Archos 500326 User Manual - Page 17

Editing a Retro-Recorded Song Cut-in and Cut-out

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Editing a Retro-Recorded Song (Cut-in and Cut-out) • Go to the browser and play the recording you made from the radio. You will notice that the F1 button is labeled [Edit]. If an MP3 file was not recorded from the radio, the word [Edit] will not appear. Vol New Artist Radio New Song 12 L R 00:07 03:52 03:59 Edit Info Browse Click Edit to clean up recording Vol Make Cut-in and Cut-out points L R 00:00 03:45 03:45 I-cut O-Cut Close Make your new start and end points • Click the F1 [Edit] button and you will see the message "Make Cut-in and Cut-out points". You are now in the editing mode. Use the FORWARD, BACK, and PLAY to familiarize yourself with the recording so that you know exactly where you want the Cut-in (start) and the Cut-out (end) to be. • Go back to the beginning of the song and get ready to press the F1 [I-cut] button. The moment you come to the part where you want the song to start, click the F1 [I-cut]. The recording is now cut there and will start at this point if you go BACK to the beginning. If you don't like the Cut-in point you made, don't worry, you can go back later and try it again. You can also cut it a little shorter if you need to, but you can't uncut in this screen. • Now do the same for the ending of the song, the Out-cut. Familiarize yourself with the end and then while it is playing, click F2 [O-cut] at the precise moment you want the song to end. Now that the song has been edited for the beginning and the end, click on F3 [close] to validate your new edit. Vol Do you want to keep this edit ? Yes --- No Validate your Cut-in and Cut-out points • You will be asked if you want to keep the edit. If you reply with F3 [No], your editing points will be discarded and the recording untouched. You can then choose to edit it at another time making other or better Cut-in and Cut-out points. • If you reply F1 [Yes] to validate your edit points, the parts of the recording before the Cut-in and after the Cut-out will be discarded. Once discarded, the new recording is considered the final version and you will not be able to retrieve nor re-edit the recording. • You will notice also that if a recording has NOT been made from the FM radio, the "Edit" function will not appear. 17

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Editing a Retro-Recorded Song (Cut-in and Cut-out)
Go to the browser and play the recording you made from the radio.
You will notice that the F1
button is labeled [Edit].
If an MP3 file was not recorded from the radio, the word [Edit] will not
appear.
Vol
New Artist
Radio
New Song 12
L
R
00:07
03:52
03:59
Edit
Info
Browse
Vol
Make Cut-in and
Cut-out points
L
R
00:00
03:45
03:45
I-cut
O-Cut
Close
Click Edit to clean up recording
Make your new start and end points
Click the F1 [Edit] button and you will see the message “Make Cut-in and Cut-out points”.
You are
now in the editing mode.
Use the FORWARD, BACK, and PLAY to familiarize yourself with the
recording so that you know exactly where you want the Cut-in (start) and the Cut-out (end) to be.
Go back to the beginning of the song and get ready to press the F1 [I-cut] button.
The moment you
come to the part where you want the song to start, click the F1 [I-cut].
The recording is now cut
there and will start at this point if you go BACK to the beginning.
If you don’t like the Cut-in point
you made, don’t worry, you can go back later and try it again.
You can also cut it a little shorter if
you need to, but you can’t uncut in this screen.
Now do the same for the ending of the song, the Out-cut.
Familiarize yourself with the end and
then while it is playing, click F2 [O-cut] at the precise moment you want the song to end.
Now that
the song has been edited for the beginning and the end, click on F3 [close] to validate your new
edit.
Vol
Yes
---
No
Do you want to keep
this edit ?
Validate your Cut-in and Cut-out points
You will be asked if you want to keep the edit.
If you reply with F3 [No], your editing points will be
discarded and the recording untouched. You can then choose to edit it at another time making other
or better Cut-in and Cut-out points.
If you reply F1 [Yes] to validate your edit points, the parts of the recording before the Cut-in and
after the Cut-out will be discarded.
Once discarded,
the new recording is considered the final
version and you will not be able to retrieve nor re-edit the recording.
You will notice also that if a recording has NOT been made from the FM radio, the “Edit” function
will not appear.