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Shortcut 2000 Editor Owner’s Manual
Record Pause
The P AUSE key has two particularly useful functions when recording:
1. To monitor the audio input, hold P AUSE followed by the R EC key. Signal sources
will now be reflected in the audio output and can be heard on the speakers. Levels
may be adjusted and tapes cued for transfer. To actually begin recording, simply
press P
AUSE or R EC ; either key will release the Pause function.
2. While in Record mode, the P AUSE key will temporarily halt recording. A second
press of P AUSE (or R EC ) will continue recording. Judicious use of the Record-Pause
feature can prevent the recording of silence and extraneous material that will have to
be removed in future editing sessions. Many elements of a project can be recorded in
a single File, saving the effort of assembling them later on. You can press M
ARK
during Pause to place a Location Mark at the pause point.
Recording Multiple Takes
The Shortcut Editor offers several ways to speed up the process of recording a series of
individual takes. This is helpful when each performance needs to be maintained as a separate
take, yet the performance cannot wait for the operator to title each File. Two methods are
available:
• When a prompt appears for a File title, ignore it. Just press R EC again to immediately
begin a new recording. Shortcut will auto-title the last cut, using a default name. This
may be set by the D
EFAULT T ITLE item in the F ILES M ENU .
• The prompt for a new title can be turned off. In this case, the Editor is always ready to
start a new recording on completion of the previous one. The last File recorded will
always be titled with the default title. To turn off the title prompt, go to the File level
(F
ILES key) and select A SK F OR N EW T ITLE under the D IRECTORY P REFERENCES section.
Also enter a name in the D EFAULT T ITLE menu selection.
• By using P AUSE , you can interrupt the recording process and record multiple takes into
a single file. You can press M ARK while paused to allow easy identification of the start
of a take. Any parts that need to be made into individual files can be Copied or Cut to
Hot-Keys which creates a new file. You can extract “keeper” takes this way, or you can
edit out bad takes to leave only the desired parts of the total recording.
Insert Recording
Insert Recording is really an editing function; it can only be performed in Edit mode.
The Insert Record mode will record new audio starting at the Cursor position, without the risk
of accidentally over-writing existing audio. A useful special feature of Insert Record is that
recordings are placed in the "clipboard memory" as well as being recorded into the File. If the
new inserted portion is needed at other locations as well, it is only necessary to use the Insert
command to place it elsewhere. You can U
NDO an Insert Record operation, but the recorded
material will remain on the clipboard. This allows you to reposition it by moving the Edit
marks and performing an I
NSERT operation. See the next section on Editing
A single track may be selected for an Insert Record operation by using the A RM keys.
The keys for selected track(s) will be illuminated.