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DS1T-8vl Owner's Manual (Recording/Playback)
8 Rais« lha INPUT tadar of th# microphone Channel 1 lo *7-*," check the level on the
meter **4“, and use the INPUT fader and equalizer to create a desirable tonal color and
level. K the level ia too low. set the LEVEL switch to "M (-30dBV). M
{ Monitoring the recording signal
9 To monitor the vocal sound, turn the Channel 4 MON knob to TRK 4” and slowly turn
the MASTER knob In the monitor section.
10. Adjust the monitoring stereo image using the MON PAN knob.
Practicing ovtrdubbing
Now, we arc going to play back the drum sound on Track 1. the dearie bass sound
on Track 2, and the electric guitar sound on Track 3, which we monitor the sound
in conjunaion with the vocal sound.
11 Prees the PLAY button to start the recorder. (The RECORD LED win reman bUnfctog.)
1Z Turn the Channel 1-3 MON knobs to 'TRK' to adjust the level of Track 1 (drum machine).
Track 2 (electric baas), and Track 3 (electric guitar) (ai playback monitor sound), snd
use tha MON PAN knob to adjust the monitoring stereo image.
Sing while listening to the sound on Tricks i-i (drum machine, eleculc hiss, and electric
guitar). You can listen to both the vocal sound and already recorded sound at the same
time. Use the MON knob and MON PAN knob of Channels J-4 to balance the sounds.
Since the vocti sound has not yet been recorded, you can practice your performance with
these settings as many times as you like.
| Start / atop re cording
If you are satisfied with your rehearsal, start recording.
13 Press the REWIND button while holding down the STOP button to locate the ABS 0
point (start point of the recorder)
14 Presa the RECORD button while holding down the PLAY button.
The sound on Tracks 1-3 will be played back with the monitor balance setting specified in
the previous step. Sing to osrrdub the vocal sound on Track 4.
15 When the recording la completed, presa the STOP button to stop recording.
The RBCORD LED goes off. and Tracks 1-4 enter playback monitoring status.
Playback
1 Press the REWIND button while holding down tha STOP button.
2. To prevent accidental recording, act tha RECORD TRACK ewttch "4/R" to “OFF."
3. Set the INPUT SEL switches tor Charnels 1-4 to 'OFF.*
4. Press the PLAY button to etail playback.
5 Turn the MON knobs lor Channels 1-4 to “TRK" and slowly turn tha MASTER knob In the
monitor section.
6. Adjust the stereo image of the playback monitor using the MON PAN knobe for Channels
1-4.
In this way, you can overdub different sound sources to different tracks.
Now that you understand how to overdub. you can repeat this procedure for Tracks
5. 6, 7, and 8.
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