Yamaha MD8 owner manual Ping-Pong Recording, Tracks

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Ping-Pong Recording

The ping-pong recording technique (also known as bounce down) is used to free up tracks for further recording. This is accomplished by bouncing down (i.e., mixing and recording) one or two existing tracks to an unused track. Those tracks can then be used for further recording (in which case their contents are overwritten).You can thus record more than just eight tracks using this technique. The only drawback is that once several tracks have been bounced, you cannot adjust the individual sounds. You can, however, balance the levels and apply EQ and effects during the actual ping-pong operation. The following illustration shows the ping-pong technique.

Track 8
Track 7
Track 6
Track 5
Track 4					Source
Track 3					Tracks
Track 2
Track 1
	1		2		3
GAIN		GAIN		GAIN
LINE	MIC	LINE	MIC	LINE	MIC
PB	MIC/	PB	MIC/	PB	MIC/
	LINE		LINE		LINE
	FLIP		FLIP		FLIP
CUE		CUE		CUE
	P		P		P
	NA		NA		NA
L	R	L	R	L	R
	L		L		L
	VE		VE		VE
	EL		EL		EL
0	10	0	10	0	10
HIGH		HIGH		HIGH
–15	+15	–15	+15	–15	+15
MID		MID		MID
F		F		F
250	5k	250	5k	250	5k
G		G		G
–15	+15	–15	+15	–15	+15
LOW		LOW		LOW
–15	+15	–15	+15	–15	+15
AUX		AUX		AUX
1		1		1
0	10	0	10	0	10
2		2		2
0	10	0	10	0	10
1	2	1	2	1	2
GROUP ASSIGN		GROUP ASSIGN		GROUP ASSIGN
3	4	3	4	3	4
PAN		PAN		PAN
L	R	L	R	L	R
ODD	EVEN	ODD	EVEN	ODD	EVEN
10		10		10
9		9		9
8		8		8
7		7		7
6		6		6
5		5		5
4		4		4
3		3		3
2		2		2
1		1		1
0		0		0

Destination Track

Track 8

Track 7

Track 6

Track 5

Track 4

Track 3

Track 2

Track 1

Tape-based multitrack recorders always need at least one unused track for ping-pong oper- ations. The MD8, however, provides eight-track playback with ping-pong. So you can record on all eight tracks and then bounce them down to one of those tracks.This is possible because the MD8 is able to read audio data from a track before writing new audio data to it. When the ping-pong operation is complete, the previous audio data on that track is lost. However, you can rehearse ping-pong operations. The following illustration shows eight-track play- back with ping-pong.

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