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I propose ZOOM R16 will solve the task of creating locked wav-failes (as Audacity would already do). That is the state of the art I am doing now. My problem now is how to shift each of the tracks properly in time that they fit over the whole session to become a locked couple again. So I create two (or more) independent tracks, which should be locked (but are not), which I open in Audacity. ![]() cembalo) via earphone and record my violinplay with ZOOM H2 according to the earphone heared. I dispose over scores in “Capella” software and can produce MIDI-files out of it, especially click-tracks to violin pieces or accompanyment of violin music. So I cannot use Audacity for multitrack recording, what would be best and most simple. Unfortunately I cannot record my violin-play at the same location I use my computer. We can’t comment or guess what it means otherwise.ĭue to my poor English I possibly mixed up “synchronisation” and “lock”. If you have seen documentation about a couple of “synchronised” tracks, please give the web address. That depends on the drivers supporting multi-channel recording without ASIO - ASIO is only supported if you compile Audacity from source code. The first hurdle you will need to get over is whether Audacity sees the R16 as a single eight-input device or a group of four stereo input devices, from which you can choose one device. ![]() Unless this makes the two USB devices appear as one which I doubt, that would still limit you to maximum eight input channels with software like Audacity that can only record from one input device at a time. This might theoretically prevent the usual problem that recordings from two USB devices would drift apart due to different clock speeds. If you read “Get in Sync” on the R16 Product Page it would appear they are giving you a potential way to record 16 simultaneous input tracks rather than the eight the device supports by connecting a second R16 as a USB host/slave arrangement. When opening each of these tracks in audacity: is synchronisation of these couple of tracks kept? How is it done? Is it possible to open all the wav tracks in the couple at once? It creates a couple of synchronized wav tracks. I plan to buy a ZOOM R16 multitrack recorder. ![]() If you were to start right over here and you were to rotate around So if I were to start, if I were to, let me draw some coordinate axes here. So let's just first thinkĪbout what a negative 270 degree rotation actually is. So actually let me go over here so I can actually draw on it. The points of this triangle around the origin by negative 270 degrees, where is it gonna put these points? And to help us think about that, I have copied and pasted So what we want to do is think about, well look, if we rotate And this tool, I can put points in, or I could delete points. So positive is counter-clockwise, which is a standard convention, and this is negative, so a negative degree would be clockwise. The direction of rotationīy a positive angle is counter-clockwise. So this is the triangle PINĪnd we're gonna rotate it negative 270 degrees about the origin. We're told that triangle PIN is rotated negative 270ĭegrees about the origin. I hope this gives you more of an intuitive sense. If you want, you can connect each vertex and rotated vertex to the origin to see if the angle is indeed 90 degrees. As per the definition of rotation, the angles APA', BPB', and CPC', or the angle from a vertex to the point of rotation (where your finger is) to the transformed vertex, should be equal to 90 degrees. The rotated triangle will be called triangle A'B'C'. The point at which we do the rotation, we'll call point P. Well, let's say the shape is a triangle with vertices A, B, and C, and we want to rotate it 90 degrees. The shape is being rotated! But how do we do this for a specific angle? With your finger firmly on that point, rotate the paper on top. Now place your finger on the rotation point. ![]() Put another paper on top of it (I like to imagine this one as being something like a transparent sheet protector, and I draw on it using a dry-erase marker) and trace the point/shape. Here's something that helps me visualize it: The "formula" for a rotation depends on the direction of the rotation. I'm sorry about the confusion with my original message above. If you want to do a clockwise rotation follow these formulas: 90 = (b, -a) 180 = (-a, -b) 270 = (-b, a) 360 = (a, b). 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