DigiTech GNX3, User Manual

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1. Press any TRACK button repeatedly until it lights green, flashes red, or flashes yellow.
If the button lights green, there is recorded material present. If the RECORD or PLAY button is pressed
the material is played back. If the button light flashes red, and the RECORD button is pressed (the
button light is a solid red) it is recorded on. If the light flashes yellow, it merges armed tracks for
playback, including recorded material already present on this track.
NOTE: If a TRACK is placed in record and the PLAY button is pressed, it will not be
recorded on but the track button will remain flashing red. All tracks with material
recorded on them playback their material, even if their button is flashing red. If the
RECORD button is then pressed during playback, tracks armed for recording are
recorded on.
Punching In / Punching Out
There may be times you want to replace a track section in the middle of a song. Rather than recording
on a new track at the very beginning and wasting recording time with silence, you can “punch in” the
phrase you want to record at a certain point on the track. To punch in record, follow these steps:
1. Arm the track you want to punch in record on (TRACK button is flashing red).
2. Press the
PLAY button. All tracks that are armed for playback begin playing, and the TRACK button
armed for recording continues flashing red.
3.When you reach the point in the playback that you want the recording to begin, press the RECORD
button. The TRACK button armed for recording lights red and recording begins on this track at this
point.
4.When you are finished recording, press the RECORD button again to disable the track armed for
recording and continue listening to the playback.
Bouncing/Merging Tracks
Once you have recorded several tracks, you may want to combine them onto a single track or pair of
tracks to free up recording memory. This is done using the recorder’s Merge function. Merging is
essentially the same as bouncing tracks as you would on old analog 4 and 8-track tape recorders, only
without the signal degradation. You can merge playback tracks with recorded tracks and retain the
recorded material on the tracks you are merging to. This means you don’t need empty tracks to merge
to if all tracks have recorded material on them.
Merging tracks is irreversible to the tracks that are merged to. It is wise to make sure your individual
track levels and pans are set prior to merging to tracks with recorded material present, as once tracks
are merged, the individual track information cannot be adjusted. To merge recorded tracks, follow these
steps:
1. Begin with the recorder stopped.
2. Arm the track(s) you want to merge for playback (TRACK buttons lit flashing green).
3.. Press the
TRACK button you want to merge to until it begins flashing yellow. Only a maximum of
two tracks at a time can be selected to merge to.
4.. Press the RECORD button. The recorder begins merging the audio from the tracks armed for
playback onto the tracks armed for merge. Once merging has begun, it cannot be stopped until
playback through the entire song is completed.
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