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Applications: Chapter 6

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CHAPTER 6

APPLICATIONS

OVERVIEW

This chapter is designed to give you an idea of the multitude of applications for

the XT20. These applications are not broken down into great detail. Therefore,

where applicable you will need to refer to other sections of this manual for

instructions on how to setup the XT20 for a particular job.

COMBINED MULTITRACK/MIXDOWN DECK

The XT20 can serve as a combination 6-track multitrack recorder and 2-track

mixdown deck. Record your audio onto tracks 1–6, then run them through a

mixer, using the sub or group outs to send them back to tracks 7 and 8. Tracks 7

and 8 will contain the stereo master recording; their outputs should then be

connected back to the mixer’s 2-track playback inputs.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

OUTPUT

INPUT

OUTPUT

INPUT

LOCATE/PLAY

LRC REMOTE

PUNCH

IN/OUT

DIGITAL

SYNC

OUTIN

Mixer Inputs Bus Outputs

In addition, an external synchronizer connected to the XT20’s [SYNC OUT] can

output SMPTE or MTC to simultaneously synchronize a MIDI sequencer to tape.

This way, you can mix down not only the first 6 tracks from the XT20 but your

“virtual” tracks on the sequencer as well, all onto tracks 7 and 8.

If you are using a multiple machine system (with one or more XT20s and/or

ADATs), you can dedicate any two tracks in the system for a stereo mix. Because

all machines are perfectly synchronized to one another, you can punch-in and -

out of the mix itself. This opens up all sorts of possibilities, like changing the

EQ, effects and other mix settings for different sections of the mix.

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