Editing Recorded MDs

4While monitoring the sound, turn AMS to find the starting point of the portion to be erased (point a). You can select the unit (“f”, “s” or “m”) by which

the starting point is shifted.

Press 0or )to select frame* “f”, second “s”, or minute “m”, then turn AMS to change the starting point.

*1 frame is about 12 ms.

5If the point a is still incorrect, repeat Step 4 until it is correct.

6Press AMS or YES if the position is correct. “Point b Set!” appears in the display and playback for setting the end point of the portion to be erased (point b) starts.

7Continue playback (or press 0 or )) until the deck reaches point b, then press AMS or YES. “–Rehearsal–” and “Point b ok?” alternates in the display while the deck repeats a portion of a few seconds before point a and after point b successively.

8Repeat Step 4 if point b is not correct.

9Press AMS or YES when the position is correct. “Complete ” appears for a few seconds and the portion between point a and b is erased.

To cancel the a-b Erase Function

Press MENU/NO or p.

zYou can undo the a-b Erase Function

Use the Undo Function immediately after you erased the part of the track (see page 41).

Note

If “ Impossible” appears in the display, this means:

–You specified point b comes before point a. Point b should be specified after point a.

–The specified portion cannot be erased.

This sometimes happens when you’ve edited the same track many times, and is due to a technical limitation of the MD system, not a mechanical error.

Dividing Recorded Tracks (Divide Function)

With the Divide Function you can mark a track number at places that you want to randomly access afterwards. Use this function to add tracks to MDs recorded from an analog source (and therefore contain no track numbers), or to divide an existing track into multiple portions for locating positions in the middle of a track. When you divide a track, the total number of tracks on the MD increases by one and all tracks following the divided track are renumbered.

Example: Dividing track 2 to create a new track for C

Track number

Dividing

 

Track 2 is divided and a

 

 

new track is created for

C

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MENU/NO YES MENU/NO YES

 

 

§EJECT

§EJECT

 

 

 

 

￿AMS ±

￿AMS ±

 

 

0

)

r

0

)

r

·

P

p

·

P

p

0/) ￿AMS ± 0/)

Dividing a track after selecting the track

1While the deck is stopped, playing, or pausing, press MENU/NO to display EDIT menu.

2Turn AMS until “Divide” appears in the display, then press AMS or YES.

3Turn AMS to select the track to be divided and press AMS or YES.

“–Rehearsal–” appears in the display and the deck plays back the selected track from the beginning.

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