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Pressing DOWN/NO while this screen is displayed will cancel the Join operation and return the machine to its previous state. Pressing UP/YES while this screen is displayed will cause Track 2 to be joined to Track 1, removing the inter-Track gap, if one exists.

TIP: If you are previewing a Join and notice that the transition from Track to Track seems abrupt, or if you notice a "pop" or a "click" at the transition point, try applying a short (10mS) fade to the end of the first Track, or the beginning of the second Track. If the fade solves the problem, render it to the Audio File (see Section 3.4 of this addendum) and then proceed with the Track Join.

2.4MARK NEW TRACK WHILE RECORDING

Pressing the NEW TRACK button while recording will cause a new track to be created and audio to begin to be written into that new track, without losing any audio data during the track creation process. It can be thought of as an "on the fly" Track Split.

This feature can be extremely useful in live recording applications, in cases where either multiple takes are occurring and it would be inconvenient to stop recording and create new Tracks, or if certain portions of a recording (different movements in a classical performance, for example) need to be marked separately. This feature is analogous to the "force start ID" feature on most DAT machines.

2.5TRACK START/END POINTER CAPTURE

Version 2.0 MasterLink software offers improved functionality when adjusting Track Start and Track End pointers. In addition to the standard "scrub" method (described in Section 4.8 of the MasterLink User's Manual), there is a new way to quickly adjust either Track Start or Track End pointers, via a "capture" method.

If you are listening to a Track and you hear a section of audio that you wish to move Track Start pointer to (either for Cropping or Splitting the Track), simply press PAUSE to pause the audio then hold PLAYLIST EDIT and press TRACK START to instantly move the Track Start pointer to the point at which the Audio was paused. Alternatively, you can just hold PLAYLIST EDIT and press TRACK START while the audio is playing, to capture the point on the fly. Once you have moved the pointer, you may of course use the scrub and preview features to fine-tune the pointer location.

The same techniques apply to the Track End Pointer; press PAUSE to pause the audio then hold PLAYLIST EDIT and press TRACK END to instantly move the Track End pointer to the point at which the Audio was paused. Alternatively, you can just hold PLAYLIST EDIT and press TRACK END while the audio is playing, to capture the point on the fly.

2.6AUDIO FILE COPY

In certain situations, it may be desirable to duplicate an Audio File on the hard drive, such as in situations where a destructive edit (like cropping) is going to be performed on an Audio File and you want to preserve the original file. Version 2.0 software provides a simple way to copy an Audio File.

First, select the Audio File you wish to copy. Audio Files can only be accessed from within

Playlist Edit mode. Audio Files are viewed by pressing the SKIP button until the last

Track in a playlist is reached. One more press of the SKIP button will show the first

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