virtual tracks that contain the bass takes to three physical tracks and then use the faders and MUTE/SOLO keys to listen to each of them in turn (for simplicity, these illustrations show only the first eight tracks).

Virtual tracks (different takes of

the bass line)

Virtual tracks (drums)

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2

 

3

 

 

4

 

5

 

6

 

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8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drums

 

The three best

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bass takes

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then pick the one that fits best, and you can re-use the other two unused virtual tracks with new virtual tracks— keep the alternative takes for the future if you change your mind later on.

Virtual tracks (different takes of the bass line; the best one has now been selected for use, and the other two are unused)

Virtual tracks (drums)

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2

 

3

 

 

4

 

 

5

 

6

 

7

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drums

 

 

The best

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bass take

 

 

 

 

 

 

7 − Recorder

Alternatively, if you want to assemble a track for the whole song, you could assign the three different takes of the part to three different active tracks and use the track editing functions to copy and paste the good parts of each track to make a perfect whole. Then use the two non-perfect tracks with other virtual tracks for new parts.

In this case, you can also reassign the physical tracks of unused virtual tracks to other virtual tracks.

NOTE

Of course, virtual tracks take up disk space, even when you are not using them. If you really do not need a virtual track, you should clean it out to save disk space (see “CLEAN OUT” on page 63).

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