Yamaha MT2X Owner's Manual - Page 27

RECORDING THE RHYTHM GUITAR Record the rhythm guitar on track 3 in sync with the drums on track 1 and the bass guitar on track 2. Recording preparations and operations are the same as when recording the bass guitar. Be sure to use a guitar preamplifier or guitar amp with a line output to provide a line-level signal to the MT2X. PING-PONG < PING-PONG RECORDING > After the rhythm section has been recorded on tracks 1 - 3, only track 4 remains as an empty, spare track. Since there are three more parts to be recorded, more tracks will be needed. The ping-pong technique (sometimes called bouncing, or track transfer, or collapsing tracks) shown here allows you to re-record these three tracks onto one track, thus freeing up tracks for other recording operations. You can also add other new parts during the ping-pong process. As long as there are empty tracks, you can ping-pong from one or more tracks to another as many times as you like. However, each time a track is ping-ponged onto another track, some degradation in sound quality occurs. Most noticeable is a loss of high frequency sounds, or "treble". Therefore, it's best to plan for only 1 or 2 ping-pong operations to preserve the sound quality of the instruments you record. Now, let's get started. - Signal Path during Ping-pong Recording - Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 22 55