Canon T2000 - Manual (Page 47)

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Recording sound on sound
This technique allows the
mixing of several sound
sources on one and the
same sound track. Techni­
cally, this means that you
have to go over the same
sound track again without
erasing it fully. This is
made possible by variable
erasure in the T2000,
which is controlled by the
Rec/Trick control (13). De­
pending on the position of
this control, the original
recording on the track will
be erased only partly and
the new recording super­
imposed in the correspon­
ding proportion. As a
result, it is fairly easy to
combine background
music, for example, with a
spoken commentary and,
possibly, special sound
effects.
While the recording proce­
dure is as usual, the Rec/
Trick control must here be
kept on off until the addi­
tional sound is to be faded
in. Then slowly turn the
trick control to a posi­
tion which very likely will
be somewhere in the
medium range of the scale.
The exact position suitable
for your type of source
and background and the
effect desired can easily be
found by some experimen­
tation.