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The soft keys in the EDIT page are:

This takes you to the DD TAKES view page

This takes you the SONG mode where you may compile takes for

sequential playback or MIDI triggering

This takes you to the play pages where you may play takes

EDIT Shows the currently active screen

Allows you to zoom in on a waveform for greater editing resolution

Allows you to zoom out of a waveform for a more general overview of the

take

This toggles the cursor between the start and end marks

This will cause data either side of the start and end points to be discarded

thus trimming the take. This is a destructive process so be careful when

using this function

PLAYING A TAKE IN THE EDIT PAGE

As in all other DD pages, it is possible to play a take directly by holding down the

ENT/PLAY key. In the EDIT page, however, when the take is actually playing, a flashing

vertical cursor moves across the screen. When you take your finger off the ENT/PLAY

key, playback stops and the play cursor stays at the point where it is stopped. You can

use this position to place the start or end mark at a suitable position. There are other

differences as discussed above but to recap:

1: If the cursor is on the field, pressing ENT/PLAY will cause the take to

playback from the point shown on the left of the screen regardless of the setting of the

start field. Use this as a means of playing back from anywhere in the take without

upsetting edit points.

2: If the cursor is on the end field, pressing the ENT/PLAY key will cause the take to

playback from the point shown at the left of the screen up to the end point. You can use

this facility to audition the end of an edit and use the ZOOM IN/OUT as a variable pre-roll

function.

The editing functions have been kept deliberately simple to use. Basically, you can trim a

recordings start and end points and, to assist in this, a graphic representation of the

waveform is shown.

Once you have successfully made a recording, the chances are you will want to edit it so

go to the EDIT page. Move the cursor to the START field and adjust the start time so that

cursor is right at the start of the take. You may use the editing of the start point as well to

edit out count-ins to a song or breaths from a backing vocal ‘spin in’ or whatever. Of

course, you can zoom in for greater accuracy.

You may audition your edit at any time simply by pressing the ENT/PLAY key.

Once you have successfully edited the start mark, move the cursor to the END field either

by using the cursor keys or by pressing the soft key and you may set a suitable end

point, again, zooming in for greater editing accuracy. Again, use the ENT/PLAY key to

hear the result of your edit. Of course, in the case of a very long take, it is very

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