Ping-Pong Recording - Yamaha MT8XII Owner's Manual

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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 the MT8XII is a eight-track recorder, effectively you can record more than eight tracks
using this technique. The only drawback is that once several tracks have been bounced, you can-
not 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 tech-
nique.
Track 8
Track 7
Track 6
Track 5
Track 4
Track 3
Track 2
Track 1
1
GAIN
LINE
HIGH
–12
FREQ
250
MID
–12
LOW
–12
AUX
1
0
AUX
2
0
CUE
L
0
MIC/
LINE
TAPE FLIP
PAN
L
ODD
GROUP ASSIGN
1 2
PEAK
SIGNAL
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
1
Destination Track
Ping-Pong Recording
Source
Tracks
2 3
GAIN GAIN
MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC
HIGH HIGH
+12 –12 +12 –12 +12
FREQ FREQ
5k 250 5k 250 5k
MID MID
+12 –12 +12 –12 +12
LOW LOW
+12 –12 +12 –12 +12
AUX AUX
1 1
10 0 10 0 10
AUX AUX
2 2
10 0 10 0 10
CUE CUE
P P P
A A A
N N N
R L R L R
L L L
E E E
V V V
E E E
L L L
10 0 10 0 10
MIC/ MIC/
TAPE LINE TAPE LINE TAPE
MIC/ TAPE FLIP MIC/ TAPE FLIP MIC/
LINE LINE LINE
PAN PAN
R L R L R
EVEN ODD EVEN ODD EVEN
GROUP ASSIGN GROUP ASSIGN
3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
PEAK PEAK
SIGNAL SIGNAL
10 10
9 9
8 8
7 7
6 6
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
0 0
2 3
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Track 8
Track 7
Track 6
Track 5
Track 4
Track 3
Track 2
Track 1
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