Yamaha MT50 - Recording Four Instruments to Two Tracks

One-Take Recording
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MT50 User’s Guide
Recording Four Instruments to Two Tracks in One
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Say you want to record drums, bass, rhythm guitar, and lead guitar at the
same time while leaving a couple tracks open for later use.
1. Connect the drum mike to the MIC/LINE input of Module 1; bass
to Module 2; rhythm guitar to Module 3; and lead guitar to Module
4.
2. Adjust the GAIN switches, monitor controls. and input faders as
discussed in “Chapter 3: Basic Recording.”
3. Set the REC SEL switch for each module, as follows:
Set the REC SEL switch for Module 1 to “L.”
Set the REC SEL switch for Module 2 to “R.”
Set the REC SEL switch for Module 3 to “OFF.”
Set the REC SEL switch for Module 4 to “OFF.”
In this set-up, Tracks 3 and 4 will not be recorded. Track 1 will record
the left stereo channel. Track 2 will record the right stereo channel.
4. Set the PAN controls for each instrument’s stereo placement:
Set the PAN control for Module 1 to “L.”
Set the PAN control for Module 2 to “R.”
Set the PAN control for Module 3 to “L.”
Set the PAN control for Module 4 to “R.”
5. Press the REC button and start up the band!
The instruments you connected to inputs 1 and 3 will be combined on
Track 1. The instruments you connected to Inputs 2 and 4 will be com-
bined on Track 2. Tracks 3 and 4 are available for additional recording.
! In this example, we pan hard
right and hard left. This is just to
keep things simple. Experiment
with stereo placement. Try panning
partially right or partially left to
create an interesting stereo image.
Module 1: Drums
Module 2: Bass
Module 3: Guitar 1
Module 4: Guitar 2
Track 4:
Track 3:
Track 2: Bass/Guitar 2
Track 1: Drums/Guitar 1