Fostex FD-4 owner manual Editing Tracks, Copy & Paste and Move & Paste, Edit functions

Editing Tracks

Editing Tracks

The FD-4 features speedy, non-linear, non-destructive ed- iting of independent audio tracks and uses a Zip, EZ or MO disk as the recording media.

The following edit functions enable you to edit tracks. Press the EDIT key on the control panel to access the edit menu.

<Edit functions>

Copy & Paste

You can copy a specific range of data from a specific track and paste it to the same or a different track.

Move & Paste

You can move a specific range of data from a specific track and paste it to the same or a different track.

Erase

You can erase a specific range of data from a specific track or from all tracks.

Track Exchange

You can swap data between tracks.

Monaural track data can be swapped between Real tracks 1–4 and Additional tracks L/R. Two-track data can be swapped be- tween Real tracks 1–2, 3–4, and Additional tracks L–R.

<Note>

These edit functions are available for the currently-selected Pro- gram. If the disk contains multiple Programs, you need to select the desired Program first to perform the track edit operation.

Do not select another Program until you finish the edit operation. Otherwise, you may lose or incorrectly edit another Program.

Copy & Paste and Move & Paste

Copy & Paste and Move & Paste might seem like the same function. However, they are different, as shown in the dia- gram. Remember this difference when you start using these functions.

• Copy & Paste

Using the Copy & Paste function enables you to copy a specific range of data from a specific track to the clipboard as shown below (this is called [Copy Clip] operation on the FD-4), then paste the data at a specific point in a specific track. The number of copy source tracks and the number of destination tracks are the same. That is, if you copy mono track data, you can paste it to a mono track. If you copy adjacent odd/ even tracks (e.g., track 1 and track 2), you can paste it to adjacent odd/ even tracks. The data on the clipboard remains as it is. You can paste it as many times as you wish.

	CLIPBOARD IN point	CLIPBOARD OUT point
Copy source track
		Copy Clip
	AUTO PUNCH IN point		Paste
Paste destination track

• Move & Paste

Move & Paste is almost the same as Copy & Paste. It allows you to move a specific range of data from a specific track to the clipboard (this is called [Move Clip] on the FD-4), and paste it to a destination track. The difference from Copy & Paste is that the data on the source track and the clipboard will be erased when you paste the data to the destina- tion.

	CLIPBOARD IN point	CLIPBOARD OUT point
Move source track
		Move Clip
	AUTO PUNCH IN point		Paste
Paste destination track

Follow the steps below to perform the Copy & Paste or Move & Paste operation.

Store the copy (move) start point (CLIPBOARD IN point), end point (CLIPBOARD OUT point), and the paste start point (AUTO PUNCH IN point).

Check the stored edit points using the Preview function and make adjustments if necessary.

Specify the copy (or move) source track, and copy (or move) the data to the clipboard.

Specify the destination track and the number of times for the paste operation (repeated paste), and execute the paste opera- tion.

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