Sending only one channel to monitor out

[dracodrago1330]

I recently bought a DP-24SD Portastudio as I've been getting into making my own music and have always been interested in multi-tracking and hardware recording -- I got my Portastudio at a very reasonable price off of Craigslist for my birthday, along with a drum machine.

I can record a sync track (for those who do not know what this is, think metronome) to channel 1 on the Portastudio and send it back to my instruments to sync them to it perfectly fine, but I need to mute all the other channels. I was thinking that it might be possible to send only one channel to the monitor out as I currently have the signal out (RCA jacks) hooked up to my hi-fi and IIRC they are separate outputs.

I can't find any information on this -- my best solution is pan the sync track all the way to the right and pan everything else to the left, or vice versa; the only problem is that everything only comes out of one channel. So I can then mitigate that by duplicating the right (or left) channel into my hi-fi and problem solved, as I've worked mostly in mono so far.

My only issue with this is that if I have something in stereo and I want to preserve it in stereo, I cannot. The thing also feels very MacGyvered.

Any input on this?

 

[Mark Richards]

Welcome to the forum.

If I'm understanding you correctly, it sounds like the signal flow you're looking for would be similar to how external FX gear is integrated into the DP-24/32/SD production process by making use of the two "Send Out" signal paths.

You'll find information on that in the sticky threads.

• The locked sticky threads pinned in the shaded area at the top of the first page of this DP-24/32/SD forum contain a wealth of information.

• Each sticky thread has an index as the first post. Check the index posts in the "Equipment Related Tips", "Production Tips", and "Tutorial and Informative Videos" sticky threads for topics related to external FX gear, using the Sends, etc.

Volunteer experts who are active on this forum created the sticky threads specifically to help guide first time portastudio users and new members, as well as more advanced users, so we hope you'll take advantage of them often.

Since you're a new member and new to your DP-24SD, I strongly suggest reading the "New Members" sticky thread for very important/critical information about the DP-24/32/SD units and how to best make use of this forum.

I also recommend reviewing all the sticky thread indexes to get a sense of the broad volume of information the volunteer experts on this forum have created and gathered together for the community.

While the stickies may not always address unique issues precisely, you'll almost always find guidance there to get you pointed in the right direction. And if you find yourself stuck still, you can make a new thread, or make a post in a similar already existing thread, and we'll try to get you unstuck.

 

[-mjk-]

Why does it have to be the monitor out? Why not use one of the Sends?

 

[dracodrago1330]

I tried using the Effect Send 1 and it worked perfectly. Thank you!

 

[-mjk-]

That's what "sends" are for.

 

[Arjan P]

That's what "sends" are for.

Great Dionne Warwick song, btw (sorry, couldn't resist..)