Recording Examples; Recording Plan - Yamaha MT8X Operation Manual

RECORDING EXAMPLES

This section gives the following two basic recording examples.
Example 1 : A basic recording (overdubbing)
Example 2: An advanced recording with Ping-pong recording and SYNC-recording techniques
There are important steps before starting recording. Those are to construct a "recording plan" and to "set recording
levels" properly. So, before describing how to make recording by using examples, we will first elaborate on the
"recording plan" and "setting recording levels".

RECORDING PLAN

Before starting multi-track recording, it's important to construct an overall working plan.
It is recommended that you put together a plan that takes into account factors such as the organization of the
instruments, the overall structure of the program, the parts that you wish to emphasize, the final stereo orientation and
so on. If you go ahead with multi-track recording without making such a plan, you may encounter problems such as
running out of tracks, limits in orienting of the sound image, etc. These problems may increase the number of ping-
pong recordings, which at the end will result in a poor quality.
Procedure
1 . Determine the organization of instruments and their respective positions.
2. Determine the final designation of each track
Example:
Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
Track 4
Track 5
Track 6
Track 7
Drums L
Drums R
Bass Guitar
Vocal
Guitar Backing
Guitar Solo
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