.
Use CH1 and CH2 [REC] volume controls as one pair and CH3 and CH4 [REC]
volume controls as one pair. Adjust the audio level with the CH1 and CH3 [REC]
volume controls as a master volume control and the CH2 and CH4 [REC] volume
controls as a balance control.
Select the adjustment mode with menu switch No. 215 <AUD REC VOLUME
MODE 1>.
Ⅲ Menu switch setting
● Select the manual recording level adjustment mode with menu switch No. 215
<AUD REC VOLUME MODE 1>.
“CH1/CH2/CH3/CH4 (0)”: To independently adjust the recording level for each
channel with CH1 to CH4 [REC] volume controls.
“MAS-1 BAL-2/,MAS-3 BAL-4 (1)”: Use CH1 and CH3 [REC] volume controls for
master volume control and the CH2 and CH4
[REC] volume controls for balance control.
7 RECORDING
7-4 AUDIO RECORD LEVEL ADJUSTMENT
● Recording level adjustment
in the Standby mode is
possible in the EE mode.
● During recording or audio
level adjustment, audio can
be monitored via the rear
panel [AUDIO MONITOR]
connectors or the front
panel [PHONES] jack. For
monitor output, refer to
page 70.
●When menu switch No. 215
[AUD REC VOLUME
MODE1] is set to “MAS-1
BAL-2/MAS-3 BAL-4”, the
master level adjust and
balance adjust functions
assigned to each volume
control are enabled even if
the corresponding channel
is in the Unity mode.
●The audio reference level
can be set with menu
switch No. 257 <AUD REF.
SIGNAL LEV.> (-20 dB or
-18 dB).
● Audio signal recording level can be adjusted.
