Setting the Record Mode: Replace or Overdub

To indicate Replace or Overdub Record modes for all types of recording operations:

  1. Select the Record/Play under the Setup menu.

The Record and Play setup dialog box appears.

  1. In the Record Mode field, choose Replace or Overdub and click OK.

Replace replaces previously recorded data on a track with newly recorded data; Overdub records on top of existing data, merging old and new data on the same track. In the future, you may want to experiment recording in Overdub mode (which is good for drum machine-style recording).

You can also specify Replace or Overdub Record modes by clicking the door on the Punch setting icon within the Transport window.

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Now let’s move to the next step in our tutorial, Beginning Recording.

Setting the Record Mode: Replace or Overdub