4 – Recording—Advanced recording
If the signal is detected from an MD, the unit enters record ready mode immediately:
level
CD stop REC pause
2
seconds
time
level | MD stop | ||
REC pause | |||
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| |
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| |
time
Note that the trigger level is not used here.
or
•the sound level drops below the threshold level for five seconds
level |
REC pause |
5 seconds |
S_LVL |
time |
If you set the threshold value so that only
level
Recording starts
S_LVL
This part of the track is not recorded
time
Also remember that when recording from an analog source, the threshold should be set so that it is higher than the “noise floor” (the base level of hiss, pops and crackles which may come from an older vinyl recording, for example). If the “noise floor” is higher than the threshold, synchronized recording will not
take place (the rehearsal facility can be used here (4.5, “Rehearsal”) to help):
level | Start of track is not registered |
| Noise is higher |
| than threshold |
S_LVL |
|
| time |
Because synchronized recording can be turned on and off while recording is taking place, it is therefore possible to record with a synchronized automatic start, and a manual end, or vice versa.
When the source material is being played back before synchronized recording is enabled, the condi- tions under which synchronized recording will start (after synchronized recording has been enabled) are:
When the signal drops below the threshold for one second or more and then rises above the threshold again (this is the general condition, of which starting synchronized recording from a stopped or paused source is a special case):
| Recording |
| starts |
| At least 1 |
level | second |
S_LVL |
|
| time |
Alternatively, when recording digitally from sources (MD, CD and DAT) which output track divisions, synchronized recording starts when a track division is received, regardless of the level:
Track signal from source starts recording
level
S_LVL
time
To stop synchronized recording:
1The unit must be in record mode, and the SYNC indicator in the display must be lit.
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