Sound Mixer ?/FCP5 with an AJA IOLA box.

[Kevin Monahan]

Hook up speakers to the Main Outs of the MIxer, NOT the Mac.

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[Frank Nolan]

It’s a little difficult to point you in the direction of any wiring diagrams when the only info on equipment you have given is an AJA and FCP. Do you have any video decks? what type? A list of what you have in your suite and work flow, will make it easier to determine the best hook up for your mixer. I wouldn’t take the main outs of the mackie to the speakers, I would use the control room outputs.

[Kevin Monahan]

Right! Control Room Outs not Main Outs is correct. Sorry ’bout that, mine are also hooked up to Control Room Outs.

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[Pete Sake]

Betacam PVW 2800
I have a Makie 1202 VLZ mixer.
AJA has XLR I’ll hace to get 1/4″
Thanks
Peter
PS do you know how I get only 2 tracks when I digitize?

[Frank Nolan]

>PS do you know how I get only 2 tracks when I digitize?

In your log and capture window go to the clip settings tab and select 2 channels of audio. Then select if you want stereo or dual mono by clicking on the link to the left of the meters. Make sure the green buttons aren’t greyed out (off).

[Frank Nolan]

Being that the 2800 has only 2 channels (if I remember correctly) then you could plug ch 1 & 2 out of the AJA into 1 & 2 on the mixer. Then plug 2 channels out of the beta into 3 & 4 on the mixer (no 1/4 needed there). Then you would take the main outs from the mixer to the inputs on the beta deck. Now you take the alt 3-4 outs from the mixer to the 1 & 2 ins of the AJA. (1/4″ adapters needed here). As I said before take the control room outputs to your amp/speakers. To digitize from the beta deck make sure the mute/alt3-4 buttons are pushed in on channels 3 & 4 on the mixer and that will send the signal to the alt 3-4 outputs of the mixer to your AJA channels 1 & 2 in. To monitor the AJA out signals, you just have to turn up ch’s 1 & 2 on the mixer. In the main section of the mixer under source select main mix or alt 3-4 if you want to listen to the beta deck. Now if doing a layback to tape you can turn your speakers up and down with the control room/phones volume knob without affecting what’s going to tape. Just make sure the assign to main mix button isn’t pushed in or you may get nasty feedback. Be sure to set your gain structure right with the trim knobs on channels 1 thru 4

[Pete Sake]

Thanks the 2800 has 2 tracks only.

The Mackie mixer 1202 VLZ has 1/4″ and xlr mic inputs. I thought i needed to use 1/4″?
Thanks all of you for your help!
Peter

[Frank Nolan]

Try the XLR’s and if the signal is too hot, then get some 1/4″ adapters.

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[Frank Nolan] “Try the XLR’s and if the signal is too hot, then get some 1/4″ adapters.”

Frank, the 1/4″ Phone-jacks are TRS (Tip/Ring/Sleeve) and Balanced, just like the XLR’s.

BUT… you WANT to use the 1/4″ inputs (the second set of 4 knobs) for all LINE-LEVEL sources because the ones on the “right side” of the mixer are STEREO (2-channels per fader) so you can adjust both channels of a stereo source at once.

If you use the “Mic” inputs (the first 4 knobs on the mixer)
even though you CAN use these inputs as “line level”, you get only ONE channel per fader… so you “eat up” more inputs for stereo sources and its very hard to adjust more than one fader at a time.

[Frank Nolan]

Matte,
I understand the XLR v 1/4 inch, line and mic level and I didn’t mention Bal/UnBal. Anyway I would use the first 4 channels so as to have greater control over each channel of a stereo pair. However if you just want to turn one knob, then yes use the channels 5/6 &
7/8 inputs. BTW you are not eating up more input as it still requires 2 inputs for each device on the stereo fader inputs.