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Chapter 10 Track and Phrase Editing

Track Editing

The VS-1824 offers some powerful editing functions for manipulating the audio you record. Track edit functions such as Erase, Cut, Move, Copy, Insert, Import, and Time Compression/Expansion allow you to edit your audio quickly and easily within the digital domain. Phrase edit functions such as Delete, Split, Move, Copy, Trim In, and Trim Out allow you to define and edit entire sections of your song at once. Best of all, because the VS-1824’s Undo function (p. 62) works during editing in the same way that it does when recording, you can experiment without fear of losing your original version. This chapter explains, in detail, the editing functions available in the VS-1824.

*Make sure that track editing does not end up leaving any sections of audio that are 0.5 seconds or shorter. Any sound left over as a result of track editing which is 0.5 seconds or shorter will not be played.

*Track editing may make it seem that a portion of the audio has disappeared, however, the data itself has not been deleted from the hard disk. Thus, even when you carry out a track editing procedure, the available disk space shown in the display does not change.

Track Erase

This operation erases audio from the specified area, leaving empty space in its place. Compared to a tape recorder, this is like recording silence over an unwanted section of tape.

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*Make sure the Track Erase function does not end up leaving a remaining section of audio that is 0.5 seconds or shorter. Any sound left over as a result of Track Erase that is 0.5 seconds or shorter will not be played.

*While it may seem that the audio has disappeared, the data itself has not been deleted from the hard disk. Even when you carry out the Track Erase procedure, the available disk space shown in the display does not change.

1.Hold [SHIFT] and press [F2 (TRACK)].

2.Make sure “Track Edit Menu” appears in the display. If it does not, press [F1 (Tr/Ph)] once.

3.Press [F2 (Erase)] for Track Erase.

If you don’t see “Erase” above [F2], press [PAGE] until “Erase” appears, and then press [F2 (Erase)].

4.Press the Track STATUS button to specify the track to be erased. The STATUS button turns red, indicating it is the track to be edited. You can press more than one STATUS button if you wish to erase more than one track. If you press a STATUS button and then change your mind, press it again to change it back to green.

*If you want to select TR 1-12, press [FADER/MUTE] several times until the “TR” indicator lights.

If you want to select TR 13-18, press [FADER/MUTE] several times until the “TR” indicator blinks.

→ “Switching the Fader Functions” (p. 71)

Alternate method:

a.Press [F1 (SelTr)].

b.Press [ ], [ ], [ ], and [ ] to move the cursor to the track you want to erase.

c.Press [F3 (MARK)].

d.If [F2 (All)] is pressed, all tracks will be selected to be erased.

e.Press [F1 (Back)].

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