Sometimes you make that killer FX chain. And sometimes you want more than one track to use it. Besides a loopback connection (CUE -> AB/CD with a THRU machine), there is a way to rig this internally without cables:
- Cut the cue level for each track by holding CUE and zeroing LEV
- Make one track a FLEX and select the corresponding buffer for playback (top of list)
- In RECORDING SETUP 1 for this track, set SRC3 to CUE and RLEN to 16
- In the same menu, set INAB and INCD to -
- Make sure track length in SCALE setup is set to 16
- In the playback settings, turn TSTR to OFF (unless you’re going for that sound)
- Make sure the headphone mix in the MIXER settings is set to MAIN (full left)
- Put a rec trig at step 1 (hold trig and make sure MIDI is lit and AB and CD are not)
- Put a play trig at step 1, microtimed at +1/384 (1 step right)
- Hit PLAY
Now, hold CUE and crank LEV for whichever track you want to send to the bus. Expand the FX chain by adding however many NEIGHBOR tracks after it you feel like.
The sequencer has to run for the bus track to play.
At high BPMs, you may need to nudge the playback trig another step right.
Speeding up or reversing the playback buffer requires actual psychic powers. Decent results can be had by delaying the playback trig sufficiently. Slowing the playback down is unproblematic.
CUE level is not p-lockable, and also not scene-lockable, which sucks. But MIDI CC #47 controls CUE and #46 track level, so they are automatable via an external controller (or MIDI loopback), just not internally.