Yamaha MD4S owner manual Mixing multiple channels as you record, a B C

36 Advanced recording techniques

Mixing multiple channels as you record

By combining multiple parts into a pair of tracks, you can record more than four parts on the MD4S. For example if you have recorded drums, bass, and rhythm guitar, you can re-record these three parts in stereo onto two tracks, and then record two other parts on the remaining two tracks.

To do this, you will mix the signals of the input channels to the ST bus and record them on either one or two tracks..

Drums

Guitar

Bass

	MD4S
Stereo mix	Drums+Guitar+	Track 1
	Bass	Track 2
		Track 3
		Track 4

As an example, the following will explain how four audio sources connected to MIC/LINE INPUT jacks 1–4 can be mixed in stereo and recorded onto tracks 1 and 2.

1

IN	OUT	THRU	TRACK	2TR IN STEREO	MONITOR	1	2
	MIDI		DIRECT OUT	OUT	OUT		AUX SEND

12

	MIC/LINE INPUT				LINE INPUT
INSERT	INSERT	3	4	5	6	7	8
I/O	I/O

1

4

5 / 6

7 / 8

6

GAIN

GAIN

GAIN

GAIN

LINE

MIC

LINE

MIC

LINE

MIC

LINE

MIC

0

10

0

10

3

2

MIC/

MIC/

MIC/

MIC/

LINE

PB

LINE

PB

LINE

PB

LINE

PB

REC SELECT

FLIP

FLIP

FLIP

FLIP

CUE

CUE

CH1

CH2

CH3

CH4

9

CUE

CUE

CUE MIX TO STEREO

P

P

P

P

A

A

A

A

1

2

3

4

N

N

N

N

L

R

L

R

L

R

L

R

BUS

8

L

L

L

L

L

R

L

R

E

E

E

E

V

V

V

V

E

E

E

E

0

L

0

L

0

L

0

L

MONITOR SELECT

EJECT

10

10

10

10

PEAK HOLD

DISPLAY

HIGH

HIGH

HIGH

HIGH

2TR IN

MULTITRACK MD RECORDER

–15

+15

–15

+15

–15

+15

–15

+15

PITCH

ADJUST

EDIT

UTILITY

MID

MID

MID

MID

STEREO

–15

+15

–15

+15

–15

+15

–15

+15

7

LOW

LOW

LOW

LOW

CUE

EXIT

–15

+15

–15

+15

–15

+15

–15

+15

ENTER

AUX

AUX

AUX

AUX

1

2

1

2

1

2

1

2

MONITOR LEVEL

PAN

PAN

PAN

PAN

REPEAT

MARK SEARCH

L

R

L

R

L

R

L

R

MIN

MAX

MARK

10	10	10	10	10	10	A	B	LAST REC SEARCH
9	9	9	9	9	9
8	8	8	8	8	8			IN	OUT	SET
7	7	7	7	7	7
6	6	6	6	6	6	AUTO
5	5	5	5	5	5	PUNCH I/O		SONG SEARCH		PAUSE
4	4	4	4	4	4
3	3	3	3	3	3
2	2	2	2	2	2	REHE		REC	PLAY	STOP
1	1	1	1	1	1
0	0	0	0	0	0					DATA	CURSOR
										TOC WRITE

1 2 3 4 STEREO

PHONES PUNCH I/O

5C 4 A B C

—Owner’s Manual