Akai DD1500 User Manual page 195

UTILITIES - MIXER - 19
Pressing the MIXER key will display something like this screen:
This displays a graphic representation of the mixer's current status and you may see the
position of each tracks level and pan at a glance. As you move the fader and/or pan
control, the screen will update in real time. The track(s) selected for editing are highlighted
along the top.
You may, in fact, set two separate mixes A and B and these appear at the MIX A and
MIX B outputs. In this way, you may sub-group some sounds to appear at one output and
others at another (for example, all sound effects could appear through MIX B whilst all
dialogue is handled by MIX A). You could also use MIX B as a stereo effects send buss,
returning the effects' outputs through some input channels (although you will lose some
tracks in this way). MIX A and MIX B are set by pressing the MIX A and MIX B keys (F1
and F2) respectively.
You may 'flatten' the mix (i.e. reset all the controls of the whole mixer to default settings)
by pressing F6 - FLAT. Pressing FLAT will give this prompt:
Pressing LEVEL will only reset the levels on all channels, leaving pans unaffected.
Pressing STEREO will reset all channel's levels to 0.0dB and alternate channel's pans to
hard left and right respectively. I.e.:
Pressing MONO will reset all channels to 0.0dB and set all pans central. I.e.:
You may 'flatten' MIX A and MIX B separately.
NOTE: You do not have to have the MIXER page open to set levels and pans for tracks.
Simply selecting a track (or tracks) for editing and pressing ENABLE will activate the slider
and panpot to control the selected track(s)
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