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diff --git a/manual/xml/setting_up_to_record.xml b/manual/xml/setting_up_to_record.xml index aac7cd2818..5891ef2b71 100644 --- a/manual/xml/setting_up_to_record.xml +++ b/manual/xml/setting_up_to_record.xml @@ -90,21 +90,22 @@ </section> <section id="setup-external-monitoring"> - <title>ADAT Monitor Mode</title> + <title>Tape Machine Mode</title> <para> Nearly all traditional tape recorders use the same monitoring model. Normally only tracks that are record-enabled will monitor input with the transport stopped. - ADAT machines switch all tracks to input on stop when auto-input is enabled, - regardless of record-enable state.. - ADAT monitor mode emulates this behaviour. - Be warned that many tracks sharing the same input (in software monitoring mode) - will sum that input through the master buss (potentially including several plugins) - whenever the transport is stopped. Since setting up a sound - usually involves listening to the input with the transport stopped, you might not be - hearing the sound you are about to record! - Using this mode can also lead to surprising acoustic feedback. - ADAT Monitor Mode is on by default. + Tape machine mode emulates this behaviour. + Some simpler machines (like a famous product by Alesis) switch all tracks to + input on stop when auto-input is enabled, regardless of record-enable state. + Disabling Tape Machine Mode switches to a behaviour that mimics this type of recorder. + Be warned that if you disable Tape Machine Mode, many tracks sharing the same input + (in software monitoring mode) will sum that input through the master buss + (potentially including several plugins) whenever the transport is stopped. + Since setting up a sound usually involves listening to the input with the transport + stopped, you might not be hearing the sound you are about to record! + Disabling this mode can also lead to surprising acoustic feedback. + Tape Machine Mode is off by default. </para> </section> |