Overdubbing (Layered Recordings)
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Pausing overdubbing/dubbing
1.
Press the [
] (Play) button during overdubbing/dubbing to
pause overdubbing/dubbing.
Playback of the original file will also pause.
Press the [
] (Play) button again to resume overdubbing/dubbing
from that point.
Listening to the overdubbed data
The overdubbed file will be created as a new recording in the same folder as the original
file. If you select a file in the MUSIC folder as the original file, the PR7 will automatically
create a new file to one of the folders inside the REC folder. After overdubbing is
complete, the overdubbed file will be automatically selected. Therefore, you can simply
play the file to hear the overdubbed file. If you wish, you can continue with another
round of overdubbing using the steps described in the previous section.
Developer’s column: My first overdub
About 30 years ago, I used to do “one man multiple chorus” sessions by myself. I
had two cassette recorders in front of me. I played a song on one of the recorders,
while singing to the song, and recorded to the other recorder. I repeated this
procedure to layer my vocal and chorus. Sometimes, our dog barked or my mother
knocked on my bedroom door, so I had to re-record some takes. Each time I added
another layer of recording, noise was introduced and would build up. By the fourth
or fifth take, the resultant recording was submerged by white noise. Yet, in those
days, it was just fun to listen to my vocals layered one by one. These days, the audio
devices have advanced and they enable you to perform high-quality overdubbing
easily. But the principal inside these devices is, and was, the same. Younger people
who have only used digital devices may not understand this experience. On the
other hand, previous generations who had to use cassette recorders for airchecks
or dubbing may feel the same as I do.
