guitar tracks

[German]

Hi there
I own a 424 Portastudio, i recorded the plain guitar and the lead. but when i'm going to record the bass one of the guitar tracks get erased? What am i doing wrong?
Help???? Im new on this..

 

[godmarked]

You could try this:

When you record the bass, make sure that only one of your tracks (the bass one) is set to record. The other two should be set to play back.

If you already did this, and after double checking, you should playback the tape with just the lead and rhythm guitar tracks playing. Check and see if they ever recorded in the first place.

Maybe it's possible that one track on your machine doesn't play back correctly. Try experimenting with different tracks than the problem one.

Good luck,
J

 

[JoanisT23]

I dont own a 424 but i think you might have to pan whatever channel you are going through to a certian side in order to record on a certian track ex: pan left for tracks 1 and 3 and pan right for tracks 2 and 4. Just a thought i dont know if it is true or not.

 

[chernman]

I have a 424MkII. To make sure you don't have this problem use the direct feature on the RECORD FUNCTION section. This ties your channels and tracks together. Channel 1 to Track 1, 2 to 2, etc.

Make sure you put the finished tracks in SAFE mode before recording the next part.

 

[German]

All tracks to the 4th

I have a 424MkII. To make sure you don't have this problem use the direct feature on the RECORD FUNCTION section. This ties your channels and tracks together. Channel 1 to Track 1, 2 to 2, etc.

Make sure you put the finished tracks in SAFE mode before recording the next part.

Ok I've recorded on track 1 and 3 using the pan pon to the left and track 2 using rigth pan. But i dont what is DIRECT on the record fuction for.
And if i want to move all 1,2 and 3 tracks to track 4, do i have to put the pan pod in the middle? and the record function on direct or right position?

 

[chernman]

To put tracks 1,2 & 3 down to track four you need to turn the Record Function on track 4 to Bus Right. Set Record Func on 1,2 & 3 to SAFE and pan all of those right.
Put into Record and mix the three tracks. This mix is final and can't be undone if you later plan on recoding over 1-3 with new material, so do it until you like the mix. I used to add a little extra high end to those tracks as I bounce them to 4 because you lose some highs with the bounce.


To clarify the Direct function. Commonly people new to 4 tracking think that Channels = Tracks on a 4-track. This isn't the case. You can plug a mic into channel 1 a guitar in channel 2 and a drum machine into 3 and a room mic into 4, pan them all left and switch track 1 to buss left and all channels will be recorded onto track 1.

Let say this though. You want channel 1 (guitar) and channel three (drums) to be on separate tracks, now you have an issue with the Left Bus. If you pan both Channels left and turn track 1 and 3 on Bus Left record you will be recording a mix of guitar and drum on track 1 and the same mix on track 3. to solve this problem you switch track 1 & 3 to direct. This way Channel 1 ONLY will go to track 1 regardlessof pan and Only channel 3 will go to track 3 regardless of pan. Make sense?

I hope this helps. Sorry for the long post.

Chern