MR16 Owner’s Manual (Basic operations)

Overdubbing basics

Overdubbing is recording something new while listening to the previously recorded track(s). It is a very important method in multitrack recording. The following describes an example of overdubbing for recording a stereo keyboard to tracks 9/10 while listening to the guitar on track

1.See the procedure previously described in "Recording onto a single track" for details about how to record a guitar on track 1. In the procedure below, we assume that the song of which the guitar has been recorded on track 1 is loaded.

Note that you can make overdubbing to another track or other tracks in the same manner as described below.

2

INPUT A SEL

GTR CLEAN

MIC/LINE

GTR DIST

1

1

7

 

 

INPUT A

 

INPUT B

INPUT C

INPUT D

L

STEREO OUT

R

 

 

BAL

 

BAL

 

BAL

 

 

BAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

AUX OUT

2

 

UNBAL

INSERT

UNBAL

UNBAL

UNBAL

 

 

 

POWER

 

/GUITAR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

PHONES

2

 

 

 

TRIM

 

TRIM

 

TRIM

 

 

TRIM

 

VOLUME

 

 

DISTORTION

PEAK

 

PEAK

 

PEAK

 

 

PEAK

 

 

7

MIN

MAX

LINE

MIC

LINE

MIC

LINE

MIC

LINE

MIC

 

MIN

MAX

 

GUITAR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INPUT A

 

INPUT B

INPUT C

INPUT D

 

 

 

 

TO STEREO BUSS LEVEL

MIN MAX

ROOM

HALL

PLATE

DELAY

BOUNCE MODE

15/16 > STEREO WAV FILE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INPUT EQ

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EFFECT

 

BOUNCE

MENU / ENTER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MIN

MAX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REVERB / DELAY TIME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POWERFUL

NATURAL

BRIGHT

TIMEBASE SELECT

STORE

 

UNDO/REDO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MASTERING

 

 

 

 

 

MIC

AMP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EFFECT SEND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SIMULATION

SIMULATION

0

10

0

10

0

10

0

10

0

10

0

10

0

10

0

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUTO PUNCH

PLAY MODE

A / IN

B / OUT

RHYTHM GUIDE

CONTRAST

DIRECT LOCATE

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOCATE

 

 

 

 

DYNAMIC

BRIT STACK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PAN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L

R

L

R

L

R

L

R

L

R

L

R

L

R

L

R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ABC1

 

DEF2

 

GHI3

 

JKL4

 

MNO5

 

PQR6

 

STU7

VWX8

YZ9

+-_0

 

DELETE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REC SELECT

REWIND

 

 

F FWD

 

CONDENSER

US METAL

 

1

 

2

 

3

 

4

 

5

 

6

 

7

8

 

9/10

11/12

13/14

15/16

MASTER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MAX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MAX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOCATE ABS ZERO

LOCATE REC END

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RECORD

STOP

 

PLAY

TUBE

60'S COMBO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A-B PLAY

MIN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MIN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,11

9

6,12

4

4

4

5 8,10

Preparation for recording

1)Connect the L and R outputs of the keyboard to input connectors of the [INPUT A] and [INPUT B] channels.

Connect the L and R outputs to the [INPUT A] and [INPUT B] channels respectively.

This indicates you can now record the [INPUT A] and [INPUT B] channel signals to tracks 9 and 10 respectively.

2)Set the [INPUT A SELECT] switch to "MIC/LINE".

3)Press the [REC SELECT] key for tracks 9/10.

Tracks 9/10 are record armed and the [REC SELECT] key for tracks 9/10 starts flashing.

On the home screen, the remaining time is shown, while "9" and "10" for the track numbers change to "A" and "B" respectively.

4)Set track faders 1 and 7/8 and the [MASTER] fader to the nominal position (marked by ).

Raising these faders allows you to monitor the input sound. If these faders are not raised, you cannot monitor the sound via headphones.

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Fostex MR16 owner manual Overdubbing basics, GTR Dist

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