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Chapter 2: Understanding Your VS-880EX
A quick way to assign the Now Time to an edit point is to hold the [TRACK] button (under EDIT
CONDITION) and press one of the four Locator buttons. Locator 1 assigns the Now Time to
“Start,” Locator 2 assigns it to “From,” Locator 3 assigns it to “End,” and Locator 4 assigns it to
“To.” When you use a Track Edit function that uses these points, they will already be assigned.
Editing Resolution
The VS-880EX has the ability to move the Now Line in different size steps. This is very important when
you want to edit your song. For example, if you set the VS-880EX step size to one measure, you can only
set the Now Line on the beginning of each measure. That will not give you much resolution if you want to
edit to the beat. If you are editing to SMPTE time code numbers, maybe a resolution of 10 frames per click
of the TIME/VALUE dial will be fine for most applications. However, for tight dialogue editing you might
need to edit to a resolution of 1/10 frame per click of the dial.
• During editing, you can use the Right Cursor button [CURSOR>] to select the next lowest
editing resolution.
1. Press the [PLAY (DISPLAY)] button.
2. Press the < [CURSOR] arrow until the MEASURE value in the LCD display begins to blink.
The TIME/VALUE dial will now step through the recording, 1 measure for each click of the
dial.
3. Press the > [CURSOR] arrow one time. The BEAT value will begin blinking and the TIME/
VALUE dial will step through your song one beat per click of the wheel.
4. Press the > [CURSOR] arrow one more time. The MARKER value will begin blinking
indicating that the TIME/VALUE dial will step between marker positions with each click of
the dial.
5. Press the > [CURSOR] arrow one more time. Now the TIME/VALUE dial will step through
the song 1 SMPTE frame per click.
6. Press the > [CURSOR] arrow one more time. Now the TIME/VALUE dial will step through
the song approximately 1/10 of a SMPTE frame per click of the dial.
Resolution Selection
in LCD Screen
Time/Value Dial
Step Increments
[SHIFT] + Time/Value Dial
Step Increments
Measure
Beat
Marker
SMPTE Frames
SMPTE Sub Frames
Single Measure
Single Beat
Single Marker
Single Frame
1/10 Frame
10 Measures
10 Markers
10 Frames
1/100 Frame
When Sub Frame resolution is selected, use [SHIFT] + the TIME/VALUE Dial
to select the very lowest editing resolution. (1/3,000th of a second or 1/100
Frame). This is the preferred setting for extremely detailed editing.
(See Owner’s Manual page 36 “Changing the current time,” and Applications Guide page 29 “Time/Value
Dial.”)
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