They way I solved it is to first check which tracks use FX, and then route them to the main stereo out. If I only use two at a time I can pan them all the way left/right, and record the main outs as two separate mono-tracks with FX.
Although this way works, both in OB and for my Zoom R16, it’s not ideal since it takes some extra effort, and that I only can use FX on two tracks at a time.
I didn’t fully understand how it is possible to solve it another way. I simply want to record the four different tracks separately with FX. Anyone care to explain?
Thanks, but that’s the way I used to do it previously, recording layer upon layer, but I was hoping there was a way to record all 4 tracks at the same time with FX, so that I didn’t have to record the song in layers.
If only two tracks use FX, I can do it as I described above (mains L = trk1 (pan L), mains R = trk 2 (pan R)), but I wish there was another better way…
I just want the recording process to be as easy as possible. Just to sit down, push “record” on the R16, play something without thinking too much about the process, and then use each track of that recording with extra effects, etc in my daw.
4 (well, technically 8) into two doesn’t go without some merging
there is one stereo send FX block, it’s impossible to get around this, if you want to play all four tracks, they’ll all be going through the FX (either L/R or L+R and I strongly suspect e.g. the reverb is not isolated left to right, so you’re likely still mixing/bleeding track inputs)
overbridge and USB won’t change this if you want to use the internal FX
you have to work with the configuration as is
maybe as a compromise record dry directs and also just the (merged)FX returns at mains - all in one pass
I typically route two voices to their own outputs and process them with external fx. I like the internal fx and what you can do with parameters locks and performance mode, but using my own fx can be an awful lot of fun too (Meris Polymoon, Strymon Night Sky, Death By Audio Rooms, Catalinbread Montivillian et al) and opens up a lot of sonic possibilities. Having said that, I usually leave the other two voices on the mains and use them with the internal fx, with the option of adding a second voice to a track. I feel I get the most out of it this way.
