2 – Advanced techniques

Bouncing

“Bouncing” on the unit refers to the technique of mixing recorded tracks through the MASTER fader to a pair of unused tracks.

You might use a track bounce operation in the following situation:

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You can bounce to one track, if you want, but you will probably want to bounce in stereo.

1Drums L

2Drums R

3Bass

4Acoustic Guitar

5E. Guitar 1

6E. Guitar 2

7

8

MASTER(stereo)

OUNC

B

E

1Organ L

2Organ R

3Lead vox 1

4Lead vox 2

5Backing vox 1

6Backing vox 2

7Bounce mix L

8Bounce mix R

You’ve recorded the drums in stereo, the bass and two rhythm guitars (one acoustic and one electric) and an electric guitar lead line. There are two tracks left. You’d like some stereo organ added in, and there are two lead vocal lines to record, as well as at least one set of backing vocals. But there are only two tracks left!

Luckily, you can bounce everything through the stereo tracks, and record them onto the two spare tracks.

1.“Un-arm” (safe) the existing tracks so that you don’ t accidentally record over them.

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You may want to copy the song and give it another name (see “Copying songs” on page 41) before starting the bounce, so that you can go back to the original if necessary.

4.Use the faders and mixer controls of the tracks you’ re bouncing to create a stereo mix.

5.Adjust the overall level of the mix using the MASTER fader. Watch the L and R meters on the right side of the display so that the level is adjusted to the optimum level. During this step, mute the tracks at the bounce destination.

6.When you’re ready, use PLAY (¥) and RECORD (– ) to record the mix onto the two armed tracks from start to end, with no stops. “Safe” the armed tracks.

You can now record over the original tracks you bounced, playing along to the stereo pair created from the bounce.

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You can also use auto punch recording (“Punching” on page 32) to bounce only part of a song between the IN and OUT points.

2.Press the BOUNCE key (above the MASTER fader) so that it lights.3.Arm the two tracks which you are mixing to.Repeat

Repeat allows you to repeat the playback or auto-punched rehearsal (see “Rehearsal” on page 32) between the IN and OUT points.

First, set the IN and OUT points at the place where you want the repeat loop to start and stop (see “IN and OUT marks” on page 30).

NOTE

You can’t set these points when the REPEAT key is lit.

Press the REPEAT key briefly so that the indicator lights. Playback starts automatically from the IN point.

When the playback reaches the OUT point, playback pauses for a short while (see “Setting the repeat interval” on page 35) and the PLAY (¥) indicator flashes before playback starts again, and the PLAY (¥) indicator lights steadily.

Turn off the repeat function by pressing REPEAT so that the indicator goes out.

Repeat auto-punch rehearsal, but not repeat auto-punch recording, is also possible. If AUTO PUNCH, RHSL and REPEAT are all lit, pressing RHSL to go from rehearsal to auto punch recording mode will also turn off REPEAT.

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