2 – Advanced techniques

IN, OUT and TO

We have previously seen how the IN and OUT points can be used for punching and for location. They are also used in these track editing operations, together with the TO point.

•The IN point marks the start of the part of the track which is selected when editing a part of a track (rather than a whole track).

•The OUT point marks the end of the part of the track which is selected when editing part of a track.

•The TO point marks the final destination of a copy or a move operation.

Using edit mode

1.Make sure that the unit is stopped (not playing back or recording).

2.Press the TRACK EDIT key on the top panel. The displayshows:

3.Use the DATA dial to move the cursor to the track editing function you will be using and press the YES/ENTER or ¥ cursor keys.

4.Select the appropriate values, as described for each individual function.

5.Press YES/ENTER to perform the operation, or NO/ EXIT to exit without performing the operation.

Track editing function

Track editing functions

The track editing functions available on the unit are:

•COPY->PASTE

•COPY->INSERT

•MOVE->PASTE

•MOVE->INSERT

•OPEN

•CUT

•SILENCE

•CLONE TRACK

•CLEAN OUT

COPY ® PASTE

This function takes the section of a track or tracks marked by the IN and OUT points, copies it, and pastes it at the TO point on the chosen track or tracks.

The original source is left unchanged.

The copy operation overwrites anything which is already recorded at the destination. The track is the same length as it was before the operation.

You can copy the section more than once in one operation.

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TO

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You can change the following values:

SOURCE.TRK This sets the source track or tracks from which the section is copied. Choose 1 through 8 to select an individual track. Choose 1/2, 3/4, 5/6 or 7/8 to select a pair of tracks. Choose 1-8 to select all tracks.

DESTINATION. TRK This sets the destination track or tracks to which the selected section is pasted. What you can select here depends on what you have selected for the source track. If you have selected a single track, you can select tracks 1 through 8 here. If you have selected a pair of tracks (for instance, 1/2), you can only select track pairs here. If you have selected all tracks (1-8), then 1-8 is the only option available to you here.

COPY TIMES This is the number of times that the selected section is pasted into the destination track or tracks. You can set this value from 1 to 99.

Press YES/ENTER to perform the operation or NO/EXIT to leave this screen.

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