ALESIS MASTERLINK ML-9600 - Manual (Page 9)

Chapter 2
A LESIS ML-9600 R EFERENCE M ANUAL 1.00 5
Pressing DOWN/NO while this screen is displayed will cancel the Join operation and return
the machine to its previous state. Pressing UP/YES while this screen is displayed will cause
Track 2 to be joined to Track 1, removing the inter-Track gap, if one exists.
TIP: If you are previewing a Join and notice that the transition from Track to Track seems
abrupt, or if you notice a "pop" or a "click" at the transition point, try applying a short (10mS)
fade to the end of the first Track, or the beginning of the second Track. If the fade solves the
problem, render it to the Audio File (see Section 3.4 of this addendum) and then proceed with
the Track Join.
2.4 M
ARK
N
EW
T
RACK
W
HILE
R
ECORDING
Pressing the NEW TRACK button while recording will cause a new track to be created and
audio to begin to be written into that new track, without losing any audio data during the
track creation process. It can be thought of as an "on the fly" Track Split.
This feature can be extremely useful in live recording applications, in cases where either
multiple takes are occurring and it would be inconvenient to stop recording and create new
Tracks, or if certain portions of a recording (different movements in a classical performance,
for example) need to be marked separately. This feature is analogous to the "force start ID"
feature on most DAT machines.
2.5 T
RACK
S
TART
/E
ND
P
OINTER
C
APTURE
Version 2.0 MasterLink software offers improved functionality when adjusting Track Start
and Track End pointers. In addition to the standard "scrub" method (described in Section 4.8
of the MasterLink User's Manual), there is a new way to quickly adjust either Track Start or
Track End pointers, via a "capture" method.
If you are listening to a Track and you hear a section of audio that you wish to move Track
Start pointer to (either for Cropping or Splitting the Track), simply press PAUSE to pause the
audio then hold PLAYLIST EDIT and press TRACK START to instantly move the Track
Start pointer to the point at which the Audio was paused. Alternatively, you can just hold
PLAYLIST EDIT and press TRACK START while the audio is playing, to capture the point
on the fly. Once you have moved the pointer, you may of course use the scrub and preview
features to fine-tune the pointer location.
The same techniques apply to the Track End Pointer; press PAUSE to pause the audio then
hold PLAYLIST EDIT and press TRACK END to instantly move the Track End pointer to the
point at which the Audio was paused. Alternatively, you can just hold PLAYLIST EDIT and
press TRACK END while the audio is playing, to capture the point on the fly.
2.6 A
UDIO
F
ILE
C
OPY
In certain situations, it may be desirable to duplicate an Audio File on the hard drive, such as
in situations where a destructive edit (like cropping) is going to be performed on an Audio
File and you want to preserve the original file. Version 2.0 software provides a simple way to
copy an Audio File.
First, select the Audio File you wish to copy. Audio Files can only be accessed from within
Playlist Edit mode. Audio Files are viewed by pressing the SKIP
button until the last
Track in a playlist is reached. One more press of the SKIP button will show the first