Specifications

36 ZOOM PS-04
Reference [Recorder]
AUDIO mode screens
Immediately after turning the PS-04 on, the AUDIO
mode is automatically selected and the counter
showing the current position appears. This screen is
called the AUDIO mode top screen. It also appears
when you exit the EFFECT, RHYTHM, or
SYSTEM modes and return to AUDIO mode.
The cursor left/right keys can be used to switch the
display format for the top screen counter to one of
the following three formats: minutes/seconds/
milliseconds, measure/beat, marker.
While the top screen is shown, pressing one of the
cursor up/down keys brings up the name and the
number of the currently selected project on the
display.
To return to the top screen, press the [
W] key.
V-takes
About V-takes
Each of the audio tracks 1 – 4 has ten virtual tracks
which are referred to as V-takes. At any time, one
of these V-takes is selected for recording or
playback. For example, you could record a difficult
guitar solo onto multiple V-takes, and then compare
them later to select the best take.
Switching V-takes
To select the V-take for each track, proceed as
follows.
1.
Make sure that the recorder is
stopped and the AUDIO mode top
screen is shown. Press the [TRACK
PARAMETER] key.
The track parameter screen is shown. On this
screen, you can make various settings for each
track. The first time you call up the screen, the
indication "INPUT SEL" appears, and then the
currently selected input source is shown.
2.
Use the cursor left/right keys to
select the audio track for which you
want to switch the V-take.
The name of the selected track is briefly shown, and
then the track parameter and setting value are
shown.The level meter segment for that track is
flashing.
H
INT
Once the audio track has been selected, you
can also use the status keys to switch tracks.
Time display
Measure/beat display
Marker display
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MARK
MARK
00
NEWPRJ
NEWPRJ
01
Project name Project number
INPUT
INPUT
This section explains the functions for audio recording and playback.