2 – Advanced techniques

You can rename the exported tracks on the PC, but you should remember to keep to the “8.3” standard and the

.WAV extension and remember to limit the character to letters of the alphabet (no accented characters or “odd” punctuation, etc.).

You can import these tracks later to the same unit or to a friend’s unit.

Exporting the mastered stereo tracks

When you have finished mastering (see “Mastering” on page 27), you may want to save the mastered stereo mix, otherwise it will be overwritten when you next perform a mastering operation.

Before you start this operation, make sure you have loaded the song whose mastered mix you will be exporting (and that it does indeed contain a stereo mastered mix).

1.From the MENU screen, select and enter the WAVE menu.

2.Select the EXPORT MASTERaction and press the ¥ cursor or YES/ENTER key.

The display shows a default file name for you to edit:

NOTE

If there is no mastered mix, the display will inform you.

3.Use the left and right cursor keys and the DATA dial to name the exported mastered stereo mix (“Titling” on page 11).

NOTE

Press NO/EXIT if you want to cancel the export opera- tion.

4.When you’re done, press YES/ENTER to export the mastered stereo mix (as a single 16-bit 44.1kHz stereo WAV file).

The file is exported with the name you just entered, and a

.WAV extension.

5.Connect the unit to the computer and “open” the recording media (““Open” and “Close”” on page 43).

6.Use the PC operating system to copy or move the exported mastered mix file or files from the WAVE directory of the unit FAT partition to the PC.

Once the file or files are on the PC, you can “close” the unit.

About track editing

One of the most useful features of a disk or memory-based recorder such as this unit is the ability to edit material easi- ly. When working with a stereo tape recorder in the past, editing was not an easy process, and was very difficult to undo if there were any mistakes. Multitrack editing was nearly impossible!

If you have ever used a word-processor on a computer, you will probably find most of the unit’s editing operations pretty simple. If you have never used a computer, the unit’ s editing operations are nothing to be scared of–just read through this section to see how it all works.

NOTE

The unit allows you to edit songs, copying and moving material from one part of a song to another. This editing is known as non-destructive editing, meaning that the operation does not actually destroy data, and you can undo mistaken or unwanted editing operations easily.

You can undo the editing operations described here (see “Undoing/Redoing an operation” on page 25). Even if you delete all the material on every track using these functions, you can still get it back with only a few key-presses.

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