Tonino Lamborghini OperationGuide MDR24/96 - Manual (Page 10)

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MDR 24/96
MDR
24/
96
Track Edit
The TRACK/EDIT button gives you access to the set of non-destructive editing
tools on the MDR24/96. The MDR24/96 allows you to cut or copy a piece of
audio from any track and paste it onto any other track. You can, for example,
move a vocal from the first chorus of a song and paste it over a take in the
second chorus. You are also able to cut or copy from multiple tracks at once and
paste them onto a different group of tracks. If you need to replace the
background vocals from a chorus, you could copy from the multiple backing
tracks from the first chorus and paste them in the second. One final example to
whet your appetite: if you have a few different vocal takes on virtual tracks, you
can easily copy them from one virtual track to another to create a perfect
composite vocal take. Now that we have described the possibilities, let’s explain
how to do all this.
When audio data is cut or copied from a track it is placed on a virtual clipboard
where it is held until you decide to put it somewhere. Data will also be removed
from the clipboard when you replace the contents with something else. This
means that you can copy a guitar line from one track then, record a bass part,
drink some coffee, play your project a few thousand times, and finally decide to
paste the guitar line and everything will be perfect. It also means that if you are
not careful, you can accidentally lose audio. You might cut a bass drum kick, but
if you decide to then copy a vocal and forget to paste the bass drum first, the
bass drum will be replaced by the vocal on the clipboard. Since you cut the bass
drum from its original position, it will no longer be on the track and because you
did not paste it, it will be gone from the project. This is why it is always a good
idea to paste audio right after you cut it. But remember that editing on the
MDR24/96 is non-destructive so you can cut and copy all you like knowing that
your audio is safe and sound. When you perform edits, the MDR24/96 is not
actually moving the audio. Instead you are just reorganizing the order in which
the MDR24/96 plays the audio files. All editing commands are remembered in a
999-level history list so that every edit can be undone and redone until you are
satisfied (see Undo-Redo later in this manual).
To perform an edit you must tell the MDR24/96 three things: what type of an
edit you would like to perform, what tracks to perform the edit on, and the audio
range that you would like the edit to cover.
To perform an edit:
1. First press the
TRACK/EDIT
button to enter the
TRACK EDIT
MENU
. Press
either the Cut or
Copy
select
buttons to enter a menu for placing audio data from a track onto the
clipboard. Press the Paste select button to enter a menu allowing you to
return clipboard data to an audio track. These buttons do not perform
the operation but take you to a specific menu for that command.
2. You will now be in a menu for the specific operation
chosen. You may notice that the Record Ready lights
have all gone out, even if you had some tracks in Record
Ready mode. This is normal; the Record Ready lights
have many duties on the MDR24/96. In an edit menu,
they are used to choose which tracks to perform an edit to. Press the
REC
(Record Ready) button on the track you wish to edit. If the red
Record Ready light for a track is lit, the edit will be performed on that
track. As mentioned previously, you can select multiple tracks
simultaneously to edit them all at once. Read on for more detailed
information about each edit type.
3 2 1
REC REC REC
TRACK/
EDIT
P
TRACK EDIT MENU [1]->
Undo-
Cut Copy Paste Redo