What is Punch Recording?
Punch recording allows “punching in and out” of a sound track to fix mistakes at particular points, rather than being forced to re-record the entire track. Punch recording is a feature of multiple track recorders where a single track is used to record a single instrument or voice at a time. Punch recording is not used on tracks that have already been mixed down. If punch recording is done correctly, a listener will not be able to tell that editing has taken place. Traditionally, punch recording required pressing a physical button to switch from playback of a sound track to record mode. The musician or singer would already be playing (or singing) along with the track, but recording would start here. With another punch of the button the recorder returned to playback mode, preserving the rest of the original track. While in record mode, the problem area would be re-recorded. Since it is problematic for home musicians to both play an instrument and operate punch recording at the same time,
