Placing A Marker; Moving The Timeline To A Marker - Roland VS-2480 Owner's Manual

Placing a Marker

You can place a marker when the project is stopped or when it's playing.
There must be at least 0.1 seconds of time between any two markers.
To Place a Marker
1. Press TAP to place a marker at the timeline's current location. The
How Marker Numbers are Assigned
When a marker is placed, it's assigned a number—this number serves as the marker's
name unless you manually edit it (Page 190). A marker's number reflects its position in
a chronological list of all of the markers in a project. If new markers are placed in the
project, any markers that follow them are renumbered to reflect their new, later
position in the marker list.

Moving the Timeline to a Marker

Using the Locate to Marker Window
You can jump to any marker's position in the project at any time.
1. Press MARKER—the Locate to Marker window appears.
2. Turn the TIME/VALUE dial to place an arrow to the left of
3. Press ENTER/YES to jump to the marker's location.
4. Press EXIT/NO to close the window.
You can also clear a marker from the Clear Marker window, as described on Page 190.
Using PREVIOUS and NEXT
You can jump from one marker to the next, or back using the
PREVIOUS and NEXT buttons:
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You can change the behavior of the PREVIOUS and NEXT buttons so you don't have to
hold SHIFT. As shipped from the factory, they're set to move from phrase to phrase on
the selected track (Page 239). To change the buttons' behavior, switch the PREVIOUS/
NEXT Sw Utility menu parameter (Page 363) to MARKER.
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marker appears as a downward-pointing arrow above the home
screen's playlist in the location at which you hit TAP.
the desired marker—ENTER/YES turns on.
Hold down SHIFT and press NEXT—to jump to the next marker in
the project after the timeline's current position.
Hold down SHIFT and press PREVIOUS—to jump to the last marker
in the project before the timeline's current position.
13—Operating the Hard Disk Recorder
We've placed three
markers, as shown by
the arrows above the
playlist.
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SHIFT NEXT
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SHIFT PREVIOUS
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