Yamaha MD4S owner manual Locating to the Last Record In/Out Point, Searching for Markers

62 Advanced recording techniques

4.When you have specified the desired location, press the ENTER button.

The MD4S will locate to the specified location, and will enter playback-pause mode. If you press the PLAY button instead of the ENTER button, playback will begin from the specified location.

Locating to the Last Record In/Out Point

When you record or rehearse, the starting location and ending location will automatically be remembered as the “last record in point” and the “last record out point.” When these points have been set, the IN/OUT indicators in the display will light.

If the last record in/out points have been set, you can use the LAST REC SEARCH [IN] button to locate to the “last record in point,” or the LAST REC SEARCH [OUT] button to locate to the “last record out point.” The MD4S will then enter playback-pause mode. When you locate to the last record in or out point, the respective IN/OUT indicator will begin blinking. The LAST REC SEARCH [IN] button provides a convenient way to check the result of the last recording.

The last record in/out points are also used as the auto punch-in/out points and to specify the range of various editing functions. These points can be adjusted in steps of a single frame (11.6 ms). (For details refer to page 63.)

Note: The last record in/out points will be lost when the MD4S is turned off.

Searching for Markers

The MD4S lets you place up to ten markers in each song. You can use the MARK SEARCH [][] button to locate immediately to markers that you inserted. Markers are especially convenient when you need to repeatedly jump to specific points in a song. The location of a marker you insert can be adjusted later in steps of a single frame.

Inserting a marker in a song

1.At the location where you wish to insert a marker, press the MARK button.

Markers can be inserted when the MD4S is playing back, recording, paused, or stopped. When you press the MARK button, the display will indicate “MARK X” (X will be the marker num- ber that was inserted) for a brief time, indicating that a marker has been inserted at that loca- tion. Markers are numbered sequentially, starting from the beginning of the song. If a new marker is inserted between two existing markers, the marker numbers will be exchanged.

Insert a marker

Start marker Marker 1 Marker 2 Marker 3 End marker

Start marker Marker 1 Marker 2 Marker 3 Marker 4 End marker

—Owner’s Manual