NIOA VS-880 TIP 360-0003:

CD-R Match up marker numbers with the songs

BTW, for those of us using the CD-R, another nugget we learned from the inimitable Ms. Laura Tyson at the Roland clinic Friday in Dallas, was how to employ a little trick to match up marker numbers with the songs.

You know that you hit [Song] [Tap] simultaneously to place markers (as opposed to location points) between the songs to mark the tracks for the CD you are about to burn. In front of the FIRST song, you place no marker, right? Then before the SECOND song, you hit [Song] [Tap] simultaneously and that places marker 0000+. Then before the THIRD song, you do the same thing and that marker reads 0001+. But the markers are always off by 2, right? You're at the beginning of the third song, but your marker reads 0001+. That's because the first song is not marked with a marker at all and the second song got 0000. The marker designated as number one does not show up until the third song thus the offset and the damn confusion it causes periodically.

When you use [Song] [Tap] simultaneously, it places that special marker for the CD, and that it is designated with the "+" sign. There are of course regular markers that do not receive the + sign. You place these by simply hitting [Tap]. So, Laura suggested that at the very beginning of the song place two regular markers within that first second of the track. These markers will in no way affect the track counting the VS880 does. Then, hit [Song] [Tap] simultaneously and you've placed your first marker for burning the CD and it matches the number of the song it's going in front of.

Rick Knepper

rfkiii@swbell.net

Ft. Worth, TX

Wed, 24 Dec 1997

1998/01


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