Punching In / Punching Out; Bouncing/Merging Tracks; Drums Track; Syncing Drums To Songs - DigiTech GeNetX BNX3 User Manual

NOTE: If a TRACK is placed in record and the PLAY button is pressed, it will not be
recorded on but the track button will remain flashing red. All tracks with material
recorded on them playback their material, even if their button is flashing red. If the
RECORD button is then pressed during playback, tracks armed for recording are
recorded on.

Punching In / Punching Out

There may be times you want to replace a track section in the middle of a song. Rather than recording
on a new track at the very beginning and wasting recording time with silence, you can "punch in" the
phrase you want to record at a certain point on the track. To punch in record, follow these steps:
1.Arm the track you want to punch in record on (TRACK button is flashing red).
2. Press the PLAY button. All tracks that are armed for playback begin playing, and the TRACK button
armed for recording continues flashing red.
3.When you reach the point in the playback that you want the recording to begin, press the RECORD
button. The TRACK button armed for recording lights red and recording begins on this track at this
point.
4.When you are finished recording, press the RECORD button again to disable the track armed for
recording and continue listening to the playback.

Bouncing/Merging Tracks

Once you have recorded several tracks, you may want to combine them onto a single track or pair of
tracks to free up recording memory. This is done using the recorder's Merge function. Merging is
essentially the same as bouncing tracks as you would on old analog 4 and 8-track tape recorders, only
without the signal degradation. You can merge playback tracks with recorded tracks and retain the
recorded material on the tracks you are merging to. This means you don't need empty tracks to merge
to if all tracks have recorded material on them.
Merging tracks is irreversible to the tracks that are merged to. It is wise to make sure your individual
track levels and pans are set prior to merging to tracks with recorded material present, as once tracks
are merged, the individual track information cannot be adjusted. To merge recorded tracks, follow these
steps:
1. Begin with the recorder stopped.
2. Arm the track(s) you want to merge for playback (TRACK buttons lit flashing green).
3.. Press the TRACK button you want to merge to until it begins flashing yellow. Only a maximum of
two tracks at a time can be selected to merge to.
4.. Press the RECORD button. The recorder begins merging the audio from the tracks armed for
playback onto the tracks armed for merge. Once merging has begun, it cannot be stopped until
playback through the entire song is completed.

Drums Track

The BNX3's built-in drum machine is not only a great practice tool but can actually be used for song
creation as well. Using the Drums button located in the recorder panel, you can either sync the drum
machine with your other recorded audio tracks, or record the drum machine patterns to any of the
recorder's tracks.

Syncing Drums to Songs

The BNX3's drum machine can by synced to recorded tracks when you first begin recording a song,
essentially creating a 'virtual' drum track that plays back with your recorded tracks. When the Drums
Recorder
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