Writing Start Ids Automatically During Recording - Auto Mode - Sony PCM-M1 Operating Instructions Manual

Note
In the Auto mode, Start
IDs may not be written
properly if there is noise
in the sound source.
Tips
• To write the Start ID
manually during
recording, press the
START ID • ENTER
button. The Start ID is
written at the point
where the START ID •
ENTER button is
pressed.
• The recorder switches
between manual and
automatic modes only
when START ID •
MODE is pressed
during recording,
recording monitor, or
recording pause.
Tip
To display the detection
threshold, hold down
rREC during recording,
recording monitor, or
recording pause. The
recording level meter will
flash at the threshold
level.
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Recording
To disable the Semi-auto mode
Hold down START ID • MODE until "AUTO-ID"
disappears from the display.
Writing Start IDs automatically during
recording — Auto mode
The Start IDs will be written automatically according
to input level. A Start ID is written when
— you started recording or released recording pause
(when there is no sound input, the moment there is
sound input).
— there is sound input after a soundless segment or a
segment with very low recording level (factory
preset: - 50 dB) for 3 seconds or longer.
— you pressed START ID • ENTER during recording.
1
Press the START ID •
MODE button repeatedly
until "AUTO-ID"
appears.
2
Begin the recording. When the Start ID is written,
"WRITE" appears for a moment, and then
flashes for about 9 seconds (about 18
seconds in the LP mode).
Adjusting Start ID blank detection threshold
In the Auto mode, the recorder writes a Start ID at the
first sound input after every blank. The blank
detection threshold is the input level below which the
recorder recognizes as a blank (factory preset is -50 dB).
By adjusting the threshold, you can write Start IDs
automatically even when recording a live
performance, where there is constant low level input.
1
Press CLOCK/SET for 2
seconds or longer. "CLOCK"
will appear in the display.