MACKIE HDR24/96 - Manual (Page 100)

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not occur until the operation is confirmed with the [E NTER ] key or by clicking in the Tools
panel background area.
NOTE: Whenever you single-click in the track area the Start and End times are both set to
the same value (as though you had dragged the I-Beam for zero length).
NOTE AGAIN: Okay this is just a little spooky. If you want to capture a selection on the fly
during playback, start by clicking in the track area while stopped ahead of your target
selection. As the transport progresses from that point, you can [C
TRL +click] on the START
field as the beginning of your selection rolls by and again on the START field as the end rolls
by. Remember that because of the swap feature, the latest time captured will always be the
End time. Of course you can also [C
TRL +click] on the END field to extend the selection area
without flopping the times. Repeatedly [C TRL +click]ing on the END field will extend the
Selection End time progressively without affecting the Start time. However repeatedly
[C
TRL +click]ing on the START field uses the previous point you captured as the new Start
time and the current time as the new End time. On-the-fly selection is cool because it lets
you use your ears and your "feel" for the downbeat or rest instead of digging around visually
through a waveform.
Scrub Wheel
The Scrub Wheel button is the round wheel at the right-hand end of the group of editing
tool buttons. Its function is similar to “rocking the reels” of a reel-to-reel tape deck.
Scrubbing allows playback at slow speed, even in reverse, to locate an edit or punch-in
point the old fashioned way - by ear. The Scrub function is engaged by clicking on the Scrub
Wheel button to highlight it.
The [s] key momentarily activates the Scrub tool, turning it off when you release the key.
When Scrub is engaged, click-and-dragging the mouse pointer horizontally along the Marker Bar
at the top of the track screen starts the transport playing on all 24 tracks. Dragging it to the right
plays forward, dragging it to the left plays backward. The mouse acts as a throttle - the further
you drag it, the faster the transport plays, up to full speed. By using a side-to-side motion with
the mouse and listening to the playback, you can zero in on a point in the track that you’re trying
to locate.
Scrubbing on the Time bar plays all 24 tracks. If you want to scrub just a single track, with the
I-Beam and Scrub tools both active, place the cursor over the track you want to hear, then click,
and scrub.
The Scrub Tool whenever scrubbing, whether over the Time bar or on a single track, always
adjusts the Selection Range. Even when the Hand tool is active and you are scrubbing in the
Time bar, the Selection Range is adjusted for use when the I-Beam might be re-activated. If you
want adjust the a specific selection edge in Scrub mode, then position the cursor over that edge to
where you see a left-right dual-pointing arrow-cursor, then click and drag.
Caution: Selecting the Scrub tool does not automatically de-
activate the Hand tool. If you scrub on a region with the Hand
tool active, you won’t scrub, you’ll move the entire region. If
something on the track suddenly highlights in Scrub mode when you click on it, check the Tools
panel to see what tool(s) you're using. Scrubbing in the Marker Bar works the same regardless of
the selected tool.
NOTE: Even though the transport time display follows the “tape head” position when scrubbing,
there is no time code output. If you’re synchronizing other devices to the HDR24/96 using time
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