Monitoring previous takes in multiple take audio tracks
Apr 23rd, 2014, 12:20
Hello folks,
A fairly simple question, I hope. The other day I recorded my son playing acoustic guitar without a metronome because he wanted a free tempo.
It was a reasonable first take but he wanted to re-do a couple of phrases. I thought we could either Autopunch in the revisions or record a short Take 2 to sweep into a Comp.
We eventually did it with Autopunch but I first tried and would've preferred to do it by the second option ( further takes sept into a comp).
When we tried the second option (further takes) I had to turn the monitors down to avoid the mic picking up the lead in and lead out to the offending parts so I thought he could monitor where he was through the headphones - but not to be. There was nothing coming back through the headphones at all - presumably because all previous takes are muted.
Has anybody got any advice on what I am doing wrong and what I can do to overcome this.
Sorry if this is a bit of a stupid question - I am quite new to this - but I'm having a blast! :-)
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