Zoom H5/UG/08 Recording/13 Overdubbing

• Overdubbing

  • Overdubbing works only in MULTI FILE mode, with 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz WAV formats.
  • New recordings can be added to a project that has already been recorded.

  • Recording an overdub

    • 1. Press MENU, then use the scroll button to select PROJECT.
    • 2. Select the project to overdub, then press the scroll button.
      • Only projects recorded in MULTI FILE mode can be overdubbed.
    • 3. Select MIXER/OVERDUB > MIXER/OVERDUB.
      • The track button indicators light green for tracks that already hold recordings and stay unlit for empty tracks.
      • MIXER/OVERDUB screen: the cursor marks the selected track, and the icons at the left show its setting values
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    • 4. Press the track button of the track to overdub. Its indicator lights red, and that track's input can be monitored.
      • The Input 1/2 stereo link can also be changed here: Zoom H5/UG/08 Recording/05 Inputs and Levels.
    • 5. Turn the input volume knob to adjust the input level.
    • 6. To hear an existing track while overdubbing, press its track button so its indicator lights green.
      • Each press steps the indicator through red → green → unlit.
      • Press PLAY/PAUSE to hear the green tracks play back along with the input of the track chosen in step 4. Use this to rehearse and to check the input level.
      • The volume and panning of the tracks that play back can be adjusted.
    • 7. Press REC. Overdubbing on the track chosen in step 4 starts.

      • Note/Info AUTO REC and PRE REC cannot be used with overdubbing.
        

      • Note/Info While the MIXER/OVERDUB screen is in use, the project's PLAYBACK SPEED and KEY CONTROL settings are disabled.
        

    • 8. Press STOP to stop.
      • The overdubbed track is no longer record-ready, and its indicator lights green.
      • An overdub never overwrites the file already on a track. It creates a new file named after the track with a two-digit take number, such as ZOOM0001_TrLR-01.WAV. Any file can later be assigned to any track.
      • An overdub on track 1 adds a file to the project folder
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    • 9. Press PLAY/PAUSE to check the recording. Tracks with green indicators play back.
      • Mixdown combines overdubbed recordings into one stereo file: Zoom H5/UG/10 Project and File Editing/04 Mixdown.

  • Assigning files to tracks

    • 1. On the MIXER/OVERDUB screen, use the scroll button to select the track, then press the scroll button.
    • 2. Select FILE, then press the scroll button.
      • Track settings screen, showing the track name and the name of the assigned file
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    • 3. Select a WAV file from the same project folder, then press the scroll button.
      • MENU cancels the assignment.
      • Select NONE to remove the assigned file from the track.

      • Note/Info A stereo track accepts only stereo files, and a mono track accepts only mono files.
        

      • Note/Info Files recorded in MS-RAW mode cannot be assigned to tracks 1/2.
        

      • Playing back a mixed-down file while overdubbing new tracks lets recordings be layered again and again: Zoom H5/UG/10 Project and File Editing/04 Mixdown.

  • Ending overdubbing

    • Press MENU to end overdubbing.
    • From then on, the files assigned to the tracks are used when the project is played back or edited.