7 − Recorder

Recording the punch

When you are happy with the rehearsed punch material, you record the punch in the following way:

1Press the RHSL key so that the indicator goes out.2Press and hold 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 lights steadily.

•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 the REPEAT indicator is lit, the punch recording will continue to repeat (up to 99 times) until you press STOP, allowing you to select from a list of “multi-takes” (see “Checking the take” below).

The time between repeat takes is about one second. You cannot change this time.

Checking the take

After auto punch recording is complete, the TAKE LIST screen shown below appears.

You can make an instant check of the take by following the procedure below.

When the take is complete, a screen similar to the following appears:

•The screen above shows three takes and the original track.

•Use the dial to highlight a take from the list, including the original track before the punch was started.

•Press PLAY to check the highlighted take by playing it back (starting at the pre-roll point, and continuing to the post-roll point).

•If you are happy with the take, you can move to the next stage below (“After finishing the punch” below).

•If you want to record another take, press and hold

RECORD, and press PLAY.

After finishing the punch

When you have finished the auto punch recording:

1Use the dial to highlight the take which you feel is the best (or if none of them was any good, select ORIGINAL, which is the unchanged version).

2Press YES/ENTER to select the selected take (or the original version). A pop-up display asks you if you are sure that you want to use the take.

3Press YES/ENTER if you are sure, but if you change your mind to select another take, press NO/EXIT.

NOTE

You must select one of the takes or the original to exit auto punch mode.

The recording between the punch-in and punch-out points is now replaced by the selection. The AUTO PUNCH indicator goes out.

If you change your mind

Like recording, an auto punch operation is undoable. It is shown in the HISTORY list on the UNDO/REDO screen (“UNDO and REDO” on page 64).

In addition, as we mentioned earlier, the third choice when you press the AUTO PUNCH key, LAST TAKE LOAD, allows you to select any of the multi-takes from the last punch session.

However, if you have recorded anything else, performed an undo or redo operation, or made any track editing opera-

tions, the LAST TAKE LOAD option is not available when you press the AUTO PUNCH key.

NOTE

Even if you undo the recording that has overwritten the list of multi-takes, the multi-take list will not be available to you after the undo.

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