Playing back specific sections of a track. Yamaha POCKETRAK C24, W24

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Playback Settings

Playing back specific sections of a track

You can specify and quickly locate a desired section of a track in three ways. This can be useful if you want to skip unimportant parts during playback or to repeat playback of a particular portion of the file. The recorder features three special playback functions: Skip playback (locating the playback point immediately), A-B Repeat playback (playing a specified part repeatedly), and

Phrase playback (moving the playback point back by a specified number of seconds).

Using the Skip playback function

You can skip forward or back by a specific amount of time. This function is useful when you want to locate a desired playback point immediately.

1.

During playback, press the [ ]/[ ] buttons.

Playback will skip ahead or back by the specified amount of time.

Note:

· The playback point will not skip to the next or previous folder. The function is effective only within one folder.

· If the distance between the current point and an index mark or the beginning of the next file is shorter than the distance between the current point and the skip point, the recorder will locate the index mark or the beginning of the next file.

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Setting the amount of time for Skip playback

1.

Press the [MENU/ENTER] button for at least two (2) seconds while the main screen is displayed, select [PLAY MENU] → [SKIP

PLAY], then press the [MENU/ENTER] button.

PLAY MENU

TIME SEARCH

REPEAT

PHRASE PLAY

SKIP PLAY

SOUND EQ

AUTO

2.

Press the [VOL +/–], [ ]/[ ] buttons to select a skip time value of “10 sec,” “30 sec,” “1 min,” “5 min” or “15 min,” then press the [MENU/ENTER] button.

AUTO

SKIP PLAY

OFF 1 min

10 sec 5 min

30 sec 15 min

3.

Press the [STOP/ESC ] button twice.

The unit displays the main screen.

Hint:

· You can set the skip time value by displaying the menu screen during playback.

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Playback Settings

Using the A-B Repeat playback function

During playback, you can specify a part of a file that you want to play repeatedly (from point A to point B).

1.

During playback, press the [FOLDER/A-B REPEAT] button at the desired start point (A) for A-B Repeat playback.

The start point indicator lights up.

PCM

A

44.1K 16bit

4/9

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091101_0025.WAV

R

0:00:12

A

0:50

Start point indicator

2.

Press the [FOLDER/A-B REPEAT] button at the desired end point (B) for A-B Repeat playback.

The end point is set, and the unit starts playing back the part between A and B repeatedly until you cancel the A-B

Repeat function.

To cancel A-B Repeat playback, do one of the following operations during A-B Repeat playback:

• Press the [FOLDER/A-B REPEAT] button again.

• Press the [STOP/ESC ] button.

• Press the [ ]/[ ] buttons.

PCM

A

44.1K 16bit

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091101_0025.WAV

R

0:00:10 A B

0:52

A-B Repeat indicator

Note:

· If the duration between point A and B is too short, you will be unable to set up A-B

Repeat playback.

· If you set point A, but not point B, the end of the file will automatically become point B.

· The unit will not perform A-B Repeat playback across files.

Using the Phrase playback function

You can move back the playback point in the currently-playing file by a specified number of seconds. This function is useful if you want to listen again to a short phrase in a piece of music or an important piece of audio.

1.

During playback, press the [SCENE/PHRASE] button.

The playback point will move back by the specified number of seconds and playback will resume.

Note:

· During A-B Repeat playback, the Phrase playback function remains effective between points A and B.

· If the specified number of seconds exceeds the time between the current playback point and the beginning of the file, the unit will play back from the beginning of the file.

· The playback point can be moved back to the beginning of the file, but no further. It cannot jump into the previous file.

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