Yamaha MD8 Owner's Manual - Page 49
PingPong Recording
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Ping-Pong Recording 41 Ping-Pong Recording The ping-pong recording technique (also known as bounce down) is used to free up tracks for further recording. This is accomplished by bouncing down (i.e., mixing and recording) one or two existing tracks to an unused track. Those tracks can then be used for further recording (in which case their contents are overwritten). You can thus record more than just eight tracks using this technique. The only drawback is that once several tracks have been bounced, you cannot adjust the individual sounds. You can, however, balance the levels and apply EQ and effects during the actual ping-pong operation. The following illustration shows the ping-pong technique. Track 8 Track 7 Track 6 Track 5 Track 4 Track 3 Track 2 Track 1 Source Tracks 1 GAIN 2 GAIN 3 GAIN LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC PB MIC/ PB MIC/ PB MIC/ LINE LINE LINE FLIP FLIP FLIP CUE CUE CUE P P P A A A N N N L R L R L R 0 HIGH L E V E L 10 0 HIGH L E V E L 10 0 HIGH L E V E L 10 -15 +15 -15 +15 -15 +15 MID MID MID F F F 250 5k 250 5k 250 5k G G G -15 +15 -15 +15 -15 +15 LOW LOW LOW -15 +15 -15 +15 -15 +15 AUX AUX AUX 1 1 1 0 10 0 10 0 10 2 2 2 0 10 0 10 0 10 1 2 1 2 1 2 GROUP ASSIGN GROUP ASSIGN GROUP ASSIGN 3 4 3 4 3 4 PAN PAN PAN L ODD 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 R L EVEN ODD 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 R L EVEN ODD 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 R EVEN Destination Track Track 8 Track 7 Track 6 Track 5 Track 4 Track 3 Track 2 Track 1 Tape-based multitrack recorders always need at least one unused track for ping-pong operations. The MD8, however, provides eight-track playback with ping-pong. So you can record on all eight tracks and then bounce them down to one of those tracks. This is possible because the MD8 is able to read audio data from a track before writing new audio data to it. When the ping-pong operation is complete, the previous audio data on that track is lost. However, you can rehearse ping-pong operations. The following illustration shows eight-track playback with ping-pong. MD8-Owner's Manual