Yamaha MD4S owner manual Splitting a song into two Song Divide

Editing functions 79

4.Press the ENTER button once again to execute the Song Erase operation.

The display will indicate “Erase EXE..”, and the TOC will be updated automatically when the song has been erased.

Tip: If there are three consecutive songs as shown in the following diagram, erasing the middle song will create a new blank area that is independent of the other blank area. Now you can either record a new song in the blank area, or extend the length of Song 1.

Song 1

Song 2

Song 3

Blank area 1

Erase song 2

Song 1

Blank area 2

Song 2

Blank area 1

Note: When you erase a song, the numbers of all subsequent songs will be updated.

Splitting a song into two (Song Divide)

Song Divide is a function that splits a song into two parts. The Program Play function (page 71) can be used to rearrange the playback order of the newly-divided parts.

1.Locate to the point at which you wish to divide the song, and stop or pause playback.

2.Press the EDIT button. Then rotate the DATA dial to make the display read “Song Divide,” and press the ENTER button.

The display will ask “Divide EXE?” If you decide to cancel the Song Divide operation, press the EXIT button now.

3.Press the ENTER button once again to execute the Song Divide operation.

When the song has been divided, the TOC will automatically be updated.

If markers had been placed in the original song, markers earlier than the Divide point will remain in the original song, and markers following the Divide point will be renumbered as markers of the new song.

—Owner’s Manual