About Editing Operations, Track Edit

Chapter 6 Editing a Recorded Performance (Track Editing)

This chapter explains the content and procedures for editing sound that has been recorded. Please read this

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chapter to gain an understanding of the concepts of “editing” described in this section.

About Editing Operations

On a tape recorder, in order to modify a performance that has been recorded you have to erase the perfor- mance which you recorded previously. Additionally,

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if you wish to change the composition of a song, you must re-record it from the beginning, or use scissors and tape to splice sections or the recording. In either case, with the tape itself subject to handling, it can never be returned to its original condition. This type of editing is known as destructive editing.

Compare with a tape recorder, with digital disk recording, since copying data has negligible effect on the sound, you can copy the original data before edit- ing and back it up. It is also easy to copy parts of the data to different locations, or to erase specified por- tions of the data (Track Edit). Furthermore, even if you make a mistake during Punch-In Recording or Track Bouncing, you can restore data to its condition any number of steps before the edit, without the edited content being deleted (Undo function). Editing of this type which allows the original data to be recovered is known as non-destructive editing.

Track Edit

To edit the sound, you will need to specify the track or V-track and the location where you wish to edit.

Only tracks or V-tracks within the same V-track bank can be selected for track editing. For example, it is not possible to copy or move track 1 / V-track 1 of V-track bank A to V-track bank B.

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Example of when track editing is not possible

However, Track Exchange (p. 92) is able to edit between different V-track banks.

About the Bar Display

When you are selecting a track, the bar display will indicate the track selection status. The numbers on the horizontal axis are the track numbers, and the num- bers on the vertical axis are the V-track numbers. Locations corresponding to tracks which contain data will light. Tracks which are selected for modification will blink.

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At this time, you can view a Play List in the bar dis- play. Hold down [SHIFT] and press [PLAY (DIS- PLAY)]. To return to the previous display, once again hold down [SHIFT] and press [PLAY (DISPLAY)].

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