Akai DD1500 User Manual page 16

3 - HOW THE DD1500 WORKS
In the GRID, the source audio may be edited and that may be all you ever do with it! For
example, you may record a long piece of dialogue onto track 1, edit out all the mistakes,
coughs, breath noises and other unwanted artefacts and simply save the project.
However, using the libraries, you may make certain edits in the GRID and copy them to
libraries for use in other projects. For example, you may record a rain sound effect for the
project you are currently working on and create a loop out of it. It may work out so well and
you may be so pleased with the result that you may wish to use it another time so, copy it
off to a library (called WEATHER, for example) and keep it for use in a future project. In
this way, you can build up sound effects, atmos and music libraries, etc., as you work.
Edits made in this way are not limited to just mono or stereo (one track or two tracks) - you
could, if you wish, copy a multi-track edit across to a library for subsequent re-use. For
example, you may build up a really good street scene using an assortment of sound
effects of cars and traffic passing, crowd noises, weather and other ambience effects, etc.,
and copy the whole thing to a library for use in the future as a general purpose 'street'
effect. Later on, when you use it in another project, you can edit and reposition the
individual elements within the new project.
Let's look at the life of a typical piece of audio, in this case, a stereo music cue:
A F T E R E D I T I N G I N G R I D
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R E C O R D
T O G R I D ( P r o j e c t )
T R 1
T R 2
C O P Y C L I P S ( E D I T S ) T O ' M U S I C ' L I B R A R Y
T o R E C O R D I N G S l i b r a r y
U S E ' R A W ' R E C O R D I N G
I N D I F F E R E N T P R O J E C T
E D I T I N G R I D
U S E C L I P S I N D I F F E R E N T P R O J E C T
M U S I C 1
T R 7
T R 8
M U S I C
V E R S E 1
C H O R U S 1
M I D D L E
C H O R U S 2
Version 2.00 - March, 1996