Editing Part of a Song (Track Edit)

2Press MARK.

The indicator on the MARK key starts blinking.

3Press the key for the locate point you desire.

•IN point : Press IN.

•OUT point : Press OUT.

•DEST (destination) point : Hold down the SHIFT key and press IN.

•A~D (E~H) points : Press A~D (Hold down the

SHIFT key and press A~D).

The time/bar in the display is set as the respective locate point.

Setting edit points while listening to the sound being played back

Use the following procedure to set locate points while listening to the sound being played back.

Correcting the position of the locate point

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1Press the key for the point you wish to correct.

•IN point : Press IN.

•OUT point : Press OUT.

•DEST (destination) point : Hold down the SHIFT key and press IN.

•A~D (E~H) points : Press A~D (Hold down the SHIFT key and press A~D).

The time/bar for the respective locate point appears in the display.

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2Press RHSL.

The indicator on the RHSL key starts to blink and playback repeats around the locate point.

•When the rehearsal mode (page 18) setting is å: the volume increases when the locate point is passed.

1Press (PLAY. Playback begins.

2Press MARK before setting the locate point. The indicator on the MARK key starts blinking.

3Press the key for the locate point you desire.

•IN point : Press IN.

•OUT point : Press OUT.

•DEST (destination) point : Hold down the SHIFT key and press IN.

•A~D (E~H) points : Press A~D (Hold down the SHIFT key and press A~D).

The locate point is set at the place where you press the IN, OUT ,DEST or A~D (E~H) key.

Playback

 

Playback

start point

Locate point

end point

Change in volume

(about 12 dB)

Roll time as set in the system setting

•When the rehearsal mode (page 18) setting is µ: the volume decreases when the locate point is passed.

Playback

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Playback

start point

Locate point

end point

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in volume

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(about 12 dB)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roll time as set in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the system setting

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Sony MDM-X4 operating instructions 32EN, Correcting the position of the locate point
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