Checking the Ping-Pong Operation 31
MT8XII—Owner’s Manual
Checking the Ping-Pong Operation

15. Press the [RTZ] button to rewind to the beginning of the song.

16. Press the MONITOR SELECT [GROUP] switch that you pressed previously to

monitor the destination track.

17. Press the MONITOR SELECT [CUE] switch.

18. On the input channel that corresponds to the destination track (e.g., input

channel 5 for track 5), set the [FLIP] switch to the up position.

19. Set the CUE LEVEL control corresponding to the destination track to mid-

way.

20. Press the [PLAY] button to start playback.

You should now be able to hear the new combined track.
Ping-Pong Notes
There are several things to be aware of when using the ping-pong technique.
• Do not try and bounce a track to itself. That is, make sure that the destination track is not
one of the source tracks. Otherwise, an unpleasant oscillation noise may be produced.
• Repeated ping-pong operations do affect the sound quality. Try to keep ping-pong opera-
tions to a minimum.
• Avoid bouncing tracks to adjacent tracks on the same half of the
record–play head. It’s okay to bounce from Track 4 to Track 5
because they are on different halves of the head, as shown here.
The illustration below shows three ping-pong combinations to
avoid and three that are okay.
4
3
2
1
8
7
6
5
Track 4
Track 5
Track 6
Track 7
Track 8
Track 3
Track 2
Track 1
Track 4
Track 5
Track 6
Track 7
Track 8
Track 3
Track 2
Track 1
Track 4
Track 5
Track 6
Track 7
Track 8
Track 3
Track 2
Track 1
Track 4
Track 5
Track 6
Track 7
Track 8
Track 3
Track 2
Track 1
Track 4
Track 5
Track 6
Track 7
Track 8
Track 3
Track 2
Track 1
Track 4
Track 5
Track 6
Track 7
Track 8
Track 3
Track 2
Track 1
Track 4
Track 5
Track 6
Track 7
Track 8
Track 3
Track 2
Track 1
Track 4
Track 5
Track 6
Track 7
Track 8
Track 3
Track 2
Track 1
Track 4
Track 5
Track 6
Track 7
Track 8
Track 3
Track 2
Track 1
Track 4
Track 5
Track 6
Track 7
Track 8
Track 3
Track 2
Track 1
Track 4
Track 5
Track 6
Track 7
Track 8
Track 3
Track 2
Track 1
Track 4
Track 5
Track 6
Track 7
Track 8
Track 3
Track 2
Track 1

Avoid Okay