I frequently record using a "vintage" Zoom MRS-8 digital recorder. I attached a photo so you can better visualize what I'm saying.

Looking from left to right there are eight playback / record volume level control faders. The light gray fader is a dual purpose fader that controls playback playback volume level for the stereo drum machine or mono bass machine. The first four dark gray faders control input and output for four mono audio tracks. The next two dark gray faders control input and output levels for two stereo audio tracks. The red fader on the far right is a dual purpose fader that controls input level to a summed, stereo master track and the main analog audio output. All that to get to the fact that the recorder has eight audio tracks you can record to and a master audio track.

Now, here is the biggie; each audio track and the master track can have 10 track lanes (virtual tracks) so I can record (4 mono X 10 tracks) 40 mono tracks, (2 stereo X 10 tracks) 20 stereo tracks and create 10 masters per song project! The gotcha' is that only one at a time of the ten take lanes for each track can be selected for audio playback. So even though there are a total of 60 recording and playback tracks, the mixer can only playback 8 of the 60 at a time. I can playback all ten take lanes but only one at a time of the take lanes can be heard (playback). However I can cut, copy and bounce between all 60 tracks.

What Charlie is suggesting is the program doesn't need a bigger mixer, instead increase the program's capability to manage more audio.

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Last edited by Jim Fogle; 09/23/18 12:12 PM. Reason: (hopefully) make the concept less confusing
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