Yamaha MD4S owner manual Applying an effect only to the monitor signal

50 Advanced recording techniques

Applying an effect only to the monitor signal

By making skillful use of direct recording and the MONITOR SELECT switches, you can apply effects only to the monitor signal so that tracks are recorded without effects. For exam- ple when recording vocals, you can let the vocalist monitor their voice with reverb, but record the vocal on the track without effects. The following will explain the example of monitoring tracks 1–3 while you record a vocal on track 4.

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IN	OUT	THRU	TRACK	2TR IN STEREO	MONITOR	2
	MIDI		DIRECT OUT	OUT	OUT

1

2

MIC/LINE INPUT

LINE INPUT

INSERT

INSERT

3

4

5

6

7

8

I/O

I/O

1

2

3

4

5 / 6

7 / 8

7

GAIN

GAIN

GAIN

GAIN

LINE

MIC

LINE

MIC

LINE

MIC

LINE

MIC

0

10

0

10

3

MIC/

MIC/

MIC/

MIC/

LINE

PB

LINE

PB

LINE

PB

LINE

PB

REC SELECT

FLIP

FLIP

FLIP

FLIP

CH4

CH1

CH2

CH3

CUE

CUE

CUE

CUE

CUE MIX TO STEREO

4

P

P

P

P

A

A

A

A

1

2

3

4

N

N

N

N

L

R

L

R

L

R

L

R

BUS

R

5

L

L

L

L

L

R

L

E

E

E

E

V

V

V

V

E

E

E

E

0

L

0

L

0

L

0

10

L

MONITOR SELECT

EJECT

10

10

10

PEAK HOLD

DISPLAY

HIGH

HIGH

HIGH

HIGH

2TR IN

MULTITRACK MD RECORDER

–15

+15

–15

+15

–15

+15

–15

+15

PITCH

ADJUST

EDIT

UTILITY

MID

MID

MID

MID

STEREO

–15

+15

–15

+15

–15

+15

–15

+15

8

LOW

LOW

LOW

LOW

CUE

EXIT

–15

+15

–15

+15

–15

+15

–15

+15

ENTER

6

AUX

AUX

AUX

AUX

1

2

1

2

1

2

1

2

MONITOR LEVEL

PAN

PAN

PAN

PAN

REPEAT

MARK SEARCH

L

R

L

R

L

R

L

R

MIN

MAX

MARK

10

10

10

10

10

10

A

B

LAST REC SEARCH

9

9

9

9

9

9

8

8

8

8

8

8

IN

OUT

SET

7

7

7

7

7

7

6

6

6

6

6

6

AUTO

5

5

5

5

5

5

PUNCH I/O

SONG SEARCH

PAUSE

4

4

4

4

4

4

3

3

3

3

3

3

2

2

2

2

2

2

REHE

REC

PLAY

STOP

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

DATA

CURSOR

TOC WRITE

1

2

3

4

STEREO

PHONES

PUNCH I/O

1Connect the AUX SEND 1 jack to the input jack of your external effect processor, and connect the output jacks of the effect proces- sor to the LINE input jacks 5 and 6. Make set- tings on your effect processor so that it will output only the processed sound.

2Connect the vocal mic to MIC/LINE INPUT jack 4.

3Set the FLIP switch of input channels 1–4 to “MIC/LINE ().”

4Press REC SELECT button 4.

The track record indicator (DIR 4) will blink, and the vocal will be recorded directly to track 4. Make sure that the other track record indicators are dark.

5Raise the CUE LEVEL controls of input chan- nels 1–4.

The recording source of track 4 (vocal without the effect) and the playback of tracks 1–3 can now be monitored via the CUE bus.

6Rotate the AUX control of input channel 4 toward the “1” position.

The vocal signal will be sent to the effect processor connected to the AUX SEND 1 jack.

7Raise level control 5/6.

Only the vocal effect sound will be sent to the ST bus.

8Turn on the MONITOR SELECT CUE switch and MONITOR SELECT STEREO switch.

With these settings, the signal of the CUE bus (the playback of tracks 1–3 and the unprocessed vocal) and the signal of the ST bus (vocal effect sound) can be monitored together.

—Owner’s Manual