Editing regions, Cutting a region (cut), Erasing a region (erase) – Tascam HS-4000 User Manual

Page 47: Dividing a region (divide), Undoing the previous edit (undo), 7 – timeline mode

TASCAM HS-4000

7 – Timeline mode

Editing regions

You can cut, erase and divide regions.
1. Press the HOME key to open the Home Screen.

2. Touch the

EDIT MODE

button to enter edit mode.

The

EDIT MODE

button becomes white with red lettering,

and the

REC/MON

Bounce I/O

and

NEXT TAKE NAME

buttons disappear and are replaced by the

EDIT

button.

The region where the timeline cursor (blue vertical line) is
becomes light blue, showing that it is the one that can be
edited.
If the timeline cursor is on a border between regions, the
one to the right can be edited.

3. Touch the

EDIT

button to open a pull-up menu.

The pull-up menu includes three buttons used for
editing—

Cut

Erase

and

Divide

—and the

UNDO

and

REDO

buttons.

NOTE

If you do not save a session after editing it, all changes will be cleared when
you load another session, remove a CF card or turn off the unit’s power, for
example.

Cutting a region (Cut)

You can erase the selected region and move the following
regions forward.

Use the PLAY, m and , keys, for example, to move

the timeline cursor to the region that you want to cut.

Touch the

EDIT

button, and touch the

Cut

button in the

pull-up menu.
After cutting a region, a pop-up window appears showing

completion and the Home Screen reopens.

The

EDIT

pull-up window will still be open.

Erasing a region (Erase)

You can erase a region without changing the positions of the
following regions. (The erased region becomes silent.)

Use the PLAY, m and , keys, for example, to move

the timeline cursor to the region that you want to erase.

Touch the

EDIT

button, and touch the

Erase

button in

the pull-up menu.
After erasing a region, a pop-up window appears showing
completion and the Home Screen reopens.
The

EDIT

pull-up window will still be open.

Dividing a region (Divide)

You can divide the selected region at the position of the timeline
cursor into two regions.

Use the PLAY, m and , keys, for example, to move

the timeline cursor to the time where you want to divide
the region.

Touch the

EDIT

button, and touch the

Divide

button

in the pull-up menu.
After dividing a region, a pop-up window appears showing
completion and the Home Screen reopens.
The

EDIT

pull-up window will still be open.

Undoing the previous edit (UNDO)

You can undo the previous cut, erase or divide edit.
1.

Touch the

EDIT

button, and touch the

UNDO

button in

the pull-up menu.
After undoing an edit, a pop-up window appears showing
completion and the Home Screen reopens.

The

EDIT

pull-up window will still be open.

NOTE

 If no editing has been conducted, the

UNDO

button is disabled. The

UNDO

button appears with white letters when it is possible to undo an

edit.

 Only the last edit can be undone. Undoing earlier edits is not possible.