Yamaha MD4S owner manual Adding sounds during mixdown, Make preparations for mixdown

42 Advanced recording techniques

Adding sounds during mixdown

The mixer section of the MD4S features an “in-line” design that can simultaneously handle both the input signal from the MIC/LINE INPUT jack and the playback sound from the disk. For example, this allows you to add external input signals during mixdown. This is conve- nient, for example, when you wish to layer some sound effects onto the introduction of a song that you completed on the MD4S.

		MD4S
		Master recorder
Track 1	Drums	Stereo mix
Track 2	Guitar
Track 3	Bass
Track 4	Vocal
External audio source

In the following, we will give an example of how audio sources connected to MIC/LINE INPUT jacks 1 and 2 can be added during mixdown.

IN

OUT

THRU

TRACK

2TR IN

STEREO

MONITOR

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MIDI

DIRECT OUT

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AUX SEND

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MIC/LINE INPUT

LINE INPUT

INSERT

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DISPLAY

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2TR IN

MULTITRACK MD RECORDER

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ADJUST

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ENTER

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PHONES

PUNCH I/O

1Make preparations for mixdown.

See “Mixdown” on page 32, adjust the mix balance of each track, and complete the steps up until you are ready to mixdown (steps 1–6).

2Connect your audio sources to MIC/LINE INPUT jacks 1 and 2.

When the FLIP switch of the input channel is in

the “PB ()” position, the tape playback sound will be set to the ST bus, and the input signal from the MIC/LINE INPUT jack will be sent via the CUE PAN/LEVEL control to the CUE bus. In this case, the input signals from MIC/LINE INPUT jacks 1 and 2 will be sent via the CUE PAN/LEVEL controls of input channels 1 and 2 to the CUE bus.

—Owner’s Manual