Changing the Construction of a Song (Section Edit)

 

2 Turn the jog dial so that “Sect Move” appears in

Moving a Section (Section

 

the display.

Move)

 

The name of the edit function starts blinking in

 

the display.

 

 

You can move a section to a different place in the song.

3

Press ENTER.

The section to be moved is inserted at the point

 

“OK?” appears in the display.

specified by the destination point.

 

 

 

 

 

IN point

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0 0 1 : M o v , O K ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUT point

 

 

 

 

 

4

Press ENTER again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Destination point

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The selected edit operation is carried out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To start over again from the beginning, or quit the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

b

 

 

 

 

 

 

edit operation, press EXIT instead of ENTER.

 

 

A

B

C

 

 

B

A

C

 

 

When the edit operation has finished, the edit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

select screen reappears.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To carry out another edit operation in succession

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

use the jog dial to specify the operation you

 

 

The selected section is moved.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

desire.

 

 

A disappears and is moved to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the destination point.

 

 

5

Press EXIT.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This completes the edit operation.

Preparations

Set the following locate points before carrying out the edit operation.

IN point : the beginning of the part to be copied.

OUT point : the end of the part to be copied.

DEST (destination) point : the beginning of the part to be rewritten.

See “Specifying the Location Points” (page 31) for details on how to set the location points.

Editing Operation

1

5

1Press EDIT.

[EDIT] appears in the display.

3,4

2

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Sony MDM-X4 operating instructions M o v , O K ?, Moving a Section Section, Move, 39EN

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