Yamaha AW2400 Owner's Manual - Page 79

Bounce (ping-pong) recording procedure Bounce (ping-pong) recording procedure Here's how to bounce (ping-pong) multiple tracks down to one to four tracks. 1 Lower the [STEREO] fader to the -∞ position. 2 Call the RECORD screen Bounce page by either pressing the Quick Navigate section [RECORD] key as many times as necessary, or by pressing the [F3] key after pressing the [RECORD] key. In the Bounce page you can select the bounce-source tracks, and then record them via bus 1 or bus 2 onto one to four tracks. A B C G SAFE button When you move the cursor to this button and press the [ENTER] key, all bounce-source and bounce-destination assignments will be cancelled. This will also execute the MUTE CLEAR (F) operation. HINT • Pressing the [F1] key while holding the Display section [SHIFT] key has the same effect as the SAFE button. 3 In the PLAY TRACK area, select a bouncesource track, move the cursor to the symbol for that track, and press the [ENTER] key. Each time you press the [ENTER] key, the screen will 8 change as follows. AOff EBus2 L/R On Mixdown and bounce operations D E F G 1 PLAY TRACK Selects the bounce-source tracks. B Bus 1, Bus 2 The four horizontal lines indicate the Bus1 L/R and Bus2 L/R signal route. This lets you see the on/off status of the signals that are sent from the bounce-source tracks, and see the selected bounce-destination track(s). C RETURN Selects the bounce-source effect return channels. D RECORD TRACK Here you can select the bounce-destination track(s). E PITCH FIX button Position the cursor at this button and press [ENTER] to engage the PITCH FIX mode. Use PITCH FIX to correct the pitch and other properties of a vocal track (→ p. 124). F MUTE CLEAR button This button clears the mute status of all tracks. However depending on the bit depth of the song and on the number of tracks that are enabled for recording, there may be cases in which some tracks cannot be unmuted. If so, tracks will be muted consecutively starting with the last-numbered track. BBus1 L/R On CBus1 L On DBus1 R On FBus2 L On GBus2 R On To A HINT • If a track channel is selected as a bounce-source, its assignment to the stereo bus will automatically be turned off. • The track numbers of muted tracks will be displayed as (mute), but you can still record to muted tracks. • Since 24-bit songs can have a maximum of 12 play tracks (→ p. 165), tracks 13-24 are muted and will not play back. • To switch track muting on/off, move the cursor to a track channel number and press the [ENTER] key. AW2400 Owner's Manual 79