User Manual

RECORDING IN THE SEQUENCER
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Recording a mixdown of several audio tracks
Another useful feature is to record a real-time mixdown of several previously recorded audio tracks onto a new, ad-
ditional audio track. This is sometimes also referred to as recording stems or sub-mixes. Let’s say we have four back-
ing vocal tracks that we want to mix down and record on a new audio track. We can do this as follows:
1. Create a new audio track according to the description in “Creating an audio track”.
This is the track we’re going to use for recording the mixdown. We name the track “Mixdown” to make it easier to
distinguish.
2. Locate the Master Section device in the rack and click its “Rec Source” button.
The “Rec Source” button on the Master Section device
This will allow you to record the output from the Master Section onto the new audio track.
3. Locate the four backing vocal Audio Track devices in the rack, or their corresponding channel strips in the
mixer, and click their “Solo” buttons.
The four backing vocal Audio Track devices soloed
Since we’re going to record the four backing vocal tracks through the outputs of the Master Section, we only want
the backing vocal tracks to sound. All other tracks in the song should therefore be muted.
4. Select the “Mixdown” track in the sequencer and select “Stereo” and “Master Section” from the “Select Audio
Input” drop-down list.
“Stereo” and “Master Section” selected as Audio Input source
Selecting “Stereo” makes it possible to pan the backing vocal tracks in stereo before recording on the mixdown
audio track.