1 – Starting out with your
Managing your songs
This section shows you how to create a new song, as well as basic song management, such as renaming, deleting, copying, etc. For more details on disk management, and the other song management features of the unit, see “Disk/ CF card management” on page 38 and “Advanced song management” on page 41.
NOTE
Any recording made on the unit is referred to as a “song”, even though it may only consist of instrumental tracks or spoken word.
Creating a new song
1.Press the SONG key to bring up the SONGmenu.
If the CREATEaction is not highlighted, use the DATA dial or the cursor (§/¶) keys to highlight it.
2.Press the YES/ENTER or ¥ cursor key. The display shows:
3.Enter a title as described in “Titling” on page 11.
4.Press YES/ENTER to create the song. The current song is stored even though the new song has not yet been created.
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When creating the song is finished, the screen returns to the SONGscreen.
Storing songs
Since the unit does not automatically save the audio you record as part of a song, you should get into the habit of performing frequent manual saves.
NOTE
A “song” is not just the audio files you
1.Press the SONG key, use the DATA dial or the cursor (§/¶) keys to highlight the SAVEaction.
2.Press the YES/ENTER or ¥ cursor key. The display shows:
3.Rename the file if you want to save it as another name and press YES/ENTER, or simply press YES/ ENTER to save the file to disk or card.
The screen shows a message, Storing Songas the song is saved.
Reverting to last version
The REVERTaction (which follows the SAVEaction in the SONGmenu) allows you to undo all changes since the last save.
When you select the REVERT, the title of the song is shown. Press YES/ENTER to go back to the last saved version, or NO/EXIT to keep the current song as it is.
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