Inserting track data, 10-4 | Fostex DV40 instruction

Inserting track data

You can copy track data between the "SOURCE IN" and "SOURCE OUT" points to the clipboard and insert it to the "DEST IN" point on the same or a different track.

Sound data A

SOURCE IN	SOURCE OUT	DEST IN
point	point	point

Tips:

The REC END point of the file to which track data is inserted to moves backward.

<Note>

You cannot carry out the insert operation with a "Tape mode" audio file.

<Note>: The source and destination

The table below shows the relations among the track modes, selectable source tracks and selectable destination tracks. You can insert data to a different track only when selecting a single track in a STEREO or MULTI (4TR) file as the source track . When selecting 2 or 4 tracks in a STEREO or MULTI (4TR) file, you can insert data only to the same tracks.

Track mode	Selectable source tracks	Selectable destination tracks

MONO mode	track 1 only	track 1

STEREO mode	track 1 or 2	track 1 or 2 freely

	tracks 1 and 2	same tracks as the source
	tracks 1 and 2	same tracks as the source

	any one of tracks 1 through 4	any one of tracks 1 through 4 freely
MULTI (4TR) mode
MULTI (4TR) mode	any two of tracks 1 through 4	same 2 tracks as the source

	tracks 1 through 4	same tracks as the source

1. Store the "SOURCE IN", "SOURCE OUT" and "DEST IN" points.

See "Chapter 6: Storing time data" for details about how to store edit points.

2. If necessary, trim these edit points using the preview function.

See "Chapter 8: Preview function" for details about how to trim edit points.

3. While stopped, press the [AUDIO EDIT] key to show "Copy Clip?" on the display, followed by the [ENTER/YES] key.

By pressing the [ENTER/YES] key, "Sel.Copy TRK?" appears on the display.

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4. Press the appropriate edit point key(s) ([SOURCE IN], [SOURCE OUT], [DEST IN] or [DEST OUT] keys) to select the copy source track(s), and press the [ENTER/YES] key.

These edit point keys are used to select tracks 1 through 4 (TR 1 through TR 4), as labeled below the keys. Depending on the track mode of the audio file, the selectable tracks are restricted (see the <note> above). Pressing the [ENTER/YES] key copies data to the clipboard immediately. The display shows "Completed!" momentarily followed by "Paste Clip?".

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DV40 specifications

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Fostex DV40 manual Inserting track data, 10-4

Models: DV40

Inserting track data

Tips:

MULTI (4TR) mode

1. Store the "SOURCE IN", "SOURCE OUT" and "DEST IN" points.

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DV40 specifications