Akai DD1500 User Manual page 131

You select PRE, SPLICE or POST using the IN, SYNC or OUT buttons located directly
above the jog wheel. Because you are editing the PRE cue's out time, the OUT key
selects the PRE cue, the SYNC key selects SPLICE and because you are editing the
POST cue's in time, the IN key selects the POST cue.
Ideally, the trim points should be on the NOW time. However, the DD1500 can make
some reasonable assumptions about which trim point you are intending to edit if the trim
point is not exactly on the NOW time and can take you to it automatically.
For example, if you intend to edit a PRE cue's end, just lining that cue's end point within
ten seconds to the NOW time will be close enough for the DD1500 to take you there. You
may find GOTO plus the DATA ENTRY keys is the easiest way to locate to a trim point.
The same would be true for POST and SPLICE - if these trim points are too far away from
the NOW time, the DD1500 cannot tell which one you intend to edit and so will not select
anything. In the event of the DD1500 not selecting the trim point for you, you will be
prompted: SELECT PRE (or SPLICE or POST) POINT FIRST.
To select an overlapping SPLICE for trimming, you must place the cues so that the NOW
time is within ten seconds of the overlap region .
Version 2.00 - March, 1996
NOTE ABOUT SELECTING TRIM POINT
NOW
NOW
NOW
NOW
EDITING - 14
WILL SELECT PRE
WON'T SELECT PRE
WILL SELECT PRE
WON'T SELECT PRE
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