Yamaha MD4S Musical Instrument User Manual


 
62 Advanced recording techniques
—Owner’s Manual
4. When you have specied the desired location, press the ENTER button.
The MD4S will locate to the specified location, and will enter playback-pause mode. If you
press the PLAY button instead of the ENTER button, playback will begin from the specified
location.
Locating to the Last Record In/Out Point
When you record or rehearse, the starting location and ending location will automatically be
remembered as the “last record in point” and the “last record out point.” When these points
have been set, the IN/OUT indicators in the display will light.
If the last record in/out points have been set, you can use the LAST REC SEARCH [IN] button
to locate to the “last record in point,” or the LAST REC SEARCH [OUT] button to locate to
the “last record out point.” The MD4S will then enter playback-pause mode. When you locate
to the last record in or out point, the respective IN/OUT indicator will begin blinking. The
LAST REC SEARCH [IN] button provides a convenient way to check the result of the last
recording.
The last record in/out points are also used as the auto punch-in/out points and to specify the
range of various editing functions. These points can be adjusted in steps of a single frame
(11.6 ms). (For details refer to page 63.)
Searching for Markers
The MD4S lets you place up to ten markers in each song. You can use the MARK SEARCH
[ ][ ] button to locate immediately to markers that you inserted. Markers are especially
convenient when you need to repeatedly jump to specific points in a song. The location of a
marker you insert can be adjusted later in steps of a single frame.
Inserting a marker in a song
1. At the location where you wish to insert a marker, press the MARK button.
Markers can be inserted when the MD4S is playing back, recording, paused, or stopped. When
you press the MARK button, the display will indicate “MARK X” (X will be the marker num-
ber that was inserted) for a brief time, indicating that a marker has been inserted at that loca-
tion. Markers are numbered sequentially, starting from the beginning of the song. If a new
marker is inserted between two existing markers, the marker numbers will be exchanged.
Note: The last record in/out points will be lost when the MD4S is turned off.
Start marker Marker 1 Marker 2 Marker 3 End marker
Insert a marker
Start marker Marker 1 Marker 2 Marker 3 Marker 4 End marker