User manual YAMAHA MT-120S

[. . . ] IMPORTANT: When connecting this product to accessories and/or another product use only high quality shielded cables. Cable/s supplied with this product MUST be used. Failure to follow instructions could void your FCC authorization to use this product in the USA. NOTE: This product has been tested and found to comply with the requirements listed in FCC Regulations, Part 15 for Class "B" digital devices. [. . . ] Get ready to play the punch-in part. User's Guide 25 Recording Functions At the punch-in location, the START indicator will switch off, the IN indicator will light, and the indicator above the REC/PAUSE key and the REC SELECT - TRACK indicator will light. TAPE +9 6 3 0 3 6 10 -20 1 2 3 4 +9 6 3 0 3 6 10 -20 L R 9. 5 AUTO PUNCH IN REHE REC/PAUSE PLAY Play the punch-in part. At the punch-out location, the IN indicator and indicator above the REC/PAUSE key will switch off, the REC SELECT - TRACK indicator will flash, the OUT indicator will light, and monitor source will switch back to the tape. TAPE +9 6 3 0 3 6 10 -20 1 2 3 4 +9 6 3 0 3 6 10 -20 L R 9. 5 AUTO PUNCH OUT REHE REC/PAUSE PLAY At the post-roll point, the OUT indicator will switch off, the START indicator will begin flashing, the indicator above the PLAY key will flash in a pattern (check waiting condition), and the tape is automatically rewound back to the pre-roll point. When tape is rewound, the AUTO PUNCH and START indicators will light. Check the recording 11) Press the PLAY key again to play back the tape. The MT-120S will automatically play from the pre-roll point to the post-roll point. If the resulting recording is good, press the AUTO PUNCH I/O key to cancel the automatic punch-in/out function. The punch-in and punch-out points as well as the pre-roll and post-roll points are cleared. If you want to perform another automatic punch-in/out recording, you will have to start from step 3. If the resulting recording is not good, press the REHE key and repeat from step 7. If the pre-roll or post-roll points need to be changed, press the CLEAR key and repeat from step 3. User's Guide Recording Functions 26 Status indicators During the operation of the automatic punch-in/out function, you can determine the status by checking the indicators shown in the following table: Function AUTO PUNCH Display Indicators START IN OUT 2 LEDs REHE REC/PAUSE PLAY Mark the pre-roll point (see step 3). AUTO PUNCH START 2 (slowly) Start the tape playing (see step 4). If you press the AUTO PUNCH I/O key while the tape is playing, the operation starts here. Mark the punch-in point (see step 5). AUTO PUNCH START IN 2 (slowly) (rapidly) AUTO PUNCH IN OUT 2 (slowly) (rapidly) Mark the punch-out point (see step 6). AUTO PUNCH OUT 2 (slowly) The tape is rewound, waiting for rehearsal (also see step 6). The REC SELECT - TRACK indicator on the display will flash. Note: You can practice the punch-in at this point with the rehearsal function. Press the REHE key instead of the REC/PAUSE key. The indicator above the key lights and the flashing REC SELECT - TRACK indicator will be illuminated. The indicator above the PLAY key lights, the indicator above the REC/PAUSE key will flash rapidly, and the MT-120S starts the tape. 6) At the punch-in location, step on the footswitch again. The indicator above the REC/PAUSE key lights. 7) Step on the footswitch at the punch-out location. The indicator above the REC/PAUSE key switches off. User's Guide 29 Recording Functions Ping-pong recording Ping-pong recording allows you to bounce several previously-recorded tracks onto an unrecorded track. Using this technique, you can create a recording with effectively more than four tracks. There are two basic techniques you can employ when making a bounce-down recording: · Mixing three previously-recorded tracks onto a destination track. [. . . ] Mixdown Usually the final process in a multitrack recording where you combine the previously recorded tracks (often four), plus any effects or signal processing, into a stereo mix. Module The MT-120S includes four channel modules. Each module consists of an input section (input select key and GAIN control), an equalization section (HIGH, MID, and LOW controls), an auxiliary section, a routing section (ASSIGN keys and PAN control), and a fader. User's Guide 53 Appendix MONITOR/PHONES control Controls the amount of signal fed to the speakers through the left and right MONITOR OUT jacks or to the stereo PHONES (headphone) jack. Multitrack A tape recorder with more than two tracks. [. . . ]