28 Recording & Mixing Techniques
MD4—Owner’s Manual
Setting the Pre-Roll & Post-Roll Times
Pre-Roll and Post-Roll are used in conjunction with the Auto Punch In/Out function. Pre-Roll
refers to the time before the IN point at which playback starts. Post-Roll refers to the time after
the OUT point at which playback stops. The default time for both Pre-Roll and Post-Roll is 5
seconds. You can change the values independently using the PrePost Roll function, as explained
below. These settings are not stored when MD4 is turned off.
1. Press the [UTILITY] button and use the [√] and [®] SELECT buttons to select
the PrePost Roll function.
2. Press the [ENTER] button.
The display shows PreXXX5sec
3. Use the [–] and [+] DATA buttons to set the Pre-Roll time from 0 to 9 seconds.
4. Press the [ENTER] button.
The display shows Post 5sec
5. Use the [–] and [+] DATA buttons to set the Post-Roll time from 0 to 9 sec-
onds.
6. Press the [UTILITY] button to finish.
[IN] [OUT]
Pre-Roll
Point
Pre-Roll Time Post-Roll Time
Post-Roll
Point
