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fstrat76
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I don't bother with "punch-ins" as the way one would do a tradition tape punch-in.
I simply do takes...as in whole tracks. If I want to record a new section for say, Chorus 1...I'll still record a new take from the beginning and then play only when the Chorus 1 section comes up (the punch-in).
That way...lining up the tracks still takes place at the head..at the start of each track...instead of having bits-n-pieces of tracks.
It's a DAW, and most have a rather huge allowed track count...so it's no big deal to use up a whole track just to record a "punch-in" for Chorus 1.
Besides, once it's recorded, you can easily cut away what you don't want/need, and combine where applicable, if it's necessary to reduce track count or used up HD space...etc.
That makes a whole lot more sense rather than individual short punches. I suppose another alternative is to cycle record between punch locators on the daw (logic has cycle record and can create a new track each cycle). This way, you just let the tape keep recording while you are cycle recording on the daw. Then you can align all the different versions at once when done recording.
How do you manage the used tracks on tape and it's timeline since things may or won't be in order? Also, any issues with tape wear since theoretically, you can use one tape over and over again?