Marantz PMD661MK II - Audio Tagging and Playback Control; Adding and Managing Marks; Pitch Control for Playback

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Marking
Marks can be added during recording or playback manually or
automatically. The marking information is stored as an ID3 tag (Ver 2)
in MP3 file or chunk in WAVE file. Marks help you find specific points
in the recording.
• Duringplayback,youcaninstantlylocatemarks.
• Upto30markscanbeaddedtoafile.
• Marksarenumberedconsecutivelystartingatone.
• During recordingor playback, you can manually add a mark by
pressing the
(F2: MARK) button.
Add a mark manually
During recording or playback, press the FUNCTION button until
“MARK” appears on the display. Then press the
(F2: MARK)
button to add a mark manually.
Add a mark automatically
The Auto Mark Menu item turns the automatic marking feature off or
on. (v P.47)
• If Auto Mark is on and the machine is in Rec - Pause, when
recording is resumed a mark will be added.
• IfAutoMarkisonandthePMD661MK
II is recording audio below
the sound threshold for more than three seconds, audio that
crosses the threshold will cause a mark to be added.
The Auto Mark Menu setting permits:
• TurningAutoMarkonoroff.
• Adjusting the margin sound level that defines silence in –60dB,
–54dB, –38dB or –20dB.
Setup the "Auto Mark" of the preset menu. (v P.47)
Search the marks
During play-pause or playback, press the FUNCTION button until
“MK–” and “MK+“ appear on the display. Then press the
(F1:
MK–) or
(F2: MK+) button to select the mark you wish to access.
The PMD661MK
II is paused at the mark you selected.
To start playback, press the 1/3/ENTER button.
Pitch Control
The Pitch Control enables the playback speed (pitch) to be varied
over a –40% to +20% ranges.
During playback, press the PITCH + button to increase the playback
speed by 5%. The playback speed is increased up to +20%. Or
press the PITCH – button to reduce the playback speed by 5%. The
playback speed is reduced to –40%.