Adding Sounds During Mixdown - Yamaha MD4S Owner's Manual

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Advanced recording techniques

Adding sounds during mixdown

The mixer section of the MD4S features an "in-line" design that can simultaneously handle
both the input signal from the MIC/LINE INPUT jack and the playback sound from the disk.
For example, this allows you to add external input signals during mixdown. This is conve-
nient, for example, when you wish to layer some sound effects onto the introduction of a song
that you completed on the MD4S.
In the following, we will give an example of how audio sources connected to MIC/LINE
INPUT jacks 1 and 2 can be added during mixdown.
2
6
4
1
Make preparations for mixdown.
See "Mixdown" on page 32, adjust the mix balance
of each track, and complete the steps up until you
are ready to mixdown (steps
2
Connect your audio sources to MIC/LINE
INPUT jacks 1 and 2.
When the FLIP switch of the input channel is in
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MD4S
Track 1
Drums
Track 2
Guitar
Track 3
Bass
Track 4
Vocal
External audio source
IN OUT THRU TRACK 2TR IN
MIDI DIRECT OUT
1 2
MIC/LINE INPUT
INSERT INSERT
3 4 5
I/O I/O
1 2 3 4 5 / 6
GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN
LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC
0
MIC/ MIC/ MIC/ MIC/
LINE PB LINE PB LINE PB LINE PB
FLIP FLIP FLIP FLIP
CUE CUE CUE CUE
P P P P
A A A A
N N N N
L R
L R L R L R
L L L L
E E E E
V V V V
E E E
E
L
L L L
0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10
HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH
–15 +15 –15 +15 –15 +15 –15 +15
MID MID MID MID
–15 +15 –15 +15 –15 +15 –15 +15
LOW LOW LOW LOW
–15 +15 –15 +15 –15 +15 –15 +15
AUX AUX AUX AUX
1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
PAN PAN PAN PAN
L R L R L R L R
10 10 10 10 10
9 9 9 9 9
8 8 8 8 8
7 7 7 7 7
6 6 6 6 6
5 5 5 5 5
4 4 4 4 4
3 3 3 3 3
2 2 2 2 2
1 1 1 1 1
0 0 0 0 0
1 2 3 4
1 6
– ).
Stereo mix
1 2
STEREO MONITOR
OUT OUT AUX SEND
LINE INPUT
6 7 8
7 / 8
10 0 10
CUE MIX TO STEREO
BUS
MONITOR SELECT
2TR IN
MULTITRACK MD RECORDER
STEREO
CUE
MONITOR LEVEL
REPEAT MARK SEARCH
MIN MAX
MARK
10
A B LAST REC SEARCH
9
8
IN OUT SET
7
6
AUTO
PUNCH I/O
5 SONG SEARCH PAUSE
4
3
2
PLAY
REHE REC STOP
1
0
TOC WRITE
STEREO
the "PB (
will be set to the ST bus, and the input signal from
the MIC/LINE INPUT jack will be sent via the
CUE PAN/LEVEL control to the CUE bus. In this
case, the input signals from MIC/LINE INPUT
jacks 1 and 2 will be sent via the CUE PAN/LEVEL
controls of input channels 1 and 2 to the CUE bus.
Master recorder
REC SELECT
CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4
3
1 2 3 4
L R L R
EJECT
PEAK HOLD DISPLAY
PITCH ADJUST EDIT UTILITY
EXIT
ENTER
5
DATA CURSOR
PHONES PUNCH I/O
)" position, the tape playback sound