Bass Ninja
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I just bought a 424mkIII. Can someone tell me, in simple terminology, when and why I would want to record to the L and R busses rather that direct?
To buss or not to buss...
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PannyDeters
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Bus means signal path. Your 4track has two busses, a left and a right.
If you want to use more than one channel but record them to ONE track, use bus. Example, if you want to record snare, kick, and 2 overhead mics for drums, you could plug a mic into each channel, bus them all to the left or right bus, and in the end you'd have them all on 1 track. BUT.....you can't adjust. You have to eq and adjust levels before you record.
Bus is also used to bounce tracks.
If you want to use more than one channel but record them to ONE track, use bus. Example, if you want to record snare, kick, and 2 overhead mics for drums, you could plug a mic into each channel, bus them all to the left or right bus, and in the end you'd have them all on 1 track. BUT.....you can't adjust. You have to eq and adjust levels before you record.
Bus is also used to bounce tracks.
Bass Ninja
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So, if I'm just recording guitar, bass, vocals and drum machine, direct routing would work fine?
PannyDeters
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Yes. If you only want one thing per track, use direct.
For more stuff, you could record the drum machine, bass, and rhythm guitar direct on tracks 1,2, and 3. Then pan them all hard right, pan track four hard right, put T4 on Bus, and hit record.
This would put all your rhythm tracks on track four. THen you could record a lead on track 1, a vocal on track 2, and a background vocal on track 3.
That's Bouncing. (and overdubbing...)
[This message has been edited by PannyDeters (edited 02-20-2000).]
For more stuff, you could record the drum machine, bass, and rhythm guitar direct on tracks 1,2, and 3. Then pan them all hard right, pan track four hard right, put T4 on Bus, and hit record.
This would put all your rhythm tracks on track four. THen you could record a lead on track 1, a vocal on track 2, and a background vocal on track 3.
That's Bouncing. (and overdubbing...)
[This message has been edited by PannyDeters (edited 02-20-2000).]