Sony MDS-E12 - Pausing After Each Track (Auto Pause)

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Making Track Play Start
Soon (Auto Cue)
‘You can skip the portion from the beginning of a track to
actual sound playing start. This is convenient to adda
sound during video editing (postrecording).
1 Press AUTO CUE repeatedly until “A.CUE" lights up
at the display window. (Or press A.CUE/A.PAUSE,)
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2 When you turn AMS to select a track number in
which you want te start playing soon, then press
AMS (or press Number buttons), the recorder
searches the first portion where the sound of the
track is made and play pauses.
3 When >t) Is pressed, play starts instantaneously.
‘To stop Auto Cue
Press AUTO CUE until “A.CUE” at the display window
disappears. (Or press A.CUB/A.PAUSE,)
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AutoGueposition
‘The recorder finds the first point to which a sound of
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play pauses.
‘You can select the level of a sourtd at the pause point
among 5 levels (-72 dB, ~68 dB, ~60 dB, ~54 dB, and —48
dB).
1 While the recorder is stopped, pross MENU/NO twice.
“Setup Menu” appears in the display.
2 Turn AMS (or press 144 />>1 repeatedty) untll “A.Cue
Level” appears, then press AMS or YES.
3 Turn AMS {or press Heid />P repeatedly) until the
level to be set appears, then press AMS or YES.
4 Press MENU/NO.
YY Youcanslide thestop postion by Auto Cueto maketheroom
of the start portion and adjusta slight gap.
1 White the recorder Is stopped, press MENU/NO twice.
“Setup Ment” appears in the display.
2 Turn AMS {or press 44/P>+! repeatedly) to select
“A.Cue Offset", then prass AMS or YES.
3 Turn AMS (or press I¢¢/P Pi repeatedly) to setect a
set value to slide within 1 second (86 frames), then
press AMS or YES.
4 Press MENU/NO,
Notes
* You cannot slide over the track number.
* You can slide each frame. Sliding is made to the posttion
of frames with a multiple of 2 for monaural or etereo-
recorded tracks and with a multiple of 4 for LP4 stereo-
recorded tracks. Fractions are omitted.
Before you start editing
‘Two edit modes are available.
DISC editing ; The results of editing are recorded to the
disc’s TOC,
RAM editing : The results of editing are not recorded, but
are only temporarily edited for output.
RAM editing allows for the editing of
record-protected discs or premastered discs.
Editing operation methods are common,
Notes
* To protect music copyright, premastered MD that has
been RAM edited cannot be digitally recorded.
* RAM editing is a temporary edit only, so the contents of
editing cannot be written to disc. When the disc is
removed, the contents of editing is not saved.
* Recording and S.F EDIT cannot be made in RAM edit
mode.
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To select DISC editing
Remove the disc once. The “RAM” indication on the
display will disappear, and the mode is returned to DISC
editing.
Changing Playback Speed
(Variable Speed Play)
You can adjust the play time by changing the speed of
Play.
‘You can adjust the speed of a track in the normal range of
£12.5%. Youcan play late at up to 12.5% of normal speed
{in this case, a pitch is low) and fast at up to 12.5% of
norma! speed (in this case, a pitch zs high).
Note
MDLP-recorded tracks cannot be played faster than
normal speed. When you play an MD containing the
MDLP-recorded tracks, adjustment of the speed
automatically (0 to -12.5%) is made.
If you play an MD containing MDLP-recorded tracks when
fast speed is set, the speed becomes 0% automatically.
VARISPEED 4 eveLmISPLAY/CHAR
VARI SPEED +
4 Press VARI SPEED during stop, play or pause.
"SPEED" lights up at the display window.
VARI SPEED —
2 Press VARI SPEED + or ~ to select desired spaad.
You can adjust the speed of VARI SPEED when the
display window is normal (“Using the Display
Window” on page 12).
For other displays, you can turn on and off VARI
SPEED, but cannot adjust the speed. You can adjust it
when normal display is returned by pressing.
DISPLAY/CHAR and % of the speed to be changed
appears,
‘The speed changes in the unit of 0,5%.
% ofchangedspead —Display of (rack name
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‘Track number Play time converted for
the changed speed
‘The time display at the display window is also
displayed during conversion for the changed speed.
To stop Varlabie Speed Play
Press VAKI SPEED to turn off “V.SPEED” at the display
window. The display window also returns to normal
display.
described below to crasc, divide, move or combine tracks.
Note
When a name is given toa track or disc, the functions of
the buttons and control described below will change. For
more details, see the section “Naming track or MD" (page
46).
MENU/NO YES
AMS <4 />>
MENU/NO: When pressed, “Edit Menu” appears on the
display and editing operations can be selected. Lf the
button is pressed during editing, editing is canceled.
AMS: The desired editing operation and track number are
selected by turning the AMS; confirmation is made by
pressing it. It is also used to erase part of a track, or to
specify the division of a track.
YES: This can be used instead of pressing AMS.
44/>>-: Press to specity the unit (minute, second, or
frame) which playback is advanced when the AMS
control is turned.
You can also use these buttons to locate the end point of
the portion to be erased.
For more information on the functions of each button, refer
the page on the editing operations.
When “Protected” appears in the display.
The MD's record-protect slot is open, and editing cannot
be made. Slide the record-protect tab to close the slot. For
more details, see the section “To prevent accidental erasure
of the recorded material” on page 19.
When “TOC” lights up in the display
The material that has been edited has not yet been
recorded to the MD. Remove the MD, or turn off and then
turn on power to the recorder; the edited material willbe
written to disc.
When "TOC Writing” flashes in the display
‘The edited material is being recorded to the MD. Do not
disconnect the power supply and do not move the MD—
the sound material may not be recorded properly.
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Erasing Tracks (ERASE)
By specifying the number of a track to be erased, or the
section to be deleted. All tracks, or any number of tracks,
can also be erased.
The track number is selected and the track is erased.
Example: The second track (track name “BBB”) Is
to be erased:
When a track is erased, the track numbers are
automatically reassigned. For example, when track two is.
erased, the previous track number three and all others
after it move up one track number.
11 Press MENU/NO while the recorder is stopped,
playing, or paused.
“Edit Menu” appears in the display.
2 Turn AMS (or press t4/P>i sepeatedly) until
“TrErase?” appears in the display; press AMS or YES.
The track number is displayed and playback of the
track begins.
3 Turn AMS until the track number of the track to be
erased is displayed {or press Ké<t/PP1 repeatedly).
4 Press AMS or YES.
“Complete!” appears for a few seconds and then
disappears. The track selected in step 3. is erased, and
playback of the next track begins.
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To cancel the operation
Press MENU/NO or #.
‘© When “ERASE??7 is displayed during procedure 4. above:
The track has been record-protected on another MD
recorder. If you still want to erase this track, press AMS
or YES again while the “ERASE???” indication appears.
& Erasing more than two tracks
So that the track numbers do not change during the
middle of operations, the tracks are erased from the
furthest back first.
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