4 - Recorder
Using the IN OUT and TO marks Jump to 4Give a title to the mark, using the procedure
these marks simply by pressing the IN, OUT or TO described in ?Titling? on page 12.
key, as appropriate.
5When you press ENTER to confirm the name,
Titling using the list the screen returns to the list.
1Press the LOCATE key.Two marks can have the same title (but it is not a very
sensible idea to give the same title to more than one
2Select the location mark to be renamed, using mark), but they cannot have the same time value.
the wheel (or the cursor keys).
It is not possible to rename the IN, OUT or TO
3Press the shifted TITLE key.marks?these have special functions, and cannot be
renamed.
Repeat
You can repeat playback between the IN and OUT Repeat recording is handled using the auto punch
points by pressing and releasing the REPEAT key so facility (see ?Auto punch operations? on page 46)
that the indicator lights.
Setting the repeat interval
On a tape recorder repeating a section, there is a 1Press and hold the REPEAT key so that a
delay while the tape rewinds. The ?instant rewind? of popup screen appears.
a disk recorder can give you no time to prepare your
fingers, take a breath, etc. ready for the next take.
The 2488 allows you to set a time between reaching
the OUT point and starting to replay from the IN
point again: from 0 seconds to 9.9 seconds.
2Use the wheel to set the interval, and ENTER
to confirm the value.
Auto punch operations
Punch operations allow you to start and stop record-you hear the previously recorded material and the
ing at predefined points, and these can be automated, signal source together.
as described here.
The 2488 allows all of this to happen in rehearsal
When auto punch recording begins, playback starts at mode as well as in an actual recording mode. The
pre-roll point some time before recording is due to rehearsal mode allows you to simulate the punch
start, the punch-in point is reached, and recording recording, both to practise the actual take, and also to
starts. When the punch-out point is reached, record-check punch points before recording actually begins.
ing stops, and playback continues until the post-roll You can also use the repeat function together with the
point.punch operations, allowing you to make repeated
In addition, when you perform an auto punch record-rehearsals of a punch section, as well as repeated
ing, during the pre-roll period, you hear what has takes of the same section (multi-takes) or when
previously been recorded, together with the signal you?re recording, repeated recordings can be used as
source; during the punch recording itself, you hear multi-takes. When you have recorded a section many
the signal source alone; and for the post-roll period, times in this way, you can then choose the best possi-
ble take to insert into the track.
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