Yamaha MT120S - Manual (Page 14)

THE RECORDING PROCESS
For details pertaining to the operation of MT120S controls, please refer to page 5, “MT120S CONTROLS AND THEIR
FUNCTIONS”.
Recording with the MT120S is a very simpie process. Aii you need is the MT120S, a pair of monitor headphones, and an
instrument, microphone, or other signal source.
The multitrack recording process can be basically broken down into the following steps:
1. Record the First Track.
a) Select channel-to-track assignment for input source.
b) Set Record Level.
c) Record.
2. Overdub on the Remaining Tracks.
a) Select channel-to-track assignment for each overdub.
b) Set records level for each overdub.
c) Record the overdub.
3. Track Combining.
a
a) If necessary, use "ping pong” technique to combine tracks and clear them for additional overdubs.
4. Mixdown.
a) Set up for monitoring the mix.
b) Set up a rough mix and add effects.
c) Finalize and rehearse the mix.
d) Connect the MT120S STEREO OUT jacks to a stereo cassette recorder.
e) Record (from the MT120S to the stereo cassette recorder).
These steps (and what the recording terms mean) will be described in detail below, so its a good idea to read through the
following sections in sequence in order to get a clear picture of the overall recording process.
12 M T 1 2 0 S M U L T I T R A C K C A S S E T T E R E C O R D E R .