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Chapter 10
Chapter 10 Track and Phrase Editing
Track Editing
The VS-1680 offers some powerful editing functions for
manipulating the audio you record. Track edit functions such
as Erase, Cut, Move, Copy, Insert, Import, and Time
Compression/Expansion allow you to edit your audio
quickly and easily within the digital domain. Phrase edit
functions such as Delete, Split, Move, Copy, Trim In, and
Trim Out allow you to define and edit entire sections of your
song at once. Best of all, because the VS-1680’s Undo function
(p. 64) works during editing in the same way that it does
when recording, you can experiment without fear of losing
your original version. This chapter explains, in detail, the
editing functions available in the VS-1680.
* Make sure that track editing does not end up leaving any
sections of audio that are 0.5 seconds or shorter. Any sound
left over as a result of track editing which is 0.5 seconds or
shorter will not be played.
* Track editing may make it seem that a portion of the audio has
disappeared, but the data has not been deleted from the hard
disk. Thus, even when you carry out a track editing procedure,
the available disk space shown in the display does not change.
Track Erase
This operation erases audio from the specified area, leaving
empty space in its place. Compared to a tape recorder, this is
like recording silence over an unwanted section of tape.
fig.04-25
1.
Hold [SHIFT] and press [F2 (TRACK)].
2.
Make sure “Track Edit Menu” appears in the display. If it
does not, press [F1 (Tr/Ph)] once.
3.
Press [F2 (Erase)] for Track Erase. If you don’t see
“Erase” above [F2], press [PAGE] until “Erase” appears,
and then press [F2 (Erase)].
4.
Press the Track STATUS button to specify the track to be
erased. The STATUS button turns red, indicating it is the
track to be edited. You can press more than one STATUS
button if you wish to erase more than one track. If you
press a STATUS button and then change your mind,
press it again to change it back to green.
Alternate method:
a. Press [F1 (SelTr)].
b. Press [ ], [ ], [ ], and [ ] to move the
cursor to the track you want to erase.
c. Press [F3 (MARK)].
d. If [F2 (All)] is pressed, all tracks will be selected to be
erased.
e. Press [F1 (Back)].
5.
Press [ ], [ ], [ ], and [ ] to move the
cursor. Set the START and END values. You can enter
the START and END times in a number of different ways
such as using LOCATOR buttons, markers, the TIME/
VALUE dial, Transport controls, or by Measure/Beat.
A quick way to enter edit points (START, END, FROM, and
TO) is to create a locator for each edit point (p. 45) before
entering the edit screen. Then go to the desired edit screen
(such as Erase, Copy, Cut). You can enter your edit points by
pressing a LOCATOR button and then holding [SHIFT] and
pressing [LOC 1] to enter that point as the START time, [LOC
2] to enter that point as the END time, [LOC 3] to enter that
point as the FROM time, or [LOC 4] to enter that point as the
TO time.
fig.04-27
START (Start Point)
Specifies the start time of the segment to be erased.
END (End Point)
Specifies the end time of the segment to be erased.
All V.Tracks
Normally, audio is erased only from the currently
selected V-Track. If you want the same segment of audio
to be erased on all V-Tracks, set this to “On.”
Start End Time
A