A Setting A Song - Alesis BRC Reference Manual

the same song on one set of tapes, you could set up the parameters for
the first recording (song start, SMPTE start offset, locate points, etc.)
and then simply copy the information to as many song locations as
you need, using the COPY SONG button (see section 4.6D). Each
song's start position should be set to different locations of the tape ––
you could record four versions of a five minute song by placing the
start times of songs 1 through 4 at every 10 minute interval (song 01 =
01:00:00; song 02 = 11:00:00; song 03 = 21:00:00; etc.). If you copy the
original song to the other song locations after setting their song starts
to their relative positions on tape, all your locate points shift
automatically in reference to the new song start position.
Whenever you want to go to a specific location of a tape which is
referenced to a song in the BRC, you can quickly get there by locating
the song start using the LOCATE SONG button (see section 4.6C).
The BRC can store up to 20 different songs in internal memory. The
entire contents of the BRC, including all 20 songs and their
parameters, can be stored to the beginning of each ADAT tape as a
"table of contents" or TOC (see section 5.2A) or dumped via MIDI
System-Exclusive (see section 5.3B), for recall at a later time.

4.6A Setting a Song

The SET SONG button is used to select a song. Any changes you make
to the various song-related parameters (i.e. punch-points, track
delays, etc.) are automatically stores with the selected song.
To select a song:
1. Press the SET SONG button;
The display will read:
S X X "SongName "
mm:ss:ff
...where XX is the song number (range: 01 through the highest
existing song; maximum of 20), SongName is the 10-character song
name (defaults to "Song Name "), and mm:ss:ff is the tape address
that is used for locating the start of the song (defaults to 00:00:00). The
address is displayed according to the type of Display Type you have
selected. If in NORMAL mode, the display will read 00:00:00
(minutes:seconds:frames). If in SMPTE mode, the display will read
00:00:00:00 (hours:minutes:seconds:frames); if in BARS mode, the
display will read 01–01/00 (bars:beats:sub-beats).
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