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The Trigger Track Function

NOTE

•When the Trigger Track function is active the Transport, Locate, and Locate/Navigate section keys (with the exception of the STOP [■] key) will not function, and normal record/play- back operations are not available.

HINT

•The Trigger Track settings are saved individually with each song.

•When a song is saved with the Trigger Track function active, the Trigger Track function will still be active and a message indicating that status will appear when that song is later recalled.

Using the Trigger Track Function

The Trigger Track function can be used as described below.

1 Call the TRACK screen Trigger page by either pressing the Work Navigate section [TRACK] key as many times as necessary, or by pressing the [F4] key after pressing the [TRACK] key.

This page contains the following items.

C A B D

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Track operations
and	1 NORMAL button
editing	For normal audio track operation this button should be
	turned on (normal track mode).

B TRIGGER button

Turn this button on to engage the Trigger Track mode (trigger track mode).

C GROUP

Move the cursor to this field and use the [DATA/JOG] dial or [INC]/[DEC] keys to set the trigger track group for each track. Groups can only be assigned when the Trigger Track mode is engaged.

DFADER START button

When this button is on playback of the corresponding track (or group including the track) will start when the track fader is raised above the -∞position. Playback will stop at the end of the recorded data. Playback can be stopped by returning the fader to the -∞position. This button can only be turned on or off when the Trigger Track mode is engaged.

2 Move the cursor to the TRIGGER button and press the [ENTER] key to engage the Trig- ger Track mode.

A popup window asking you to confirm that you want to exit from the normal track mode will appear. Move the cursor to the OK button and press the [ENTER] key.

NOTE

•Since a maximum of 12 tracks can be played back for 24-bit songs (→ p. 165), mute cannot be disengaged for tracks 13– 24 and they will remain in the normal track mode.

3 To set the group to which each track belongs move the cursor to the GROUP field and use the [DATA/JOG] dial or [INC]/ [DEC] keys.

The Trigger Track mode allows each track to be assigned to one of four groups A–D so that playback of entire groups of tracks can be started and stopped by simply pressing one [ON] key or operating one fader.

HINT

•“_” will be displayed for tracks that are not assigned to a group, and those tracks will be triggered independently.

•Channel pairs to be used for linked stereo operation should be assigned as paired channels beforehand (→ p. 58).

4 To engage the Fader Start function for a track move the cursor to the FADER START button and press the [ENTER] key.

When the Fader Start function is on, playback of the corresponding track (or group including the track) will start when the track fader is raised above the –∞posi- tion. Playback can be stopped by returning the fader to the –∞position.

HINT

•The Fader Start function can be turned off for all tracks by pressing the [F1] key while holding the [SHIFT] key (“–” will be displayed for all tracks).

•The Trigger Track group A–D settings can be copied to fader groups (→ p. 82) by pressing the [F2] key while holding the [SHIFT] key. This can be useful for linking fader start opera- tion of multiple trigger tracks.

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