Operation Manual

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Recording and Overdubbing
Overdubbing is the process of adding additional instruments to a multitrack recording, listening to
the tracks you’ve already laid down as you do so.
Focusrite Control is easy to configure for this operation.
As with the Tracking example, the initial mix you hear from both the Monitor Outputs and Headphone
Outputs will be a “rough” mix (faders all at zero) of all the tracks you’ve already recorded. You can
tweak the mix you hear in your headphones to hear more or less of the instrument you’re overdubbing,
or any other pre-recorded track(s), as you wish.
TIP: Any pre-recorded tracks are likely to be sourced from the DAW master output (1-2) which
on Focusrite Control is Software Playback 1-2. If the producer wishes to adjust the levels of
pre-recorded signals for the musician then this can either be done in the DAW, or - in the scenario
that the producer doesn’t want to change the mix in the DAW - can be sent out of separate outputs,
enabling them to adjust the level within Focusrite Control.