In-Depth Look At Overdubbing Tracks - Electro-Harmonix Forty-five thousand User's Reference Manual

In-Depth Look at Overdubbing Tracks

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Our Definition of Overdubbing
Overdubbing is the recording of any track after the initial
recording of a New Loop. Overdubbing can mean:
• Recording on a track that has not been previously recorded.
• Layering notes or instruments on top of each other on one
track. Using the track's fader as a feedback control.
• The RECORD and PLAY LEDs are both lit but Punch-In mode
is not enabled.
Choosing a Track to Overdub
After recording a New Loop, the 45000 may have automatical-
ly advanced to Track 2. If so, you may already be overdubbing
onto Track 2, are both the RECORD and PLAY LEDs lit?
To choose a track to Overdub onto, press the TRACK SELECT
button. As you press the TRACK SELECT button (preferably
with the RECORD LED off), the LEDs above the Track numbers
will consecutively light up. The track that is lit is the active
track. You will, or are currently, Overdubbing onto the active
track.
To Overdub in stereo, press the STEREO MODE button so that
its LED lights up. You will now be able to Overdub onto Tracks
1 & 2 or 3 & 4. Pressing the TRACK SELECT button will toggle
between the two track pairs. Each track fader in the stereo
pairs works independently even with Stereo Mode enabled.
Overdubbing
Begin Overdubbing by pressing the RECORD button.
Immediately you will see both the RECORD and PLAY LEDs
light up, you are now Overdubbing.
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If the loop is playing back, pressing the RECORD button will
put you into Overdub mode immediately while in the middle
of the loop cycle.
Overdubbing occurs only on the track that is currently active;
the track or tracks with their LEDs lit up.
For the track you are Overdubbing onto, the track's fader acts
like a Feedback control as seen on a delay effect. Moving
the active track's fader to anything below 100% will attenu-
ate the previously recorded audio on that track each time the
loop cycles. If you do not want to attenuate or lose the audio
already on the track, make sure the fader is set to 100%.
While Overdubbing, you can move the TEMPO Slider to
achieve slowed down or sped up sounding instruments. Press
the OCTAVE button to automatically drop the pitch and tempo
of the loop by exactly 1 octave. The TEMPO slider changes the
speed of the loop in semitone (1/2 step) increments.
You can press the REVERSE button at anytime (except when
recording a New Loop) to reverse the playback direction of the
loop. The Reverse function allows you to easily record a back-
wards instrument track or section.
When using the OCTAVE and REVERSE buttons, activating
either function will act on all 5 tracks of the loop, not just the
active track.
The TEMPO LED lights up when the TEMPO Slider is set to the
same tempo that the original loop was recorded at. If you
move the TEMPO Slider you will see the TEMPO LED light up
only when the TEMPO Slider is set to its original setting. The
TEMPO LED indicator is an easy way to get back to the original
pitch and tempo of the loop.