Owner`s manual

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Rev0.02
Mixing audio from various tracks onto a stereo track (Bounce)
If you have constructed a song through repeated
overdubbing, it is often the case that the recorded
instruments will sound disjointed in terms of volume and
position, giving the impression that they’re not actually part
of the same performance. Nevertheless, if you combine each
of these tracks into a stereo mix while readjusting the balance
of volume and pan settings, you will be able to convey the
image of a single, complete song.
And if you intend to create an audio CD later on, your songs
must be in the form of stereo tracks; consequently, you will
need to perform a mix down for each one.
A mix down is carried out as follows.
(1) Set the left-right position of each track (Pan).
(2) Suppress variations in volume (Compressor).
(3) Adjust the sound of each track (Equalizer).
(4) Widen the overall sound (Loop Effects).
(5) Mix the playback tracks onto a single stereo track
(Bounce).
Setting the left-right position
of each track (Pan)
1. Press CHANNEL EDIT [PAN].
The pan setting screen will appear.
fig.07-45d
2. Move the cursor to the track to which pan setting is to
be changed.
You can also select a track by pressing its track button.
The track button for the selected track will light up.
3. Change the pan setting using the TIME/VALUE dial.
L100: Audio is moved to the extreme left.
0: Audio is moved to the center.
R100: Audio is moved to the extreme right.
4. Press [EXIT/NO] to return to the top screen.
Suppressing variations in
volume (Compressor)
Each of the tracks contains a built-in compressor, and these
compressors can be used to smoothen out differences in the
volumes and peak levels of the corresponding tracks.
1. Press [COMP].
The compressor setting screen will appear.
fig.07-47d
2. Move the cursor to the track to which compressor
setting is to be changed.
The track button for the selected track will light up.
fig.07-47ad
3. Move the cursor to the parameter to which setting is to
be changed, and then use the TIME/VALUE dial to
make a new setting.
fig.07-47bd
• In addition to the cursor, the track buttons can also
be used to directly choose the track to which settings
are to be changed. Furthermore, if the track buttons
for tracks 1 and 2, tracks 3 and 4, tracks 5 and 6, or
tracks 7 and 8 are pressed in unison at this time, you
will be able to modify the settings for the two
selected tracks at the same time.
Note that since tracks 9/10 and 11/12 are fixed as
stereo tracks, the parameters for the left and right
sides of each of these tracks will always change in
the same way. It is not possible to modify the
settings of the left and right sides individually.