Importing A Project Into A Project - Akai DD1500 User Manual

UTILITIES - LOADING PROJECTS - 16

IMPORTING A PROJECT INTO A PROJECT

So far, we have seen how the LOAD page is used to load entire projects into the DD1500.
It is also possible to import DD1500 projects into other projects.
For example, on separate DD1500s dotted around a large facility, one team may be
working on dialogue editing, another team on music editing and another on foley
recording and editing. Each team will end up with a disk that contains a finished project
comprising a couple of tracks on separate disks. These disks can all be brought to one
final master DD1500 where the different elements can be brought together into the final
master project for the mixdown using the IMPORT PROJECT function.
Alternatively, two 8-track projects may have been recorded onto two separate Akai DR8s
at different location recordings. Again, these can be merged into one composite 16-track
project on the DD1500 using the IMPORT PROJECT function.
This is done in the LOAD-IMPORT page. Press LOAD (SHIFT+SAVE) and then press
IMPORT (F3/F4). You will see this screen display:
Importing a project is much like loading one except that you must first specify which tracks
it will be imported onto using the TRACK EDIT keys. In a way, you can almost think of
IMPORT as a 'paste from disk' function.
Once you have selected which tracks the imported project will appear on, simply move the
cursor to project you want to import and press EXECUTE. The imported project will be
placed on the tracks selected for edit and the cues will all be placed at the times at which
they appear in the original project (i.e. a cue that is at 10:01:23:12.0 on the imported
project will be placed at that time in the destination project after being imported into it).
NOTE: Importing a project will replace any audio that may exist on the tracks selected for
edit.
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