Tascam MD-801P Mk II, MD-801R/P Mk II Restoring erased material, Changing track attributes

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bers are renumbered accordingly. See the dia- gram above for an example.

If you need to make the new track (formerly the A-B portion) into part of the preceding and/or following track, use the track combine facility (see 5.4, "Combining tracks") to turn these tracks into one track.

The A and B points are lost after this edit opera- tion, and will have to be re-entered if they are to be used again.

You can cancel the operation at any time in the usual way (SHUTTLE wheel counterclock- wise, EDIT key or STOP key).

NOTE

You cannot move the A-B portion inside itself (i.e. the insert point cannot be between the A point and the B point).

5.8 Restoring erased material

A track or section erased can be unerased. This is an “all or nothing”-type process—all tracks and sections deleted are restored, and it is not possible to restore only one of these tracks or sections.

In addition, if tracks or sections are restored, the audio data only is restored—the titles and recording dates are not restored, but a title such as RST.001 will be automatically given, showing that this is a restored track. The tracks restored in a single operation start numbering at 001, regardless of any other track titles with the same number that were on the disc before the operation.

This function can also be used in an emergency, if recording was taking place, and power to the unit was cut off part of the way through the recording process. In this event, data on the disc will be present, but will not be organized with the TOC and will hence be inaccessible. This function may allow the data to be accessed after the restore operation has been performed.

However, there are occasions on which this function does not restore such data, and the Not Execute! message will appear..

NOTES

Tracks and sections of less than 12 seconds in length may not be restored.

When restoring a track or tracks, the last restored track will have the unused portion of the disc automatically appended to it. This will result in a Disc Full error message if you try to record on the disc.

To overcome this problem, split the new long track at the end of the recorded section, and delete the new track which consists of the unused part of the disc.

When restoring recordings that have been interrupted, the time shown on the display may disappear from the display at the point at which the power was cut. This is a normal function, and you should not be concerned if this happens. You may want to use this as the position to divide the new "long" track into two before deleting the unwanted part, as described above.

If a track or section occupies a part of the disc which has been overwritten by a new record- ing, the older section cannot be restored—the data is no longer available.

This operation can take place in stop, play ready or play mode.

1Press the EDIT key, and turn the DATA dial until the display shows:

RESTORE ?

2Turn the SHUTTLE wheel clockwise to restore deleted data.

The display may show Not Execute!. Here, this means that the disc has no material recorded on it which has been erased (there may even be no material at all recorded on it).

5.9 Changing track attributes

After a track has been restored in the way described above, it may have the wrong attribute assigned to it (it may be restored as mono when it was originally stereo, or vice versa). This function allows you to restore the correct attribute.

1Use the TRACK keys or any other convenient method to select the track whose attributes you wish to change.

2After pressing the EDIT key, turn the DATA dial until the display shows:

TRK ATTR ?

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Contents MD-801R@#/ MD-801P@# Important Safety Precautions Important for U.K. CustomersImportant Safety Instructions Safety Information Table of Contents Editing operations Remote control of the MD-801Specifications, etc Use of a keyboard with the MD-801Introduction About the MiniDisc formatAbout the MD-801R/P Mk Care of MD mediaCare of MD media Track titling, etcRack-mounting the unit About the MD-801R/P MkUnpacking the unit Care of the unitAbout this manual Backup memoryAbout this manual Hookup Examplel Hookup ExamplelFront and rear panel features Front panel Front panel Edit key Auto CUE key and indicator TOC Write key and indicatorAuto Ready key and indicator Play Mode keyDisplay DisplayRear panel Rear panelAnalog Outputs Line and trimmers Analog output function DIP switch bankAnalog Inputs and trimmers Balanced Remote Serial connector Mode SET DIP switch bankKeyboard connector Remote Control connectorFrame display Menu itemsBasic principles of menu operations Auto cue Jog loop lengthTimer-controlled playback Resume settingResume setting EOM track11Serial communications Incremental play10Incremental play 12Check items14Copy ID Auto track numbering level13Auto track numbering level 15Post-script recordingPlayback of discs Basic operationsInserting and ejecting discs Playback of discs Repeat playback 13Varispeed mode14Jog mode 10Track search operationsRecording operations Recording operationsBasic recording General notes on recording using the MD formatRebuilding the TOC Replace recording Track number incrementingPost-Script recording Sound synchro recording Digital recordingAnalog recording 10Track title copying together with audioBasic editing operations Cancelling an edit operationEditing operations Dividing tracksCombining tracks Erasing a trackErasing a track B point erase operations Moving tracksMoving tracks Erasing from the start of a track B point erase operationsErasing to the end of a track Normal A-B eraseMoving an A-B point Moving an A-B pointChanging track attributes Restoring erased materialRestoring erased material 11Track and disc title entry Erasing a complete disc10Erasing a complete disc Track and disc title entry 11.6Copying disc and track titles Remote control of the MD-801 Tally indicatorsSequential playback and recording Remote Parallel connectorFader start Specifications, etc Error messages and troubleshooting guideGeneral MiniDisc SpecificationsSpecifications Other connections Analog I/ODigital I/O General and electricalRC-801 Remote Control Unit Dimensional drawingDimensional drawing Option RC-8 Remote Control UnitIndex a E AES/EBU Digital InputIndex F P EOMIndex R T Sync IN, Word Sync THRU, WordIndex U W MD-801R@# MD-801P@#

MD-801R/P Mk II, MD-801P Mk II specifications

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