Terminology - Akai DD1500 User Manual

As with any piece of new gear, there is always a bit of new jargon to get to grips with. The
DD1500 is no exception! What follows, therefore, is a short list of some of the terms you
will come across during the course of this manual.
GRID
PROJECT
NOW TIME
CUE
EDIT REGION
IN TIME
OUT TIME
SYNC POINT
Version 2.00 - March, 1996
This stands for GRaphic Interface Display and refers to the
track display on the external monitor.
This is where you do the bulk of your work on the DD15000
and contains all your recordings, edited and positioned as
required and shown on the GRID. Think of it as a reel of
multi-track tape if you like and the GRID as an animated
track sheet. If you are working to picture, audio cues can,
of course, be edited, slipped around and properly synced
for playback against the visuals. A project on the DD1500
is actually nothing more than a Qlist or EDL except that, of
course, on the DD1500, it is displayed graphically rather
than as a list of timecode numbers and cue names.
A PROJECT also contains autolocator memories, mixer
settings, MIDI tempo maps, etc., and these are all saved
with the project. The SYSTEM settings are also saved with
the project and when a project is subsequently loaded, the
whole system is restored to exactly the status the project
was saved in. For example, the status of the zoom on the
tracks, the tracks selected for playback, editing and/or
record, the sample rate, external timecode selection, input
routing, etc.. All these will be explained later.
In the centre of the GRID are two vertical lines. The centre
of these two lines is known as the NOW TIME and the
actual NOW time is shown in the display above it (and on
the timecode display on the DL1500). All work is done with
referenced to this NOW time. For example, to select a cue
for editing, move it to the NOW time and press SELECT
CUE. Marking IN times and OUT times and locate
memories is also done referenced to the NOW time. The
NOW time timecode display is shown on the DL1500 and
on the external monitor.
This refers to a piece of audio from its start to its end in the
GRID. In this manual, a cue may be referred to as "a
stereo cue" - this is actually two mono cues across two
(normally adjacent) tracks that make up a 'stereo' cue.
This refers to the area selected between the IN and the
OUT points. A track (or tracks) must be selected for editing
and the edit region is highlighted green on the external
monitor.
This usually refers to the start of an edit. However, the IN
TIME is used to set auto punch-in and cycle times as well.
It is marked by pressing the large green IN key located
above the jog wheel.
This usually refers to the end of an edit although it is also
used to set auto punch-out and cycle times. It is marked by
pressing the large green OUT key located above the jog
wheel.
This is a special marker you can place within an edit region
or cue for sync purposes.

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