7 − Recorder

Editing the IN, OUT, TO and FROM points

When the points have been set, it may be necessary to “trim” them, or to slip them backwards or forwards a little.

NOTE

These points cannot be edited when repeat mode is ON (the REPEAT indicator is lit).

Follow these procedures to “trim” (make small adjustments to) the positions of the IN, OUT, TO and FROM points:

1Press the key (IN, OUT, TO or FROM) for the point you want to trim, to locate to that point.

2Press and hold the STOP key and press the PLAY key. The JOG indicator lights. The display shows a view of the waveform of the currently selected track at the IN, OUT, TO or FROM point (depending on which was pressed).

3Press the SELECT key of the track that you want to view.
The display changes to the wave-form of that track.

4Follow the instructions in “Jog positioning” on page 48 for zooming and moving the current jog position.

5After setting the exact position, press and hold the LOCATE key and then press the key (IN, OUT, TO or FROM) you want to reset. The display returns to the home screen.

Press NO/EXIT to return to the home screen with- out setting the points (remember that YES/ENTER does not set these points).

Mark functions

In addition to the IN, OUT, TO and FROM points used for auto punch and editing, up to 999 marks can be set for every song.

These can be inserted, deleted, named and edited freely,

and they are stored with the song, allowing you to return at any time to a part of the song which you have marked as needing attention.

Inserting marks

To insert a mark point at the current position, press the INSERT key during playback, recording or when the transport is stopped to register a mark point at the current position.

Marks cannot be inserted, however, while fast forwarding or rewinding.

New marks are numbered sequentially in the order that they are recorded.

The mark title appears on the home screen under the time line to the right.

Active marks

If the song play position passes a mark during playback, the mark’s title appears on the screen. The mark whose title is shown on the screen is called the “active mark.”

This active mark can be accessed easily for titling, deletion and editing, as explained below.

ªGiving a title to the active mark

You can give a title to the active mark while playing back or recording, or while the playback is stopped.

1When the active mark’s current title is displayed (this will be Mark XXX when the mark is first set), press the shifted TITLE key. The pop-up screen appears on the display, and you can edit the title as described in “Titling” on page 15.

2When you press YES/ENTER after editing the name, the new name replaces the old mark name.

T I P

You can use the words here to enter mark titles quickly (see "User Words" on page 93).

ªDeleting the active mark

You can delete the active mark while playback is stopped, but you cannot delete it while playing back or recording (a popup message appears briefly if you try and you must press NO/EXIT to dismiss the message).

1To delete the active mark, press the DELETE key.

You do not have to confirm the deletion, but the words Clear mark!appear briefly on the display.

2When the active mark has been deleted, the mark immediately before the active mark (if there

is one) becomes the active mark, and its title is shown on screen.

NOTE

You cannot undo a mark deletion.

T I P

You can erase marks freely using the MARK LIST screen (see "Using the mark list" on page 53).

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