1 – Starting out with your DP-02/DP-02CF

Punching recording

When we talk about “punch recording”, we mean going from play mode into record mode without stopping the song (“punching in”) as well as going from recording to playback without stopping the song (“punching out”).

The unit provides three ways to perform punching:

When at least one track is armed (the REC key is flashing), and a song is being played back, press the RECORD (–) transport key to punch in.

When recording, press the PLAY (¥) key to stop recording (punch out).

If you have a footswitch connected to the PUNCH jack, you can press the footswitch to change between playback and recording, as long as at least one track is armed for recording.

You can automate the punch process by setting in and out points. This is described in “IN and OUT marks” on page 30 and also in “Punching” on page 32.

Bouncing

The unit provides eight tracks for recording. But what happens if you want to record more than eight instru- ments? You can take existing tracks, mix them, and record them to unused tracks, freeing up the tracks you just mixed for recording additional tracks. See “Bouncing” on page 34 for full details.

Track editing

Because the DP-02 is a hard disk and the DP-02CF is a Compact Flash card recorder, there are many options available to you which would be extremely difficult, or even impossible, with a tape-based recording system.

See “About track editing” on page 47 for details of copy, cut, and paste, etc. operations that you can perform on the both unit.

Undoing/Redoing an operation

If you have made a mistake, very often you can undo it. This includes the track editing operations described here, as well as most other common operations you can perform (including recording).

Also, if you make a mistake undoing an action, you can undo the undo (that is, you redo the action).

NOTE

You must have performed at least one undoable or redoable action in order to use the function.

ªUndoing the last action and redoing the undo action

Use the UNDO/ REDO key to undo the last undoable action.

1.Press UNDO/ REDO. A message pops up briefly, and the key lights up.

2.Press UNDO/ REDO again to redo the last redoable action. The lights goes off.

When UNDO/ REDO is lit, and the HISTORY key is pressed, the HISTORYscreen appears. The UNDO/ REDO key becomes unlit and the HISTORY key lights up.

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