Marantz PMD690 manual EDL Marking

THE EDL

EDL Marking

The EDL marking and playback system of the PMD690 allows either a custom playback sequence to be programmed or the audio between two specific points in the card to be repeatedly played back.

For the custom playback sequence, the process is completely linear, which means that the order of the programmed sequence must correspond to the order of the audio tracks on the card. So basically the EDL system allows portions of the audio data stored on the card to be skipped.

EDL marks are placed on the card in various ways.

	MARK SELECT
	JUMP TO MARK
ERASE	EDL PLAY
REPEAT	TOTAL MARK
	1 / 4 ¢ / ¡

Every time an EDL mark is placed on a card, the total quantity of the EDL marks on the card is displayed for one second in the track number display area (see example below). This is meant to provide a reference of what number EDL mark is at that specific location and an indication of the remaining EDL marks on the card. The maximum number of EDL marks per card is 255.

TIME

L

-dB ∞� 50	40	24	6	2 0
R

When a mark is placed, the total quantity of mark is displayed (total mark quantity = 192)

TRACK

TIME

ENGLISH

PLAY / PAUSE

(6)

REC / MARK STOP (7)

During recording, marks are placed:

•At the beginning of each new track

•When the REC/MARK button is pressed

•When the AUTO MARK function is active and the PMD690 is placed in the record-pause mode manually or via the SILENT SKIP function

L

-dB ∞� 50	40	24	12	6	2 0	OVER
R

After one second, the display returns to the track number display

(track number = 124)

When the maximum number of EDL marks has been placed, the following message will appear in the display.

During playback or play-pause, marks are placed:

• When the REC/MARK button is pressed

Each mark has the possibility to be defined as one of four types:

Play Mark ("P") – The basic indication for an EDL mark and, during EDL playback, a marker to indicate that the audio after the mark is to be played until the next EDL mark.

Skip Mark ("S") – During EDL playback, a marker to indicate that the audio after the mark is to be skipped until the next EDL mark.

A Point Mark ("a") – The start point for a repeating loop.

B Point Mark ("b") – The end point for a repeating loop.

All new EDL marks are initially placed as Play marks. After recording or playback is complete, the definition of all the EDL marks on the card can be changed. Refer to page 23 in this section for more information on how to change a mark type.

In order to place EDL marks after the above message is displayed, either individual or all the EDL marks on the card need to be erased. Refer to page 23 in this section for more information on performing the EDL mark erase functions.

Notes

•The EDL marks are stored as a separate EDL file on the card that is only readable by the PMD690. Do not attempt to edit or delete this file on a PC.

•If all available EDL marks have been placed, the Auto Mark function will automatically be turned off and will not be available again until there are available EDL marks on the card.

•There can be only one A and one B point on each card. If an A or B point exists on a card and a new A or B point is marked, the new A or B point replaces the old A or B point and the old A or B point becomes a P point.

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