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On the track level, there are two methods to tackle editing: track editing and phrase editing. Every time you press REC and then STOP on your VS-1680, a section of audio data is recorded. These sections of audio are called phrases. If you start at the beginning of a song and press REC and don't press STOP until the end of the song, you will be left with one long phrase. In contrast, if you punch in and out several times throughout the duration of the song, you will be left with many different phrases. You will have a different phrase for each punch-in and punch-out. In a track edit, you must tell the VS-1680 where to begin the edit and where to end the edit. That is what the START and END points are for. Most of the track editing functions require you to set four points ”START, END, FROM, and TO ”however, for functions such as CUT and ERASE, you only have to set the START and END points. In phrase editing, the START and END points are already defined as the start and end of the phrase, respectively. Phrase editing can work well when doing a lot of punching in and out. The VS-1680 uses the edges of the phrase to define the START and END points on each punch-in and punch-out. In many cases, phrase editing can be a valuable time saver. To get to your track editing functions, hold SHIFT and press F2 (Track). Use the F1 key to toggle between the track editing and phrase editing functions. For track editing, you will see the following options:
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