Record along with MP3

[penster]

I like to use drum tracks I have put together on my DAW and convert them into an MP3 for the MBR. If I make an MP3 drum track on my DAW, I know that I can import it onto a virtual track (and use up a valuable track). Can I instead play the MP3 drum track as an MP3 and record as normal alongside it (keeping all 4 virtual tracks free). My intention would then be to import the tracks into my DAW to process them.
Do I make sense? Can it be done?
Mick

[Dmann]

Unfortunately the Rhythm section (drum machine) on the MicroBR is seperate from the V Tracks and connot be modified so you cannot do this. The rhythm is also stereo so it sounds pretty good as compared to a single mono track.

 I prefer to do everything in stereo so it always takes 2 tracks ---> this is a common method I use. The microBR does have 8 banks of tracks for a total of 32 V-Tracks though, so If you import your drums in stereo it will take 2 V Tracks on that bank. The way the MicroBR works is that it can only play back 4 V tracks at once so if you used say 12v1 (tracks 1 and 2 on virtual bank 1)for your drums, you could then use tracks 3v1 and 4v1 to record your next tracks, then do a bounce of those 4 tracks to 12v2 and use tracks 3v2 and 4v2 to do your next and continue on all the way up to V8. this way you will have a reference mix of each stage on tracks 1 and 2, keeping all the other tracks seperate on 3 and 4 which you could then export into your DAW for final mixing.
This will give you 8 stereo tracks or 16 mono tracks to work with on 34V1 through V8.

 If you need to do more, then once all your blocks are full, export your reference mix from bouncing (12v8) to wav on the MBR, create a new song, and then import that to 12V1 of the new song and continue it again. the nice thing about this method is you never lose anything and go back and see each stage as you created it.

 Hope this helps and good luck,
 Dmann