Recording Functions 28User’s Guide Using the optional footswitch
1) Connect the input source, set the input select key, and adjust the GAIN control and channel fader so
that the mixer setting is identical to the previous recording.
2) Plug an optional FC5 footswitch into the PUNCH I/O footswitch connector (e).
3) Press the REC SELECT key for the track you want to punch-in.
The REC SELECT - TRACK indicator on the display will flash.
4) Press the REC/PAUSE key.
The indicator above the key lights and the flashing REC SELECT - TRACK indicator will be
illuminated.
5) Step on the footswitch.
The indicator above the PLAY key lights, the indicator above the REC/PAUSE key will flash rapidly,
and the MT4X starts the tape. Get ready to play the punch-in part.
6) At the punch-in location, step on the footswitch again.
The indicator above the REC/PAUSE key lights. Play the punch-in part.
7) Step on the footswitch at the punch-out location.
The indicator above the REC/PAUSE key switches off.
Note: When you perform a punch-in/out recording, you need to find a blank section of about 1 second for your
punch-in and punch-out locations. This is because of the gap between the erase head and record/playback head.
Otherwise you may find that you have accidentally erased material that was before or after the re-recorded segment.
Note: Yamaha supplies an optional footswitch, FC5. Using another manufacturer’s footswitch may cause
mis-timing. See your Yamaha dealer for details.
Note: You can practice the punch-in at this point with the rehearsal function. Press the REHE key instead
of the REC/PAUSE key.
Blank space Blank space
Punch-in
point Punch-out
point
Segment to be
re-recorded
Track to be
re-recorded
Play Record Play Stop