Yamaha A5000 Owner's Manual - Page 151

RECORDING-RECORD 1. RECORD This display page is used to actually record new samples. • The REC-Record page provides the controls you need to actually initiate and control recording of new samples. Source selection, key range, level, effects, and other parameters are available via the remaining 5 function buttons, and these parameters should be set up as required before actually recording. Press the [REC] button and then the [F1] button to enter the RECORD page. 1 display page is provided: Record. Record [REC] Button→ [F1] Button→ "REC-Record" Records new samples. When this page is entered a display similar to the one shown below will appear. This is the "Record Ready" display. w tr q e Turn action Press action Knob 1 - Tree View Knob 2 - MONITOR Knob 3 - ALLDEL Knob 4 - OPTIMIZE Knob 5 - GO [DISPLAY] q Shows the current record status. WAIT TRIG ... Record standby: waiting for a record-start trigger signal. RECORDING ... Recording in progress. WAIT SRC OUT ... Recording stopped; waiting for the source signal to decay completely. w A number of recording parameters set via the SETUP display are shown here. e RECORD ... The number of seconds and the corresponding amount of wave memory available for recording. REMAIN ... The amount of wave memory and the corresponding number of seconds remaining. r An input signal level meter with markers for the start and stop edge levels set via the TRIGGER display. t Shows the input level variation during recording. Knob 1 [ Press] Tree View Calls the Tree View display (page 83). Knob 2 [ Press] MONITOR Pressing this knob alternately turns the MONITOR function on and off. A speaker icon appears above Knob 2 when the MONITOR function is turned on. Knob 3 [ Press] ALLDEL (All Delete) Pressing this knob deletes all sequentially-recorded samples in memory. This function will only work, however, if the Record Type (page 153) is set to "New+," and a number of samples have been recorded one after another. Knob 4 [ Press] OPTIMIZE The A5000/A4000 can record onto contiguous memory space only. Loading, deleting, and trimming 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. Push the knob to execute the optimization. The A5000/ A4000 returns a confirmation screen. Push Knob 5 (>YES) to proceed. • The following illustration gives an example. Before optimization, the maximum recording length is only 10 seconds (the length of the largest free space). By optimizing, however, you increase the available length to 20 seconds. Before optimizing: Memory Sample A Sample B Sample C Maximum recording length = 10 seconds. 5-sec. length 10-sec. length 5-sec. length After optimizing: Memory Sample A Sample B Sample C 20-sec. length Maximum recording length = 20 seconds. • Notice that the amount of contiguous memory that you can obtain by optimizing is indicated on the screen, directly above Knob 4. There is no need to optimize if this value is equivalent to the time value indicated above Knob 2. Knob 5 [ Press] GO Engages the record standby mode in which the sampler waits for the trigger signal or command which will initiate actual recording. 151 q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q A5000/A4000 • Chapter 6 RECORD Mode