Changing The Timeline Starting Timecode; Editing Timelines - Tascam HS-4000 Owner's Manual

Changing the timeline starting
timecode
You can change the timecode of the beginning of the current
timeline.
1. Press the HOME key on the front panel to open the Home
Screen.
2. Touch the session name button on the Home Screen to open
a pull-down menu.
3. Touch the START TIME EDIT button in the pull-down menu to
open the START TIME screen.
Touch the FRAME EDIT button to set whether or not the
frame value can be edited.
Use the number buttons to input the take start time.
• If you begin input without selecting a digit, input will
start from the smallest one.
• To input a specific digit, touch it to make its background
yellow, and then use the number buttons or the DATA
dial to enter two digits at a time.
• Touch the CLEAR button to erase all entered values.
4. Touch the ENTER button to change the timecode of the
beginning of the current timeline and return to the Home
Screen.
NOTE
The change will not be saved to the CF card until you save
the timeline.
TIP
TIP This can also be edited using an externally connected
keyboard.
Press the keyboard's Enter key to confirm a setting and its
ESC key to clear all the values.
7 – Timeline mode

Editing timelines

You can cut, erase and divide regions.
The basic procedures for editing are as follows.
Refer to the explanations of each of the editing functions for
details about them.
1. Press the HOME key on the front panel to open the Home
Screen.
2. Touch the EDIT MODE button to enter edit mode.
The EDIT MODE button will be highlighted by becoming
white with red letters, and the REC/MON, Bounce I/O and
NEXT TAKE NAME buttons will disappear. In their place, the
EDIT, Fade/Level and IN/OUT buttons will appear.
3. Touch the EDIT button to open a pull-up menu.
The pull-up menu has 8 editing function buttons: Copy, Cut,
Erase, Divide, Insert, Paste, Ins/Paste File and Insert Mute.
In addition, it has UNDO and REDO buttons. Touch these
buttons to use their functions.
CAUTION
After editing, if you do not save the timeline (SAVE), the
changes will be lost when you load another session, import
AES31 editing data, remove a card or turn the power off, for
example.
NOTE
Due to the management of regions and the editing history
from repeated recording and editing, the amount of open
working memory could become insufficient, preventing
further editing.
In this case, "Cannot Edit. System limit reached. " appears as
a pop-up message.
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