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level where the fourth count will trigger recording (–
24 dB — this is the limit of the threshold sensitivity
and cannot be adjusted further).

When the rehearsal facility is used, the source is cued
up and played, and the first few seconds of the track
are sampled and looped. The position of the loop can
be adjusted.

When this offset has been set, synchronized record-
ing takes place with the start occurring at the new
location:

This example shows how the start time can be moved
forward, in order to eliminate unwanted “false
starts”. It is also possible to “slip” the start time
backwards, in order to record a quiet passage that
would otherwise not trigger the sync recording facil-
ity (this is done by the use of a memory buffer).

As well as being used for changing the start time of
synchronized recording, the start of an automatic
track division can also be trimmed backwards and
forwards in a similar way.

Both the sync start trim and the track start trim can
take the same value and can be used in the same
recording.

The maximum trim value is 125 frames on either side
of the original point (represented by

0

), where there

are 75 frames in a second (i.e. 1.67 seconds).

4.4.1

Rehearsal for synchronized
recording

To perform a synchronized recording, using the
rehearsal mode to slip the start of the track forwards
or backwards:

1

Load a recordable disc into the unit and make
sure the unit is in stop mode.

2

Cue the source material to the start of the
source track to be recorded (i.e. in the example
above, this would be just before the count-in).

3

Press the

RHSL

key

4

so that the display

shows

Waiting Sync

.

4

Start playing the source. When the start of the
track is detected (as explained in 4.3.1, “Syn-
chronized recording”), the display changes to

Sync RHSL

.

5

If the rehearsal does not start at the region of
the true start point, press the

RHSL

key once

again to “re-arm” the trigger.

6

After nine seconds, the message changes from

Sync RHSL

, and the sampled data loops

in a four-second loop. The display shows

Sync 0:0X

, where

X

is the current sec-

ond of the loop.

7

Stop the source.

8

Turn the

MULTI JOG

control

B

to adjust the

point of the loop. The display shows:

TRIM = +XXXf

or

TRIM = -XXXf

, where

XXX

can be a

number between

0

and

125

and changes

back to the

Sync 0:0x

display when the

loop restarts.

Every time the trim value is changed, the loop
starts replaying from the new start point.

9

When the new start point has been set, press
the

STOP

key (

H

or

J

).

10

Cue up the source material to the original
point set in step

2

.

11

Press the

RECORD

key (

K

or

E

) to enter

record ready mode, and then press the

SYNC

REC

key (

L

or

F

).

"1"

"2"

"3"

Drum beat

"4"

Sync recording starts here

S_LVL

"1"

"2"

"3"

Drum beat

"4"

S_LVL

This section is looped. The

MULTI JOG control adjusts

the position of the loop

"1"

"2"

"3"

Drum beat

"4"

Sync recording starts at new
point

S_LVL