4 - Recorder
You could undo all items up to item 7:The new recording would replace everything above
RECORDING12This is yet another retake of the lead vocal
RECORDING11Another attempt at the whole of the lead vocalthe line?.
AUTO PUNCH10A try to correct a bad note in the lead vocalAll the previous items have now
RECORDING 9First try at the lead vocalgone
AUTO PUNCH 8Repairing the bad guitar bridge
>RECORDING 7Recording the guitar solo
RECORDING 6Piano (alternative part) AUTO PUNCH 8This was the second go at repairing the bridge
RECORDING 5Piano>RECORDING 7Recording the guitar solo
RECORDING 4 Guide vocals RECORDING 6Piano (alternative part)
RECORDING 3Bass line RECORDING 5Piano
COPY->PASTE 2Looping the drum part RECORDING 4 Guide vocals
RECORDING 1Basic drum loop RECORDING 3Bass line
START UP 0Beginning of song COPY->PASTE 2Looping the drum part
RECORDING 1Basic drum loop
START UP 0Beginning of song
?and then re-record the guitar bridge.
NOTE
After this, though, if you wanted to restore the vocal
Performing an action after the redo clears the list of
tracks which we?d recorded, you wouldn?t be able to.
redoable actions (i.e. those actions which have been
undone).
Virtual tracks
When you use the 2488, you can record ?spare? When a virtual track is assigned to be an ?active?
tracks; for instance, different versions of the lead disk track, it cannot be assigned to any other track.
vocals, and pick and choose between the different
Virtual tracks are mono tracks. You need to assign
versions to find the one which works best.
one virtual track to each track of a stereo pair.
These ?spare tracks? are known as virtual tracks.
To assign a virtual track to a disk track:
With the 2488, you can record up to 250 tracks per
song. From those 250 tracks, you pick the ones that 1Press the shifted VIRT TRK key.
you want and fit them together to make your finished
mixed song. This can be re-takes of the same mate-
rial (for instance, many attempts by a singer to cap-
ture the perfect vocal line), or alternative tracks
(different guitar lines or effect settings, etc.). This
allows you much more freedom to experiment than a
tape recorder can provide.
Different harmony arrangements for
backing vocals
Lead vocal attempts
Bass line played on different instruments
Saxophone takes2Use the channel SELECT keys or the ( and
Rhythm guitar experiments with
different effect settings
� keys) to select the disk track to which the
Different takes of lead guitar line
virtual track will be assigned, as shown by the
Here, we pick the best
Virtual inverted numbers at the bottom of the screen.
takes from the virtual
trackstracks and assign them to Repeated pressing of the stereo channel
our playback tracks.SELECT keys (13/14 through 23/24) changes
between the odd and even numbered channels
of that pair.
Track 1:Drums Left
3Use the wheel to choose which virtual track Track 2:Drums Right
Track 3:Lead GuitarAssigned will be assigned to the disk track and become
Track 4:Rhythm Guitarplayback active.
Track 5:Saxophone
tracks
Track 6:Bass line4Press ENTER (or PLAY) to make the assign-
Track 7:Lead vocalsment, or EXIT to exit the track assignment
Track 8:Backing vocalsscreen without actually making the
Tracks 9 through 24 use
other virtual tracks (not assignment.
shown here for clarity)
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