Akai CD3000XL Stereo Receiver User Manual


 
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CD3000XL OperatorÕs Manual Page 277
This method of block copying and inserting has even more uses than just appending block
onto themselves. Again, another example should demonstrate this.
Let us say you have the three takes sequenced as above - TAKE 1 once, TAKE 2 three times,
TAKE 3 once - and you wish to insert this just before the BREAK in your extended mix. Move
the cursor to TAKE 1 and press . Move the cursor to TAKE 3 and press .
Now move the cursor to the point just before BREAK - i.e. with the arrow pointing just above it
thus:
Now press and the whole block will be inserted before the BREAK.
You will find these editing functions extremely useful when creating complex remixes as they
allow you to shift whole sections and place them anywhere you like in a song very quickly and
easily. It means that you can regard what are small, short takes appended together as one long
take which can be inserted as you wish.
NOTE: It is only possible to mark contiguous steps as a block - you cannot mark a series of
steps, skip a few and then mark another few steps as one block.
Naturally, this block editing function can be used to delete blocks of steps as well.