Akai DD1500 User Manual page 185

UTILITIES - RS422 - AUTO CONFORM - 18
When you start the process, the GRID will change. Instead of seeing the destination EDL,
you will see the cues as they exist on the source reels. For example, even though the
destination EDL may start at 10 hours, if the first cue to be recorded is at 1 hour, 35
minutes, the DD1500 will locate to 01:35:00:00.0 and will fast forward or rewind the source
machine accordingly, will shuttle back and forth a bit and record the cue from the source
reel. The source cue will be marked with the IN/OUT markers and the recording will take
place in the usual fashion with the cue being recorded being indicated by a red progress
bar. Once the first cue has been recorded, the DD1500 will locate to the next cue and will
repeat the process recording the next cue in. This whole process will continue and you will
see the DD1500 locating to the source reel's cues, fast forwarding and rewinding and
shuttling them into position and recording them automatically. As the cues are being
recorded, you will hear them so that you can monitor progress audibly.
Apart from the activity going on the GRID, the LCD will also display what's going on. For
example, the LCD may be showing something like this:
This shows that the DD1500 is locating the next cue to be recorded. You will see this
happening on the GRID as well for confirmation.
You will also see this screen display:
This indicates the source in and out times for the cue being recorded and again, you will
see this shown graphically on the GRID.
Once all the material from the first reel has been recorded, you will be prompted to insert
the next reel. You should insert the next reel and press EXECUTE. If, however, you wish
to skip this reel and proceed to the next one, press EXIT. You will be asked if you want to
skip to the next reel - press EXECUTE to confirm that you do. Insert the reel into the
machine and press EXECUTE otherwise, to skip to the next reel again, press EXIT and
repeat the procedure described above.
At the 'Skip....?" prompt, you may abort the auto conform by pressing EXIT again. Also,
as the auto conform is taking place, at any time, you may abort the auto conform process
by pressing EXIT.
You will note that you do not need to specifically set up tracks for record or EXT. TIME or
EXT. M/C or AUTO record or RS422 MODE functions - the DD1500 knows from the EDL
which cues need to be recorded and at what time they need to be recorded and which
tracks they are to be recorded onto and it will take care of these details itself.
During the conform process you will see the source cues as they are being recorded into
the DD1500. It may be that some cues will be troublesome and you can note any cues
which cannot be recorded and take appropriate action at the end. Maybe the cue's
timecode is damaged in some way or there is insufficient run in' to the cue for it to be
successfully recorded.
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