Record; Record; [F1] Record - Yamaha A4000 Owner's Manual

1. RECORD

This display page is used to actually record new samples.
• The REC-Record page provides the controls you need to actually
initiate and control recording of new samples. Source selection, key
range, level, effects, and other parameters are available via the
remaining 5 function buttons, and these parameters should be set
up as required before actually recording.
Press the [REC] button and then the [F1] button to enter the
RECORD page.
1 display page is provided: Record.

Record

[REC] Button [F1] Button
Records new samples. When this page is entered a display
similar to the one shown below will appear. This is the
"Record Ready" display.
q
e
Knob 1 Knob 2
Turn
— —
action
Press
Tree View MONITOR
action
[DISPLAY]
q
Shows the current record status.
WAIT TRIG ... Record standby: waiting for a record-start trigger
signal.
RECORDING ... Recording in progress.
WAIT SRC OUT ... Recording stopped; waiting for the source sig-
nal to decay completely.
w
A number of recording parameters set via the SETUP display are
shown here.
e
RECORD ... The number of seconds and the corresponding
amount of wave memory available for recording.
REMAIN ... The amount of wave memory and the corresponding
number of seconds remaining.
r
An input signal level meter with markers for the start and stop edge
levels set via the TRIGGER display.
t
Shows the input level variation during recording.
Knob 1
[ Press] Tree View
Calls the Tree View display (page 83).
"REC-Record"
w t r
Knob 3 Knob 4 Knob 5
— — —
ALLDEL OPTIMIZE GO
Knob 2
[ Press] MONITOR
Pressing this knob alternately turns the MONITOR func-
tion on and off. A speaker icon appears above Knob 2
when the MONITOR function is turned on.
Knob 3
[ Press] ALLDEL (All Delete)
Pressing this knob deletes all sequentially-recorded sam-
ples in memory. This function will only work, however, if
the Record Type (page 153) is set to "New+," and a num-
ber of samples have been recorded one after another.
Knob 4
[ Press] OPTIMIZE
The A5000/A4000 can record onto contiguous memory
space only. Loading, deleting, and trimming of samples
can result in gaps between adjacent samples in memory,
reducing the amount of memory available for recording.
You can use the >OPTIMIZE command to realign the
samples, removing all gaps and leaving a single stretch
of free memory — allowing for a longer recording.
Push the knob to execute the optimization. The A5000/
A4000 returns a confirmation screen. Push Knob 5
(>YES) to proceed.
• The following illustration gives an example. Before
optimization, the maximum recording length is only
10 seconds (the length of the largest free space). By
optimizing, however, you increase the available
length to 20 seconds.
Before optimizing:
Memory
Sample A Sample B
5-sec. length 10-sec. length
After optimizing:
Memory Sample A Sample B Sample C
• Notice that the amount of contiguous memory that
you can obtain by optimizing is indicated on the
screen, directly above Knob 4. There is no need to
optimize if this value is equivalent to the time value
indicated above Knob 2.
Knob 5
[ Press] GO
Engages the record standby mode in which the sampler
waits for the trigger signal or command which will initiate
actual recording.
A5000/A4000 •
RECORDING-RECORD
Maximum recording
Sample C
length = 10 seconds.
5-sec. length
Maximum recording
length = 20 seconds.
20-sec. length
Chapter 6 RECORD Mode
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