Yamaha MD4 Owner's Manual - Page 37

Ping-Pong Recording 29 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 are then used for further recording. Although MD4 is a four-track recorder, effectively you can record more than just four 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 4 Track 3 Track 2 Track 1 Source Tracks 1 GAIN 2 GAIN 3 GAIN LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC HIGH HIGH HIGH -12 +12 -12 +12 -12 +12 MID MID MID -12 +12 -12 +12 -12 +12 LOW LOW LOW -12 +12 -12 +12 -12 +12 AUX AUX AUX 0 10 1 2 GROUP ASSIGN 3 4 0 10 1 2 GROUP ASSIGN 3 4 0 10 1 2 GROUP ASSIGN 3 4 PAN PAN PAN L ODD PB R EVEN MIC/ LINE L ODD PB R EVEN MIC/ LINE L ODD PB R EVEN MIC/ LINE 10 10 10 9 9 9 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 Destination Track Track 4 Track 3 Track 2 Track 1 Tape-based multitrackers always need at least one unused track for ping-pong operations. MD4, however, provides four-track playback with ping-pong. So you can record on all four tracks and then bounce them down to one of those tracks. This is possible because MD4 is able to read audio data from a track before writing new audio data to it. When the ping-pong operation is complete of course, the previous audio data in that track is lost. However, you can rehearse ping-pong operations. The following illustration shows four-track playback with ping-pong. Track 4 Track 3 Track 2 Track 1 Source Tracks 1 GAIN 2 GAIN 3 GAIN 4 GAIN LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH -12 +12 -12 +12 -12 +12 -12 +12 MID MID MID MID -12 +12 -12 +12 -12 +12 -12 +12 LOW LOW LOW LOW -12 +12 -12 +12 -12 +12 -12 +12 AUX AUX AUX AUX 0 10 1 2 GROUP ASSIGN 3 4 0 10 1 2 GROUP ASSIGN 3 4 0 10 1 2 GROUP ASSIGN 3 4 0 10 1 2 GROUP ASSIGN 3 4 PAN PAN PAN PAN L ODD PB R EVEN MIC/ LINE L ODD PB R EVEN MIC/ LINE L ODD PB R EVEN MIC/ LINE L ODD PB R EVEN MIC/ LINE 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Destination Track Track 4 Track 3 Track 2 Track 1 MD4-Owner's Manual