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Advanced recording techniques
—Owner’s Manual
1. Press the UTILITY button.
2. Rotate the DATA dial until the display indicates “PrePostRoll,” and press the
ENTER button.
3. With the display showing “Pre Xsec” (X will be a number of 0–9), rotate the
DATA dial to set a pre-roll length of 0–9 seconds.
4. After you have made the pre-roll setting, press the ENTER button.
5. Rotate the DATA dial until the display indicates “Post Xsec” (X will be a num-
ber of 0–9), and rotate the DATA dial to set a post-roll length of 0–9 seconds.
6. After you have made the post-roll setting, press the ENTER button.
7. Press the UTILITY button once again to return to normal operation.
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Single-take auto punch-in/out
There are two types of auto punch-in/out: “single-take” in which auto punch-in/out is per-
formed only once, and “mult-take” in which punch-in/out can be performed two or more
times, after which you can select the best take. Here we will explain the procedure for single-
take auto punch-in/out.
1. Connect the audio source to the MD4S, and press the REC SELECT button (or
the BUS REC SELECT button) to select the track that you wish to
record.
2. Set the auto punch-in/out points.
See “Specify the auto punch-in/out points” on page 55 for more information.
3. Press the AUTO PUNCH I/O button.
The display will indicate “SINGLE TAKE.”
4. Press the ENTER button.
The AUTO PUNCH SINGLE indicator in the display will light, indicating that single-take
auto punch-in/out has been selected.
The display will also indicate “A.Punch Rehe,” and the MD4S will be in auto punch-in/out
rehearsal-pause mode.
Note: Pre-roll/post-roll time settings are remembered even if the MD4S is turned off.
Pre-roll point
Punch-in
point
Punch-out
poin
Pre-roll time
Post-roll time
Post-roll point
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