TASCAM MD-801R/P Mk II
5–1
5 - Editing operations
Unlike tape or other linear media, the MD-801 pro-
vides you with a wide range of editing tools, allow-
ing you to make arbitary cuts, “splices” and
rearrangements of running order without having to
re-record any parts of the material.
Although the editing operations you perform will
take effect instantly, unless they are written to disc as
part of the User Table of Contents (U-TOC), they
will not take any effect when the disc is next used (or
inserted in another machine), as “splices”, etc. are
virtual, and do not actually represent cuts in the
material.
The U-TOC contains all the information that is read
by the MD-801 in order to know what parts of the
disc should be played, and in what order.
For that reason, it is important that you never turn off
the MD-801 while it is writing the U-TOC to disc. If
you do this, you will probably be unable to use the
disc in the future.
5.1 Basic editing operations
1
To start an editing operation, press the
EDIT
key
[18]
and the
E D I T
indicator will light in the
display.
2
Select the editing operation using the
DATA
dial
[12]
.
3
When the editing operation is complete (the
exact steps are described in the individual sec-
tions below), turn the
SHUTTLE
wheel
[13]
to
complete the operation and return to normal
mode.
After an editing operation, the
TOC WRITE
indica-
tor
[19]
will light, and the display
TO C E D I T
will
light, showing that there are editing changes made
which have not been saved to disc.
4
Commit the editing operation to disc by press-
ing the
TOC WRITE
key
[19]
.
NOTE
A disc must not be write-protected when sav-
ing edits to disc. The display shows
W_Protected!
if you attempt to write
a U-TOC to a protected disc. By ejecting the
disc you lose the edits you have made, so you
should make sure that a disc on which you
want to save edits is write enabled
before
you
start the editing process.
After most editing operations, the MD-801 enters the
play ready mode.
5.1.1 Cancelling an edit operation
If you wish to cancel an edit operation at any time
before step 3 above, do any of the following:
• turn the
SHUTTLE
wheel counterclockwise
• press the
STOP
key
[5]
• press the
EDIT
key
5.1.2 Editing without saving the edits to
disc
If you want to make edits, but do not want to commit
them to disc, you can do either of the following:
• turn off the power to the MD-801
• press the
EJECT
key once, and press it again, after
the
TOC Edited!
message appears on the
display
5.2 Dividing tracks
Use this editing function to split one track into two.
This operation can be carried out while the MD-801
is in play ready mode.
Before the operation to split track 2, the tracks and
numbers look like:
After the operation, the tracks will look like:
1
Locate the playback position so that it is at the
point where you want to divide the track. Press
the
READY
key
[7]
to put the MD-801 into
play ready mode.
2
After pressing the
EDIT
key, turn the
DATA
dial until the display shows:
3
Turn the
SHUTTLE
wheel clockwise.
4
A jog loop will start playing. Adjust the jog
loop using the
JOG/DATA
dial, so that the start
D I V I D E
?
P o i n t
O K ?
Track number
1
2
3
4
This track is to be divided here
Track number
1
2
3
4
5
Note that the tracks are renumbered
