Yamaha A3000 Owner's Manual page 226

RECORD Function
Knob 4
Knob 5
Chapter 6 RECORDING Mode
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The A3000 can record onto contiguous memory space only. Loading, deleting, and trim-
ming of samples can result in gaps between adjacent samples in memory, reducing the
amount of memory available for recording. You can use the >OPTIMIZE command to
realign the samples, removing all gaps and leaving a single stretch of free memory —
allowing for a longer recording.
The following illustration gives an example. Before optimization, the maximum record-
ing length is only 10 seconds (the length of the largest free space). By optimizing, how-
ever, you increase the available length to 20 seconds.
Before optimizing:
Memory Sample A Sample B
5-sec. length
After optimizing:
Memory Sample A Sample B
Notice that the amount of contiguous memory that you can obtain by optimizing is
indicated on the first line of the screen, directly above ">OPTIMIZE". There is no need to
optimize if this value is equivalent to the time value indicated above Knob 2.
Push the knob to execute the optimization. The A3000 returns a confirmation screen.
Push Knob 5 (>YES) to proceed, or Knob 4 (>NO) to cancel.
Push the knob when you are ready to start recording. The A3000 will then display the
"recording standby" page illustrated below.
• You can now start actual recording by pushing Knob 4 (>START).
• If you have set up a start trigger (by setting the StartBy parameter in the Trigger page
to SrcIn), the A3000 will start recording automatically when the input level rises
above the trigger level (unless you start recording earlier by pushing Knob 4). ( 234)
• If you are recording from an audio CD (if you have used the EXT CTRL function to set
up playback from a CD-ROM drive), the CD will begin playback when standby screen
appears. ( 242)
While recording is in progress, the A3000 displays one of the recording screens de-
scribed below.
Sample C Maximum recording length = 10 seconds.
10-sec. length 5-sec. length
Sample C
20-sec. length
>OPTIMIZE
Maximum recording length = 20 seconds.
>GO