Hi Everyone,
I recently picked up a Soundtracs MR 24. This is my first real big console as previously I had done everything strictly in the box (other than four tracks way back when). I'm using it as a sort of hybrid system with my computer's sound card, an EMU-1820m.
When I bought the board, I was assured (three times) that everything worked "perfectly" and there were "absolutely no issues". Perhaps the buyer knew that returning a 100+ lb console was unlikely because there are more than a fair share of issues with it.
The first thing I noticed is that several of the group channels (3, 6 and 7) are passing no signal when audio is assigned to them and they are also not moving the meters (the oscillator also confirms this - I originally thought that the meters were out, but it's actually the channels that are getting or passing no signal). Given my current setup (8 in and 8 out, all to separate tracks) this isn't a total show stopper - it's annoying for sure, but something I can hopefully work around.
The other issue isn't quite so minor - the left channel of the monitor output passes no signal. To get around this at the moment, I am using the tape return inserts to send audio to my monitors, while the master outputs are being sent back into the sound card to record the console's output.
Any suggestions on what to look into? Is the whole master section one large block? I noticed it doesn't appear to be modular like the channels. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated, emails to the US Soundtracs guy were not returned.
I recently picked up a Soundtracs MR 24. This is my first real big console as previously I had done everything strictly in the box (other than four tracks way back when). I'm using it as a sort of hybrid system with my computer's sound card, an EMU-1820m.
When I bought the board, I was assured (three times) that everything worked "perfectly" and there were "absolutely no issues". Perhaps the buyer knew that returning a 100+ lb console was unlikely because there are more than a fair share of issues with it.
The first thing I noticed is that several of the group channels (3, 6 and 7) are passing no signal when audio is assigned to them and they are also not moving the meters (the oscillator also confirms this - I originally thought that the meters were out, but it's actually the channels that are getting or passing no signal). Given my current setup (8 in and 8 out, all to separate tracks) this isn't a total show stopper - it's annoying for sure, but something I can hopefully work around.
The other issue isn't quite so minor - the left channel of the monitor output passes no signal. To get around this at the moment, I am using the tape return inserts to send audio to my monitors, while the master outputs are being sent back into the sound card to record the console's output.
Any suggestions on what to look into? Is the whole master section one large block? I noticed it doesn't appear to be modular like the channels. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated, emails to the US Soundtracs guy were not returned.
