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ADAT HD24 Reference Manual
Using the Cut and Copy
Commands
The Cut and Copy commands place the audio
between the Edit Start and Edit End points from
edit-selected tracks into a buffer. This audio can
then be pasted elsewhere in the song.
Cutting an Audio Region
This procedure cuts the selected tracks between the
Edit Start and Edit End points, leaving silence in its
place.
1. Set an Edit Start and Edit End point, as
described in the previous sections.
2. Press and hold the
TRACK EDIT
button, then press
the Track Record Enable button of the tracks
you want to cut.
A box will appear in the Meter Bridge around the
meters of the selected tracks.
3. Press
CUT
. The display will read:
Cut Selected
Region(s)?
Y /N
4. Press the
YES
(
▲
) button to confirm the cut. The
display will read:
Cut Region(s)
Are You Sure?
Y /N
5. Press the
Y E S
(
▲
) button one more time to
confirm the operation.
If you haven’t set the Edit Start and Edit End points
properly, you will see this an error message on the
display:
Error: EditStart
≥
EditEnd
6. You will see a progress bar while the audio is
being copied, then the display will read:
Track Cut
Complete
Copying an Audio Region
This procedure copies the selected tracks between
the Edit Start and Edit End points, leaving the
original recording untouched.
1. Set an Edit Start and Edit End point, as
described in the previous sections.
2. Press and hold the
TRACK EDIT
button, then press
the Track Record Enable button of the tracks
you want to cut.
A box will appear in the Meter Bridge around the
meters of the selected tracks.
3. Press
COPY
. The display will read:
Copy Selected
Region(s)?
Y /N
4. Press the
YES
(
▲
) button to confirm that you
wish to copy. The display will read:
Copy Region(s)
Are You Sure?
Y /N
5. Press the
Y E S
(
▲
) button one more time to
confirm the operation.
If you haven’t set the Edit Start and Edit End points
properly, you will see this an error message on the
display:
Error: EditStart
≥
EditEnd
6. You will see a progress bar while the audio is
being copied, then the display will read:
Track Copy
Complete
Remember that there’s a limit of how much data
can be cut and pasted at a time (72 track
minutes, or 36 minutes if Paste Undo is on).
For more information on the edit buffer, see
page 62. If the region is too large to cut or
copy, simply de-select some tracks. You can
do a second cut/copy operation on those
tracks later.