Yamaha AW2400 Owner's Manual page 80

Bounce (ping-pong) recording procedure
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If you want to add an effect return channel
as a bounce-source, press the [SEL] key of
that effect return channel.
In the same way as for PLAY TRACK in step 3, you
can repeatedly press the [SEL] key to select the bus to
which the signal is sent.
NOTE
• If you are using an effect via an effect bus, the bounce opera-
tion will not include the effect sound unless you add the signal
of the corresponding effect return channel to the bounce-des-
tination bus. For details, refer to "Applying Effects via Send
and Return" ( → p. 117).
HINT
• To control the effect return channels, make the Layer section
[IN 1-8] key (or [IN 9-16] key) light.
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In the RECORD TRACK area, select a
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bounce-destination track, move the cursor
to the symbol for that track, and press
the [ENTER] key.
You can select up to four bounce-destination tracks.
The odd-numbered tracks can be connected to Bus1 L
or Bus2 L, and the even-numbered tracks can be con-
nected to Bus1 R or Bus2 R. The [SEL] key will blink
red, indicates that the corresponding track is selected
as the bounce-destination.
In the same way as for the PLAY TRACK, you can
repeatedly press the [ENTER] key to select the signal
of the desired input bus.
For example if you move the cursor to the
for RECORD TRACK 1 and repeatedly press the
[ENTER] key, the screen will change as follows.
A
Connected to BUS1 L
B
Connected to BUS2 L
C
No connection
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A
To
HINT
• You can also select a track by repeatedly pressing the [SEL]
key of a track channel.
• If you move the cursor to the SAFE button and press the
[ENTER] key, all connections will be cancelled.
• The track numbers of muted tracks will be displayed as
(mute), but you can still record to muted tracks.
• If an unpaired track is selected as a recording-destination, the
pan of the corresponding track channels will be set to the cen-
ter. If two paired tracks are selected, the pan of the corre-
sponding odd-numbered/even-numbered track channels will
be spread to left and right respectively.
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Raise the [STEREO] fader and the faders of
the track channel(s) you selected as the
bounce-destination to the 0 dB position.
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Press the RTZ [ ] key to rewind the song.
Then hold down the REC [●] key and press
the PLAY [ ] key.
The song will begin playing back, and will be
recorded on the bounce-destination track(s).
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While you record the song, raise the faders
of the bounce-source track channels and
effect return channels to an appropriate
level. Adjust the pan, EQ, and dynamics of
each channel as necessary.
NOTE
• The bounce-destination faders and pans will not affect the
content that is recorded.
• When Auto Punch-in/out is engaged, you can monitor the
bounce source track channels during playback even when not
recording.
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To check the level that is being output from
Bus 1/Bus 2 to the bounce-destination
tracks, press the [METER] key and then the
[F3] key.
The METER screen Master page will appear.
Here you can check the output levels for Bus 1 and
Bus 2.
Bus 1 and Bus 2 output levels