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Stereo track operations

1ST TR MODE ON/OFF button

This switches playback of the stereo track on/off.

BINPUT CH MIX/MUTE button

This selects whether the signals of the input channels will be monitored (MIX) or will not be monitored (MUTE) while the stereo track is playing.

CTrack View

This area graphically indicates whether the stereo track contains data, and indicates the marker locations.

DVirtual tracks

Here you can select the virtual track that is assigned to the stereo track. The currently selected virtual track is indi- cated by a “●” symbol. Of the other virtual tracks, those that have been recorded are indicated by “”, and those that have not been recorded are indicated by “–”.

ELevel meter

This indicates the output level of the stereo track. The fader level is numerically indicated at the left of the meter, and the hold level is numerically indicated at the right.

FPRE EQ button

Pre-EQ levels (levels prior to the EQ stage) are displayed when this button is on.

GPRE FADER button

Pre-fader levels (levels prior to the faders) are displayed when this button is on.

HPOST FADER button

Post-fader levels (levels after the faders) are displayed when this button is on.

IPEAK HOLD button

This button switches the level meter peak hold function on/off.

Recording on the stereo track

Here’s how to send the signals from track channels, input channels, and effect return channels to the stereo bus, and record the mixed signal onto the stereo track.

1 Call the RECORD screen Mixdown page by either pressing the Quick Navigate section [RECORD] key as many times as necessary, or by pressing the [F4] key after pressing the [RECORD] key.

When you access this page, record-ready status will be defeated for all audio tracks, and only the stereo track will be recordable.

Use the Mixdown page to patch the channels that you want to record on the stereo track to the stereo bus. For details on patching, refer to page 75.

REC button

2 Move the cursor to the REC button and press the [ENTER] key to turn the button on.

The panel [STEREO SEL] key will blink red. This blinking indicates that the stereo track is in record- ready mode.

3 Press the RTZ [ ] key to rewind the song. Then hold down the REC [●] key and press the PLAY [] key.

The song will begin playing, and the playback will be recorded on the stereo track.

4 When you reach the end of the song, press the STOP [■] key.

To listen to the recorded result, refer to “Playing back the stereo track” (following section).

HINT

•If desired, you can use the [UNDO/REDO] key to cancel the recording that was made on the stereo track (→ p. 64), or switch virtual tracks and record another take.

Playing back the stereo track

Here’s how to play back the stereo track that you’ve

recorded.
1 Call the TRACK screen Stereo TR page by
either pressing the Work Navigate section
[TRACK] key as many times as necessary,
or by pressing the [F3] key after pressing
the [TRACK] key.
2 To play back the stereo track, switch the ST		15
TR MODE ON/OFF button to ON.		editing
When this button is on, the output of the stereo track is
sent to a point immediately before the [STEREO]
fader, and can be monitored from the [STEREO OUT]		and
jacks, [MONITOR OUT] jacks, and [PHONES] jack.
At this time, record-ready status for all tracks will be		operations
defeated.
	HINT
	• If any audio tracks are in record-ready mode, a popup window	Track
	will ask you to confirm that record-ready status will be can-
	celled.
	• If the INPUT CH MIX/MUTE button is set to MIX, you’ll be
	able to monitor the signal of the input channels even while the
	stereo track is playing.

NOTE

•EQ and dynamics processing are not applied to the stereo track playback.

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