7 − Recorder

Setting the punch points

The 2488MKII provides three different punch settings.

1With at least one track armed (the REC indicator flashing), and playback stopped, press the AUTO PUNCH key:

2Select one of the three options, explained below, using the dial or cursor keys to move the cursor, and the YES/ENTER key to confirm the selection (NO/EXIT exits this screen with- out making any settings).

3When the selection has been made, the AUTO PUNCH indicator lights, and the home display shows AUTO.

NOTE

LAST REC This option sets the start and end points of the last recording (or recording rehearsal) as the punch in and punch out points.

IN - OUT This uses the IN and OUT points as the punch- in and the punch-out points. The first of these points will be used as the punch-in point, and the second as the punch- out point, even if the OUT point is before the IN point.

LAST TAKE LOAD This option appears after auto punch recording if no other recording, track editing, virtual track assignment or undo/redo operation has occurred. It allows you to select the takes from this punch session, in the same way as described later in this section. In addition, you can reselect the previously recorded take without conducting a new recording.

It is not strictly necessary to have a track armed when you first press the AUTO PUNCH key, but this is probably the most logical way to work.

Checking the punch points

When the punch points have been set, you can press the PLAY key. The home display shows CHECK, and the playback starts at the pre-roll point. It continues to the post-roll point.

If the punch positions are not what you want, you can press the AUTO PUNCH key to turn off the punch mode, and reset the punch points as described above.

Set the pre-roll and post-roll time on the RECORDER screen of the PREFERENCE menu (see “Recorder preferences ” on page 93), but you must exit the auto punch mode first by pressing the AUTO PUNCH key so that the indicator goes out. If you the punch points and pre and post- roll times are what you want, you should proceed to the rehearsal stage, as described below.

Rehearsing the punch

Although you do not have to use the rehearsal feature (see “Rehearsing recording” on page 50) with the auto punch, it’s probably a good idea to rehearse most punch recordings a few times before making a take.

1With the AUTO PUNCH indicator lit, and a track armed, press the RHSL (rehearsal) key.

The indicator lights.2Press and hold down the RECORD key and press the PLAY key.

•The display shows TAKE.

•Playback starts at the pre-roll point. Both the input source and previously-recorded material can be monitored.

•When playback reaches the punch-in point, the monitored signal on the armed track(s) is muted. The RECORD indicator flashes (to show that it is a rehearsal).

•When playback reaches the punch-out point, the recorded material is added to the monitored signal. The RECORD indicator goes out.

•Playback continues to the post-roll point and stops.

If you press the REPEAT key before the rehearsal, so that the indicator is lit (as well as the AUTO PUNCH and RHSL indicators), the rehearsal process will repeat until you press the STOP key. There is about a second’s interval between the post-roll and the restarting of the rehearsal at the pre-roll point. You cannot change this interval.

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