Delete - Akai DD1500 User Manual

22 - SYSTEM - DISK

DELETE

In the main disk page, you can delete projects and/or libraries depending on the selection
made in the FILE TYPE field. First select the type of file you wish to delete in the FILE
TYPE field and then move the cursor to the file you wish to delete. Pressing DELETE will
give you this prompt:
The EXECUTE key's LED will be flashing and you should press EXECUTE (YES) or EXIT
(NO/CANCEL) accordingly. As the prompt tells you, there is no undo for this so please
check carefully that the correct file is selected for deletion before proceeding. If in any
doubt at all, press EXIT to abort.
If you press DELETE (F5/F6) and the cursor is not on a file (i.e. it is on the DISK or FILE
TYPE fields), the screen will pop-up the prompt:
This prompt will appear for a few seconds. You should move the cursor to the file you wish
to delete and press F5/F6 (DELETE) again.
If you try to delete a project that is currently loaded into the DD1500, you will receive this
prompt:
You should either load another project or create a new one and then return to the DISK
page to delete the project you originally wanted to delete.
If you have deleted any files, when you leave the DISK page, you will receive this prompt:
When a project or library is deleted, the audio associated it with not deleted at the point of
deletion. This may seem a bit odd but the reason for this is that if audio was deleted when
you pressed EXECUTE, every time you delete a file, the system would have to go through
a lengthy search process to check if the audio associated with that file is referenced
anywhere else (i.e. in other projects and/or libraries) and this could take some time.
As a result, to make the deletion process quick, only the file itself is deleted. Then, when
you come to leave the DISK page, you are offered the choice of 'cleaning' up the disk.
What this means is that the DD1500 will search any connected disks and look to see if the
audio associated with the files you have deleted is used anywhere else. If any part of it is
referenced by any other projects and/or libraries, the audio will not be deleted. If, however,
the audio associated with the file(s) you have deleted is not used by any other project
and/or library, the audio will be erased from disk, thus freeing up extra disk space.
To save yourself some time, if disk space is not a problem, you can choose to ignore this
prompt by pressing EXIT and you can come back to this when it's more convenient. If you
wish to proceed and erase any unreferenced audio, press the flashing EXECUTE key (see
later - CLEANUP DISK).
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