Yamaha MD4 Owner's Manual - Page 41

Using a Footswitch 33 Using a Footswitch An optional footswitch can be used to control MD4. Apart from a few small differences, footswitch operation is essentially the same as pressing the MD4 [PLAY] button. Connect the footswitch to the PUNCH I/O jack at the front of MD4. The following is a summary of footswitch operations. Normal playback: Play Pause → Play → Play Pause → Play → Auto Punch In/Out: Record Pause → Play Record Wait → Record → Play → Play Pause New Recording: New Record Pause → New Record → Stop The following table shows footswitch operation for all MD4 modes. It also shows the status of the REHE, REC, and PLAY indicators for the various modes. q On z Flashing Mode Before Mode After Indicators → Indicators REHE REC PLAY REHE REC PLAY Stop - - - → Play - - q Play - - q Play Pause1 - -z Play Pause - - z Play - - q Cue/Review - - q → Play - - q Record Pause -z- Play Record Wait - z q Rehearse Pause z- - Play Rehearse Wait z- q Play Record Wait - z q → Record2 - q q Play Rehearse Wait z - q Rehearse q - q Record - q q Play - - q Rehearse q - q → Play - - q New Record Pause - z - New Record - q q New Record - q q Stop3 - - - Auto Punch Record Standby - z Auto Punch Record - → Wait4 -z q Auto Punch Rehearse Standby z- - Auto Punch Rehearse Wait4 z- q 1. [PAUSE] button operation. 2. Effective only when a [REC SELECT] button is pressed. 3. [STOP] button operation. 4. After locating the Pre-Roll point, the Auto Punch In/Out sequence starts. For the optional Yamaha FC5 Footswitch, operation is initiated when the footswitch is pressed, not when it's released. This may differ, however, with other footswitches. MD4-Owner's Manual