I'd already worked out the stereo bounce, but hadn't gotten past the wondering stage on using a loopback. Thanks for the work you put in - appreciated! You vids are always crisp and on point, and were a big help in my deciding to give the R12 a try. 👍
Thanks! Glad the R12 is starting to work out for you. Sounds like you're well on your way to using learning most of the features for your recording projects. I saw your comments from other videos. Seems like you are setting up your own effects patches as well...you can use Guitar Lab to edit more effects patches on the unit. Thanks for watching!
Thanks! Yeah, I bounced quite a few tracks on the R8, but since I got the R20 I found myself not doing it as much. This video has been on my to-do list for awhile though, because I do know it's important for R12 users. Hope all is well and as always, thanks for watching!
Thanks Gas for another useful and very well explained tutorial! I had an idea watching the video - you could also use the 2nd method (using a loop back lead) to make use of an external effects unit by putting it in series with the lead. I don't know if it would be possible to record to a pair of tracks to get stereo recording?
Thanks for the kind feedback! And yes, I've done what you have described. To set up an effects send feedback loop and end up with stereo files requires you to do a few extra mini steps, but it's possible. On my long to-do list that is actually one of my next two planned tutorial videos.
Eh...using the cord feedback loop is indeed kind of a pain. I rarely do that. But using the digital stereo mix down and re-import is pretty straightforward and easy. In practice, I'm never annoyed that I have to do that since it's pretty quick. Overall, though, I totally agree - if they had a dedicated bounce feature to combine multiple tracks and immediately place it into an open track - that would be ideal.
Well...everything is a trade-off. So it completely depends on what your uses are. The R4 has a feature that is indeed called Bounce, but it only has 4 tracks, so it really needs a dedicated bounce. If you get an R12, you get 8 mono tracks or 4 stereo tracks, so depending on how you layer your tracks, you might not really need to bounce much. And with the R20, I haven't really had to bounce anything because it has 16 tracks. The R4 doesn't really let you edit your audio after recording...like split, copy, paste, and move recorded audio regions. It's far more portable than the R12 and R20, and the R4 also has a built in mic. The R4 has less built-in effects than the R12 and R20. So if your needs are maximum portability with a built in mic, but you don't need much in the way of effects and don't need to edit your audio directly on the device, then yes, I think the R4 is a good pick. But if you want to do some light audio editing directly on the device itself, I would probably recommend an R12 or R20.
@@GazRendar Last question,is it possible to record a specific track from a point i need and not from the beginning? And if it is possible to edit specific portion of a track and not he whole track? I mean volume for instance,i play wind instruments and sometimes one part of the recording might be louder than other so instead of rerecording can i adjust some part of the track? Talking about r12.And from what you said i can understand i may record all the channels and adjust the levels before i save them? The saved file then might be used again to add more tracks to it?
@@GrowingTreesEasy For the most part, yes, you can do all of those things, but it might require some manual work-arounds to get there. You can move the timeline marker to where ever you want and hit the Rec button and it will record from there. It's easier if you set up markers in the timeline first, but yes, that is one of the advantages of using a multitracker like the R12 vs a mixing board or handy recorder. If you play woodwinds, you can record a whole song if you want, say it's 3 minutes long, all on Track 1. If you find one section is too quiet, you then split that part of Track 1, and simply move that audio region to Track 2. Then you can boost the fader on Track 2 to make it louder during playback or mix down. Some of your questions might be answered in this video demonstration: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Io_w4X8s_oM.html After recording a track on the R12 for say, Project 1, if you back out to the Project main menu, the R12 will remember your fader positions for volume control. So if you go into Project 2 and start working on a different song for a few days and come back to Project 1 later, you'll see "ghost" faders on the screen in fader view to show you were you left your physical faders when you were in Project 1 days ago. Hope that answers your questions...?
