GETTING SET UP: SCENARIO ONE � IN THE STUDIO
BIG TIME CONNECTIONS
With bigger setups including a mixer and a multi-track recorder, or with new
fangled setups like computer-based and stand-alone Digital Audio Workstations,
youOve got a couple choices. If youOre a MIDI computer user, youOll also want to
check out the Deep Editing & MIDI Control chapter to learn about the
3 Y 5complete MIDI control available with the POD, including the SoundDiver editor/
librarian program thatOs included on the POD Tools CD.
Look Mom, IOm recording like a pro!
This is where you get to use both of those nifty outputs, and impress your friends
with your vast recording knowledge ta boot! Make sure the POD A.I.R. switch 6
is set to DIRECT. The Onormal� thing to do is plug your bass into POD, and then
connect your PODOs +4 dBu dual TRS 1/4" AMP MODEL and DIRECT outputs to
the inputs of your system (the POD outputs are also perfectly happy connecting to
-10 dBV and unbalanced equipment). POD will process your bass as you play, and
you can print that processing to tape (or disk) as you make your tracks. For most
situations, youOre all done hooking up. Go record some gold records.
Changing History
If youOre up for it, thereOs also another hookup option that can give you the exciting
ability to go back in time and change your amp and effect settings weeks after
youOve recorded your bass tracks, bringing you �exibility and creative control
during mixdown that you could never get with a traditional ampliŢcation system.
ItOs like this: the simple setup just described in the preceding paragraph is basically
like taking a reverb, running your vocal micOs preamp into it, and printing the
reverb-processed sound to your recorderOs track. Now youOve got that vocal
performance, with that reverb setting, on tape (or disk). The more often used
studio setup is to record the vocal to your recorderOs track dry, then use an effect
send on your mixerOs tape return channel to send the vocal to the reverb to audition
the effect processing as you record your track. Finally, when itOs time to mix, you |
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