Roland VS-1680 User Manual page 158

Chapter 11 Editing Tips & Tools
Here are some common ways to set edit points:
• Create locators while the song is playing
• Use [FF] and [REW] to locate to point you want to edit
• Preview To and Preview From
• Scrub
Typically, you will use a combination of the above methods
to define edit points.
For example, as you're listening to your song, you may press
a LOCATOR button to establish a point close to where an
edit needs to occur. Now that you're in the ballpark, you
might use Preview and Scrub to define a precise edit point.
Quick Editing
Setting Edit Points Using LOCATORS
One of the fastest ways to set edit points is to set locators "on
the fly," that is, while your song is playing. Start by clearing
the first two locators (if necessary).
1. Hold [CLEAR] and press [LOCATOR 1]. Hold [CLEAR]
and press [LOCATOR 2].
2. Press [PLAY].
3. Press [LOCATOR 1] at the spot where you would like to
start an edit.
4. Press [LOCATOR 2] at the end of the section you wish to
edit.
LOCATOR Editing Example: Track Erase
Below is a specific example of how to perform one of the
most basic edits on the VS-1680, Track Erase. In Track Erase,
the area of audio between the Start and End points is
replaced with silence. Study the basic steps involved in track
editing using this example: editing Track 5.
Before entering Track Edit mode, set your locators.
1. Hold [CLEAR] and press [LOCATOR 1]. Hold [CLEAR]
and press [LOCATOR 2].
2. Locate the point in the song where you want to start
erasing. Press [LOCATOR 1].
3. Locate the point in the song where you want to end your
erasing. Press [LOCATOR 2].
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Now try the edit:
1. Hold [SHIFT] and press [F2 (TRACK)].
2. Press [F2 (Erase)] for Track Erase. If you don't see
"Erase" above [F2], press [PAGE] until "Erase" appears,
and then press [F2 (Erase)].
3. Press the Track 5 STATUS button to select Track 5 for
erasure. The STATUS button turns red, indicating it is
the track to be edited. You can press more than one
STATUS button if you wish to erase more than one track.
To deselect a track, press the STATUS button again to
change it back to flashing green.
SPECIAL SHORTCUT: The first four LOCATOR buttons can
be used to enter the current time location into the START,
END, FROM and TO fields by holding [SHIFT] and the
respective LOCATOR button. See Steps 4 through 7 below:
4. Press [LOCATOR 1]. This moves the timeline to the point
where you want to begin erasing.
5. Hold [SHIFT] and press [LOCATOR 1]. This enters the
current time value (recalled by LOCATOR 1) as the
"START" point for the edit.
6. Press [LOCATOR 2]. This moves the timeline to the point
where you want to stop erasing.
7. Hold [SHIFT] and press [LOCATOR 2]. This enters the
current time value (recalled by LOCATOR 2) as the
"END" point for the edit.
8. Press [F4 (Exec)] to execute the edit based on the
parameters you've defined. If it didn't work, press
[UNDO] and then [ENTER] to "undo" the edit.
Precision Editing
In the previous example, we used locators to set edit points.
This is a fast and easy way to perform most edits. For some
edits, you may need to define edit points with more
precision. To precisely position your edit points, you will
need to become familiar with the following tools: The
PREVIEW section, Scrub function, and the Waveform
display.
Setting Edit Points Using PREVIEW
The Preview function allows you to search for specific edit
points on a track.
For locating precise points in a song, Preview offers a way to
hear a short portion of audio leading up to the current time
location, just after the current time location, or just before
and after the current time location.