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| − | == Things you'll need to digitize reel tapes with the Echo Mona: ==
| + | [[Echo Mona - audio reels]] |
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| − | === The Basic Requirements ===
| + | [[Echo Mona - audio cassettes]] |
| − | * A Mac G4
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| − | * The Echo Mona analog to digital audio converter--the one at the top of the picture.
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| − | [[Image:Reel-Echo-Mixer.jpg]]
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| − | * A Reel Tape Recorder/Player
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| − | [[Image:Reel-Player.jpg]]
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| − | * 2 Shielded XLR microphone cables
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| − | [[Image:Reel-XLR-Cable.jpg]]
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| − | * Reels!
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| − | [[Image:Reel-Box.jpg]]
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| − | [[Image:Reel-Tape.jpg]] | |
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| − | === Sound Monitoring via External Speakers ===
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| − | * The Mixer
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| − | [[Image:Reel-Echo-Mixer.jpg]]
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| − | * 2 speakers
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| − | * A stereo RCA cable
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| − | * 2 XLR stereo cables
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| − | * Stereo 1/8 inch mini jack to dual RCA cable.
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| − | * 6 RCA to 1/4 inch jack adapters
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| − | == The Setup ==
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| − | === The Audio Editing Station ===
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| − | This station should be set up already, but if it's not, here's what needs to be connected & where.
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| − | 1. Plug the Stereo 1/8 inch mini jack into the headphones jack of the G4. Connect the dual RCA (red & white usually) ends to the 2 adapters and plug the Red end into channel 4 and the other end into channel 3 on the mixer. Remember, '''Red is Right.''' In the following picture, the yellow arrow points to channels 3 & 4.
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| − | [[Image:Reel-Mixer34.JPG]]
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| − | 2. Plug one end of each XLR stereo cable into the L or R jacks in the "Main Out" section of the mixer (top right and corner). Plug the other end into the respective speaker.
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| − | [[Image:Reel-MixerMainOut.JPG]]
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| − | 3. Connect the dual RCA (red & white usually) ends on an RCA cable to the 1/4 inch stereo jack adapters on each end. Plug one end of the stereo RCA cable into channels 1 and 2 on the mixer. Channel 2 is right and channel 1 is left. Plug the other end into outputs 1 & 2 on the back of the MONA. Output 1 is left and output 2 is right.
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| − | [[Image:Reel-Mixer12.JPG]]
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| − | 4. Plug everything in and turn it on.
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| − | * Now you're set up to hear sound from your computer and from the MONA on the external speakers!
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| − | === The Reel to MONA Connection ===
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| − | 1. Take the 2 shieled XLR microphone cables and plug one end of each into channels 1 & 2 of the "line output" section on the back of the Reel Recorder. Channel 2 should be right; channel 1 should be left.
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| − | [[Image:Reel-Player-Back.jpg]]
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| − | 2. Plug the other end into channels 3 & 4 of the ECHO MONA. The cable in channel 2 of the reel recorder should end up in channel 4 of the MONA (right) and the cable in channel 1 of the reel recorder should end up in channel 3 of the MONA (left).
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| − | [[Image:Reel-Mona-Cables34.jpg]]
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| − | === Software Settings ===
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| − | ==== Using Peak 4 ====
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| − | ===== Audio Output =====
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| − | 1. To adjust the audio output settings in Peak, open Peak. Click on the menu Audio>Sound Out>Core Audio. A CoreAudio Playback window will open.
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| − | [[Image:Peak_SoundOut_CoreAudio.JPG]]
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| − | 2. Make sure the settings in the CoreAudio Playback window are as follows: Clock Source: Internal; '''Sample Rate: 96000'''; '''Play Through: Out 0 1 & 2'''.
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| − | [[Image:Reel-CoreAuOut.jpg]]
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| − | 3. Click on "Hardware Settings..." and make sure the settings are as follows: Input Device: Mona slot-5; Output Device: Mona slot-5; Buffer Size: 4096. Click "OK" on this window and then on the CoreAudio Playback window.
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| − | [[Image:Reel-CoAuOut-HWSett.jpg]]
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| − | 4. Now you are set up to hear audio from Peak 4.
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| − | ===== Audio Input =====
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| − | 1. Click on the Record Settings button on the toolbar.
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| − | [[Image:Peak_Toolbar_RecordSettings.JPG]]
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| − | 2. In the Record Settings window, click on "Device and Sample Format".
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| − | [[Image:Reel-DevSampForm.jpg]]
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| − | 3. The settings should be as follows: '''Record Through: In 2 3 & 4'''; '''Sample Rate: 96000'''; Clock Source: Internal; Channels: Stereo; '''Bit Depth: 24-bit'''. Click "OK"
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| − | [[Image:Reel-CoAuRecSett.jpg]]
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| − | 4. Click on "Hardware Settings..." and change the settings to the following: Input Device: Mona slot-5; Output Device: Mona slot-5; Buffer Size: 4096. Click "OK" on this window and then on the CoreAudio Playback window. (See above image from 3. under "Audio Output".)
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| − | * Now you are ready to digitize!
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