AW2400 Owner’s Manual
Punch-in/out
Overdubbing
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Auto punch-in/out is a function that performs the punch-in
and punch-out operations automatically. In order to use
this function, you must first specify the punch-in location
(the In point) and the punch-out location (the Out point).
1Call the RECORD screen Direct page, and
make sure that your instrument/mic is
assigned to the track on which you want to
punch-in.
2Locate to the point at which you want to
punch-in.
3Hold down the Locate section [SET] key
and press the [IN] key.
The current location will be registered as the In point.
4Locate to the point at which you want to
punch-out.
5Hold down the Locate section [SET] key
and press the [OUT] key.
The current location will be registered as the Out
point.
6Press the Locate section [AUTO PUNCH]
key.
The [AUTO PUNCH] key will light, and the Auto
Punch-in/out function will be enabled. You will auto-
matically locate to a point a specific distance (the “pre-
roll time”) ahead of the In point. This point is called
the “pre-roll point.”
7To rehearse the auto punch-in/out, press
the PLAY [ ] key.
When you press the PLAY [ ] key while the [AUTO
PUNCH] key is lit, the following will occur.
1The PLAY [ ] key will light, and playback will
begin from the pre-roll point.
BWhen you reach the auto punch-in point, the REC
[●] key will begin blinking, and the signal that you
are monitoring from the recording-destination
track channel will switch from the track playback
to the input signal (recording-source). (However,
recording will not actually occur.)
CWhen you reach the auto punch-out point, the
REC [●] key will go dark, and the signal that you
are monitoring from the recording-destination
track channel will return to the track playback.
DWhen you reach a point that is a specific distance
(the “post-roll time”) after the Out point (this point
is called the “post-roll point”), you will return to
the pre-roll point and stop.
8To perform the actual auto punch-in/out,
stop the recorder, then hold down the REC
[●] key and press the PLAY [ ] key.
When you press the REC [●] key + PLAY [ ] key
while the [AUTO PUNCH] key is lit, the following
will occur.
1Only the PLAY [ ] key will light, and playback
will begin from the pre-roll point.
BWhen you reach the auto punch-in point, the REC
[●] key will light, and recording will begin
(“punch-in”).
CWhen you reach the auto punch-out point, the
REC [●] key will go dark, recording will stop, and
you will return to playback mode (“punch-out”).
DWhen you reach the post-roll point, you will return
to the pre-roll point and stop. At this time, the
[UNDO/REDO] key in the data entry / control sec-
tion will light.
9To check the newly-recorded content, press
the [AUTO PUNCH] key to make it go dark,
and then press the PLAY [ ] key.

Auto punch-in/out

• If you want to set the In and Out points more precisely, you
can use the Nudge function (
→
p. 94) which repeatedly plays
a short region before or after the current location, or use the
WAVE DISPLAY popup window (
→
p. 69) which lets you view
the contents of the track as a waveform.
• The In point and Out point will be updated each time you
record. The location at which you last started recording will be
registered as the In point, and the location at which you last
stopped recording will be registered as the Out point.
HINT
• If the auto punch-in/out region is too short or too long (less
than approximately 100 msec or greater than one hour), an
error message will appear, and you won’t be able to specify
the Out point.
•You can’t change the In/Out points if the [AUTO PUNCH] key
is lit. If you need to change the In/Out points, you must first
defeat the Auto Punch-in/out function.
NOTE
•If you turn the Locate section [REPEAT] key on before step 7,
operations 1–4 of step 7 will be repeated up to fifteen times.
(The A-B Repeat function is disabled during this time.) If you
want to stop repeating the rehearsal, press the [REPEAT] key
once again or press the STOP [■] key.
• With the initial settings of the AW2400, the pre-roll and post-
roll times are each set to four seconds. You can adjust these
values in a range of 0–20 seconds (
→
p. 210, 211).
HINT