Recording/playing back a performance
Recording an additional performance while
listening to an existing performance
NOverdubbing
The process of listening to a previously recorded performance while you record
additional material on another audio track is called overdubbing. If you record
drums, bass guitar, keyboard, guitar, and vocal parts on separate audio tracks, you If at this time you select an
can then adjust the volume balance between instruments and set the left/right audio track that has already
position (pan).been recorded, the new
performance will be
Select the audio track to recordoverwritten onto the
previously recorded
1. For the audio track that you wish to record, press [STATUS] to get it to blink in performance, replacing it.2.
red.For the audio tracks that you
With these settings, you are ready to record while listening to the performances of wish to play back, press
the audio tracks you selected for playback.[STATUS] to get them to light
in green.
Recording while you listen to the playback
Record using the same procedure as in ORecording a performance� (p. 119).
If you wish to adjust the volume of the audio tracks that are playing, adjust the
appropriate AUDIO TRACK fader.
At this time, the audio track selected as the recording destination will record only the
sounds you are playing, and will not record the sound of the audio tracks that are
playing back.
Overdubbing tip
When you record new material while listening to a recorded performance, your OSetting the left/right position
(pan) of each audio track�
playing may tend to be buried in the existing performances, making it difficult for (p. 132), OSetting the left/
you to play. In such cases, you can slightly lower the faders of the audio tracks that
are playing, or pan the playback tracks to the left (or right) and your own new right position (pan) of the
input sound� (p. 113)
performance to the right (or left), to make it easier to distinguish your own playing.
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