Erasing a portion of a track

— A-B Erase Function

You can specify a portion within a track and erase the portion with ease. You can shift the desired portion by frame1), minute or second intervals.

1)1 frame is 1/86 second.

Example: Erasing a portion of track 2.

 

 

 

 

Point A

Point B

Track

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

number

 

 

1

2

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

Original

 

 

 

 

 

 

tracks

 

 

 

 

 

 

After A-B

1

2

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

ERASE

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 While the deck is stopped, playing, or paused, press MENU/NO.

“Edit Menu” appears in the display.

2 Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until “A-B Erase?” appears, then press AMS or YES.

Play starts.

3 Turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly) until the number of the track containing the portion to be erased appears.

4 While monitoring the sound, press AMS or YES at the starting point of the portion to be erased (point A).

“-Rehearsal-” and “Point A ok?” alternate in the display and the deck repeatedly plays a few seconds of the track before the point A.

5 Press AMS or YES again if point A is correct.

“Point B set” appears in the display and playback for setting the ending point of the portion to be erased (point B) starts.

If point A is not correct

Adjust point A by turning AMS (or by pressing ./> repeatedly) while monitoring the sound, and then press AMS or YES when you locate the desired starting point. You can shift the point by 1-frame2)intervals (1 frame = 1/86 second).

6 Continue playing the track or press m/M to locate the ending point of the portion to be erased (point B), then press AMS or YES.

“A-B Ers” and “Point B ok?” alternate in the display and a few seconds of the track before point A and after point B play back repeatedly.

7 Press AMS or YES again if point B is correct.

“Complete!” appears in the display for a few seconds, the portion between point A and point B is erased, and then playback begins at the start of the track.

If point B is not correct

Adjust point B by turning AMS (or by pressing ./> repeatedly) while monitoring the sound, and then press AMS or YES when you locate the desired ending point. You can shift the point by 1-frame2)intervals (1 frame = 1/86 second).

2)You can shift the point by 2-frame intervals on the track recorded in Monaural mode or LP2 Stereo mode, and by 4-frame intervals on the track recorded in LP4 Stereo mode.

Tip

In steps 5 and 7, if you want to shift point A or point B by a certain number of seconds or minutes, press m/M repeatedly. You can change the unit by which the counter advances when you turn AMS (or press ./> repeatedly).

Note

If “Impossible” appears in the display, you cannot erase a portion of a track. This happens when you have edited the same track many times.

This is due to a technical limitation of the MD system and is not a mechanical error.

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