Swapping Tracks; Mixing Down - Tascam 12 Owner's Manual

NOTE
i If there are no openings for tracks to import, an "Import error.
No track" pop-up message will appear.
i To cancel importing a track, press the F1
i Importing is not possible under the following conditions.
• Not enough open space is available on the SD card
• There are no empty tracks
• If the sampling frequency of the WAV file you are trying to
import differs from the current song
Example: Trying to import a 48kHz WAV file when the
current song is 44.1kHz
i If there is no file that can be imported, a "No File" pop-up
message will appear.
Select the track to import, and press the F4
9.
to import it.
When importing completes, the TRACK IMPORT Screen
reopens.
NOTE
i Press the F1
button to cancel importing.
i The part of the track imported before canceling will remain; it
will not be deleted.

Swapping tracks

Recorded tracks can be swapped with other tracks.
1.
When the recorder is stopped, select MTR on the MENU
Screen, and open the MTR Screen. (see "Menu operation
procedures" on page 29)
2.
Select TRACK EDIT on the MTR Screen, and open the TRACK
EDIT Screen.
3.
Select TRACK SWAP on the TRACK EDIT Screen, and open
the TRACK SWAP Screen.
4.
Turn the MULTI JOG dial to select a track.
Options: 1 (default), 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 7/8, 9, 10, 9/10, 11, 12,
11/12
5.
Press the MULTI JOG dial to move the cursor to the B item.
6.
Turn the MULTI JOG dial to select a track.
Options: 1 (default), 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 7/8, 9, 10, 9/10, 11, 12,
11/12
Press the F4
7.
button to swap the track specified in
the A and B items.
NOTE
This can be used as a basic bounce function by swapping the
signals recorded on tracks 11/12 (the output from the MAIN
OUTPUT connectors) to other tracks, and then clearing all the
other tracks.

Mixing down

A mixdown is when the volume, panning and other settings of
button.
individual track recordings are adjusted and combined into a
well-balanced stereo mix.
The MAIN MIX L/R bus does not have a REC button, but it is
always in recording standby. Pressing the 0 button always
records the signals on this bus.
By mixing down with the desired adjustments after recording,
stereo mix files can be created from the track audio recorded on
each channel.
1.
Adjust the recorded sound and play it back.
i Set the MODE switches of the recorded tracks to" MTR".
button
i Turn on the MAIN switches of the recorded tracks. (Turn
off the MAIN switches of unrecorded tracks.)
i While using speakers or headphones, for example, to
listen to the sounds of all the recorded tracks being
output from the MAIN OUTPUT jacks, adjust the channel
faders and EQ and PAN knobs.
After confirming, stop playback at the beginning of the
song.
2.
Mix down the playback sound.
i With the REC buttons off (unlit) on each channel, press the
0 button to create a stereo mix from the playback sounds
of all the recorded tracks.
i During mixdown, all fader and EQ and PAN knob
adjustments will be recorded from the time that the 0
button is pressed and track playback is started until the 8
button is pressed to stop playback.
This will overwrite the existing stereo file.
7 - Track editing
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