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7.14 MUTE TRACKS FEATURE
RADAR II's Mute Tracks feature enables you to free up disk bandwidth to enable
seamless punch out monitoring. This feature is not the same thing as track on/off
or track solo - track solos are monitor functions, and do not affect the amount of
disk activity.
Disk activity is critical when attempting seamless audio punch out monitoring. If
you perform a punch-in/punch out recording operation, the punch-out will be
seamless (i.e. no gap - a smooth switch between input and track monitoring), if the
following condition is met:
The punch-out monitoring will be seamless if the number of “free” disk tracks
equals or exceeds the number of tracks you are recording on that disk unit.
RADAR II supports a maximum of twenty-four tracks of audio data, either
playback or record. If your punch-out would exceed the maximum disk bandwidth,
you may make use of RADAR II’s MUTE TRACKS feature. With Mute Tracks,
you may temporarily “turn off ” tracks that are not in use, increasing the amount of
disk drive throughput.
1. To use Mute Tracks, press “M” on the Session Controller’s QWERTY
keyboard, or select it from the Edit menu.
The system will respond
with:
2. Select ALL (mutes ALL tracks in system), or TRACK ARM (mutes only
those track(s) selected using the Track Arm buttons.) Press ENTER.
3. (If you selected TRACK ARM:) Select the track(s) you require using the
Track Arming buttons.
4. Press ENTER. RADAR II will perform the MUTE operation and return
to Ready mode.
5. Perform the desired punch in/punch out operations as desired. (The
tracks stay in the muted state until you un-mute them.)
6. Repeat steps 1 through 3 to turn off Mute Tracks.
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