Yamaha MD8 owner manual Ping-Pong with Overdub, Destination Track Overdub Source

44 Recording & Mixing Techniques

Ping-Pong with Overdub

The ping-pong technique can be combined with overdub recording. This allows you to bounce down tracks and record a new sound source simultaneously. In the following illus- tration, for example, Tracks 5, 6, and 7 are bounced to Track 1 along with a new signal com- ing from Input Channel 8.

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

Destination Track

Overdub Source

Track 8

Track 7

Track 6

Track 5

Track 4

Track 3

Track 2

Track 1

1.Connect a sound source to an unused input channel (i.e., one you don’t need during the ping-pong operation).

If you decide to ping-pong all eight MD8 tracks, you can still use LINE INPUTs 9–10 and 11–12 for adding new parts. This only works for line-level signals (synthesizers, samplers, drum machines, etc.), however.

2.Set the GAIN control of the channel to which you are feeding the live signal as appropriate.

3.Set the [FLIP] switch to MIC/LINE.

4.Set the fader to the 7–8 mark.

5.Use the ASSIGN switches and PAN control to assign the signals to the des- tination track.

LINE INPUTs 9, 10, 11, and 12 are stereo pairs. The odd inputs (9 & 11) are connected to busses 1 and 3, while the even inputs (10 &12) are connected to busses 2 and 4.

Use the GROUP ASSIGN switches of these channels to assign either (mono) or both (stereo) inputs to the desired track(s). The latter is only meaningful during Ping-Pong to two tracks (stereo).

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