60 MD4 Applications
MD4—Owner’s Manual
Recording a Stereo Source

For stereo recording, MD4 can be set to the Stereo recording mode. This provides a total record-

ing time of 74 minutes. See Setting the Recording Mode on page 19 for more information.

The following system example shows two microphones being used for stereo recording. The

actual source, however, could be any stereo device. For example, a stereo cassette deck could be

connected for audio transfer from cassette tape to MD4. With an infinite life span and zero signal

degradation, MD DATA discs are an excellent audio backup and archive media. If required, you

can apply EQ and effects during the transfer.

Up to eight markers can be inserted while recording by pressing the [MARK] button. Markers

make it easy to locate specific points in a song.

In the Stereo recording mode, MD4 uses Tracks 1 and 2. So in the following example, Input

Channel 1 is assigned to Track 1 and Input Channel 2 is assigned to Track 2. See Recording the

First Track on page 13 for information about assigning input channels to tracks. To monitor the

Track 1 and Track 2 signals in stereo, press the [1–3] and [2–4] MONITOR SELECT GROUP

switches. See About Monitoring on page 18 for more information.

MULTITRACK MD RECORDER
MIC/LINE INPUT AUX RETURN
STEREO SUB IN STEREO OUT MONITOR OUT TRACK DIRECT OUT
AUX SEND
1234
L R L R L R
L R
1 2 3 4
GAIN
LINE MIC
1 2
3 4
AUX
010
HIGH
–12 +12
MID
–12 +12
LOW
–12 +12
PAN
L
ODD R
EVEN
PB MIC/
LINE
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
GAIN
LINE MIC
1 2
3 4
AUX
010
HIGH
–12 +12
MID
–12 +12
LOW
–12 +12
PAN
L
ODD R
EVEN
PB MIC/
LINE
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
GAIN
LINE MIC
1 2
3 4
AUX
010
HIGH
–12 +12
MID
–12 +12
LOW
–12 +12
PAN
L
ODD R
EVEN
PB MIC/
LINE
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
GAIN
LINE MIC
1 2
3 4
AUX
010
HIGH
–12 +12
MID
–12 +12
LOW
–12 +12
PAN
L
ODD R
EVEN
PB MIC/
LINE
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
1 2 1 2
3 4 3 4
LEVEL
010
MONITOR LEVEL
MIN MAX
LEVEL
010
GROUP ASSIGN
1 3
2 4
GROUP
STEREO
CUE
GROUP ASSIGN
1
2
3
4
010
010
010
010
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
1234
TIME
DISPLAY
REPEATMEMO A/B REC SELECT
MARK SEARCH
LAST REC SEARCH
IN OUT
MARKPITCH
ADJUST
UTILITY
CLEAR
ENTER
AUTO
PUNCH I/O
SELECT
DATA–+
SONG
SEARCH
REC PLAY PAUSE REVIEWFF CUE STOP
TOC WRITE
1234 MASTER
AUX
RETURN STEREO
SUB IN
GROUP ASSIGN GROUP ASSIGN GROUP ASSIGN GROUP ASSIGN
STEREO
PHONES PUNCH I/O
REHE
MONITOR
SELECT CUE LEVEL
Monitors
Headphones
Monitor Amp
Microphones