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# Recording in Assemble Mode

Use Assemble mode when recording on a tape that contains a valid control track up until a certain point, but you need to record beyond that point. In Assemble mode, you are attaching video and audio to existing material. For example, yesterday you played out your work onto a blank tape using Record mode. Today, you have completed additional work and would like to add it to the end of the tape. In this case, you cue the tape to the in point (at a point where there is a valid control track) and begin playing out in Assemble mode. The timecode is continued from the previously recorded material.

NoteWhen recording to tape, you can only configure specific video and audio tracks to play out if you are in Insert mode.

To record in Assemble mode:

1. Set the VTR to Regen timecode.
2. Before you can play out to a VTR, you must render the timeline at the appropriate video resolution. See Rendering Shots and Playout Workflow.
3. Click Editing, and then click Playout to display the Playout menu.
4. Select a raster for playout. See Selecting a Raster for Playout.
5. In the Sync Mode list, select the synchronization mode. See Playout Menu Options.
6. (Optional) To record only a portion of the timeline, use markers to define where, in the timeline, you wish to start and stop recording to tape. See Defining In and Out Markers when Playing Out to Tape.
7. In the Source Playout From group, determine where the playout operation starts.

   Click: | To start the playout:
   --- | ---
   Begin | From the start of the current timeline.
   Actual | At the current frame.
   Markers | At the in marker in the timeline, and stop at the out marker.

8. In the In field, enter the tape timecode where the video is to be edited.
   TipTo find the desired timecode more quickly, click the Source Timecode field next to the playback controls while still in the Playout menu. The playback controls and Source Timecode field turns blue to indicate that they can be used to control the VTR. Scrub to the desired timecode, then enter it in the Tape Rec IN field.
9. (Optional) In the Record To Tape Mode group, enable Preview.

   With Preview enabled, your footage is played out in the Player, but nothing is written to tape. The Insert button turns green after the first click to show that the action is non-destructive.

10. (Optional) Enable Telecine. See Writing Telecine-Style Tape.
11. (Optional) Configure video and audio record delay. See Playout Menu Options.
12. Click Assemble, then confirm the action.
    Tip To record a single shot as opposed to the entire timeline, select the shot you want to play out and hold down SHIFT while clicking Assemble.

    The playout operation begins.