Bounce
aka: reduction mixing
aka: ping pong recording
A process where the content of one or more tracks are dubbed to another, preserving any volume, pan, insert or send/return effects applied to individul tracks.
Applications:Transfering the content of multiple tracks to a single track to free space
Transfering the content of a track along with effects on the channel to another track, there be freeing the effect unit to be altered or assigned elsewhere.
In digital recorders with built in Rhythm units, Transfering the content of the Rhythm track to a standard track, either to free the rhythm unit for an alternative use or to preserve and effects applied to the channel. Digital Multitrackers with removable storage that can be access by PC often require the built in rhythm tracks to be Bounced to allow the data to be understood be the PC.
Not to be confused with Track editing
Dry RecordingA process where the raw sound from an input plus any insert effects can be heard but only the raw sound is recorded.
The opposite to Wet Recording
Wet RecordingTo record an instrument with effects and processors applied, there by commiting that track to that sound.
opposite to Dry Recording
FASTAbr: Formula Assisted Song Translator
A system developed by Zoom to aid in quickly building a Rhythm progression.
All Patterns within the Rhythm unit of the MRS-8 are designated a number. Details of the premade patterns can be found on page 140 of the Manual.
You can use these numbers along with some basic arithmetic symbols to input a rhythm track. See page 79 for details.
SongThe Zoom manuals suffer from some bad terminology at times. The use of the word 'song' is the worst offender.
Zoom multitrackers normally include Zoom drum machines built in. In Zoom drum machines the word 'Song' is used to describe patterns collected together in a progression. Unfortunately the terminology transfered over to the multitrackers. This obviously left a need for a new word to describe what you and I and any normal person would call a song. This was 'Project'
MixdownOnce a project is mixed, "mixing down" is the process of combining the channels into a single (usually stereo) source, ready to be listened to.
The MRS8 has 2 options.
The traditional way is to output directly to a recording device via the Master outputs.
More commonly in the digital age the channels can be bounced to the dedicated Master Tracks to then be transfered to a PC for conversion to another format.