2 - Getting started-The SONG menu
The SONG menu
The SONG menu, as the name suggests, is con-You can load, save, copy and protect songs, as well as
cerned with the management of songs on the 788. deleting the data which is currently on disk but
unused in the song.
Creating a new song
Before you start recording, you must create a song on 4 Press the SHIFT + TITLE (MENU) key to enter a
the disk. This means that any audio data you record title for the new song (as described in ?Enter-
on the 788 will be associated with that song until you ing and editing titles? on page 26).
select a new song. Any currently-loaded song will be 5 Use the dial to select between 16-bit and 24-bit
saved when the new song is created.
resolution. As you might expect, 24-bit songs
1 Press the MENU key.take up more space on disk than 16-bit songs of
the same length, but the audio quality is higher
2 Use the dial to scroll down until SONG is (there is more subtlety in the dynamic range).
highlighted, and press ENTER:
6 Press ENTER/YES to close the current song,
3 Move the cursor to CREATE and press and create the new song.
ENTER:
If you entered the song creation process by
accident, or you change your mind about creat-
ing a new song, press the EXIT/NO key.
TIP
If you need to name or rename a song later on, you can
reload the song, and press the SHIFT + MENU (TITLE)
key to enter a title for the song when the 788 is displaying
the title.
Saving a song
Typically, there is no need to perform a special oper-2 If SONG is not highlighted, turn the dial until
ation to save songs on the 788, as the 788 automati-it is, and press ENTER.
cally saves the song. The function described here is 3 Turn the dial until SAVE is highlighted and
provided as a manual method of saving the song, to
which you can return (?Reverting to the previous press ENTER.
saved version of a song? on page 28):As the song is saved, appropriate messages are
displayed. The current song will be reloaded
1 Press the MENU key.
after it has been saved, and you can resume
work on it.
Reverting to the previous saved version of a song
If you have saved a song, or the song has been auto-4 The 788 asks if you are sure. Press YES if you
matically saved by the 788 (e.g. when it was last shut want to throw away all changes since the last
down), and you want to return to the version of the save operation, otherwise press NO.
song at the time it was last saved:
NOTE
1 Press the MENU key.You will lose all recordings and edits made since the last
2 If SONG is not highlighted, turn the dial until save, and they will disappear from the undo list (?Undoing
and redoing actions? on page 70). This revert operation is
it is, and press ENTER.not undoable. Be sure that the work you have done since
3 Turn the dial until REVERT is highlighted the last save operation is really work that you do not want
and press ENTER.to keep before reverting to a previous version.
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