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Title: Virtual tracks???
Post by: Bro on March 05, 2009, 12:56:36 PM
Sounding a bit noobish here..

But never understood what the fuck the virtual track are for?!

Help me out here.. Please! (expecting a nice long answer from you 64guitars :D)
Title: Re: Virtual tracks???
Post by: 64Guitars on March 05, 2009, 01:45:10 PM
Glad to help. But I think this will be a short answer since I've explained v-tracks as well as I can on my web site. So, I'll direct you to that page:

http://www.geocities.com/sixtyfourguitars/BossBr/Tutorials/V-Tracks_and_Bouncing.html (http://www.geocities.com/sixtyfourguitars/BossBr/Tutorials/V-Tracks_and_Bouncing.html)

Study that page. Then, if some things are still not clear, ask more specific questions here and I'll be happy to try to answer them.

The term "v-track" is really just a coordinate used to specify one of the Micro BR's 32 tracks. If these tracks were arranged linearly, we could simply refer to them as Track 1 through Track 32. But, because the Micro BR only has a 4-channel mixer, the 32 tracks are connected to the 4 mixer channels in groups of 8. Since each mixer channel can only be connected to one track at a time, we must select which of the 8 tracks is currently connected to the mixer channel. That is the v-track.  So, instead of referring to tracks linearly, we refer to them as coordinates in a 4 x 8 grid (4 mixer channels with 8 tracks each) by specifying both the track (mixer channel, really) and the v-track of that track/mixer channel.

Okay. That was a longer explanation than I set out to give but I hope it helps. Hopefully, the web page will make it clearer. But, if you still have questions after reading it, don't hesitate to ask them.

Title: Re: Virtual tracks???
Post by: Bro on March 07, 2009, 08:32:49 AM
ohh. think i got it right now  :)

Thank you so much 64guitars! You surely do kick some serious ass  ;D
Title: Re: Virtual tracks???
Post by: guitarron on March 07, 2009, 08:57:35 AM
the nice thing about vtracks are if you want, you can load them into a DAW and you access to 32 tracks
make them non virtual
-not bad for a $200 recorder
Title: Re: Virtual tracks???
Post by: Pedro on March 11, 2009, 05:27:40 PM
Quote from: guitarron on March 07, 2009, 08:57:35 AMthe nice thing about vtracks are if you want, you can load them into a DAW and you access to 32 tracks
make them non virtual
-not bad for a $200 recorder

That is a very nice feature indeed! It is handy in big projects, where lots of tracks are needed.