Recording Your Tracks; Overdubbing - Tascam US-224 Owner's Manual

Connect your audio sources to the US-224.
Connect an analog source via the XLR or
1/4" inputs, or a digital source via the
S/PDIF input.

7.2 Recording Your Tracks

In Cubasis, choose the input(s) you wish to
enable on the US-224. In the Audio menu,
select Input, and click on the input pair on
the US-224. The green Input icons will light
in VST's Input window for active inputs.
Select the Audio track(s) to record to by
highlighting that track
window.
NOTE: If this is the first track recorded in a
given project, Cubasis will probably respond
with a dialog box asking you for a path to
save the audio files.
recommended that you create a unique
folder for each song or project, as audio
.WAV files can accumulate very quickly on
your hard disk, and keeping them organized
can get pretty complicated.
Once you've enabled your tracks, you'll want
to monitor audio through them to set your
levels. Open Cubasis' Monitor Mixer
(Audio/Monitor menu), and make certain
you've assigned your
enabled them. You should see audio signal
on those channels' meters (assuming you're
sending signal from your source).
If your input signal is too high, the OL LED
will glow steadily red. If the signal level is too
low, you might only see a flicker, or nothing
at all, on the SIGNAL LED.
You can regulate the input level of the input
source in several ways. First, make sure that
the signal you're sending to the US-224 is
within a reasonable range – it should
illuminate the green SIGNAL LED, but the
in the Arrange
It is highly
channel inputs and
red OL LED should only flicker occasionally.
You can then fine adjust the level with the
TRIM knobs for the selected channel(s).
NOTE: The SIGNAL and OL LED's do not
function with digital input.
In the case of digital input, input level is
regulated by the output level of the source,
and passed directly
application without modification.
On Cubasis' Transport Bar, you can enable
the recording to drop in or out of Record
based on the locate points you've set. If you
do not wish to enable this function, make
certain the buttons for drop in and drop out
are not enabled.
Press the RECORD button on the US-224. If
you've got the metronome's
function enabled, you'll hear a one or two
bar countoff, and then the program will enter
Record mode. It will stop recording when it
reaches the drop out point, or if none is
enabled, when you hit the STOP button.
Cubasis will now create a display of the
track(s) you've just recorded. This can take
a few seconds to a few minutes, depending
on how long the recorded tracks are and
how many there are. You'll then see the
tracks appear in your arrange window.

7.3 Overdubbing

To overdub more tracks, simply select and
enable additional tracks as you did the
previous ones, and repeat the procedure.
You can monitor the tracks you've already
recorded via the US-224's outputs, while
recording additional tracks into Cubasis via
the US-224's inputs. Be sure to assign each
track to its own channel in the program's
internal mixer. For more information on
Cubasis' mixer functions, including groups
and output assigns, please refer to the
Cubasis manual.
When overdubbing, you can also select the
INPUT MONITOR mode by pressing the
INPUT MONITOR button on the US-224.
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