Akai DD1500 User Manual page 68

11 - RECORDING
Once you have made your selection, to record, simply press PLAY (to start playback) and
then press PLAY and the red RECORD key together. The track key(s) will be steadily lit as
will the transport RECORD key. On the monitor, the recording will be shown as a red block
as it is recording.
To stop recording, press STOP. After a second, the recording you have just made will be
shown in blue (assuming the track is selected for playback otherwise it will be shown grey -
muted) and the IN and the OUT times will automatically be marked at the start and end of
the new recording. The RECORD track select keys will flash indicating that you are back in
'record ready' state, ready to record again.
To drop out of record (i.e. stop recording but keep playing), simply press PLAY - the
DD1500 will drop out of record and keep playing.
NOTE: There is a minimum time before you can punch in to record again after punching
out. This is due to disk speed and will depend on the drive you are using. If you are using
a hard disk, you will find that you can punch back in to record after about 1 second. If you
are using an MO drive, you will find that the time is a bit longer and you won't be able to
punch in again for a few seconds
It is also possible to start recording from stop by pressing the red REC key first and then
pressing PLAY. You can stop recording by pressing PLAY again or by pressing STOP.
That really is all there is to do for simple recording - press REC/#, select a track or tracks as
appropriate, press PLAY and RECORD together, press STOP or PLAY to stop recording.
UNDOING A RECORDING
If you don't like the recording you just made, the simplest way to repair it is probably to
record over it just like tape. It will recorded over in the GRID but, because all recording and
editing is non-destructive, you can set the DD1500 so that the actual audio will still be on
disk so you can retrieve that at a later date if necessary.
NOTE: When you make a recording, the IN and OUT times are automatically marked at
the start and end of the new recording. Because the AUTO function uses these times to
punch in and out of recording automatically, if you wish to re-record over a recording you
have just made, to ensure punch-in and out are at exactly the same position, switch on
the AUTO function (see below - AUTO PUNCH IN/OUT).
Another way out of a recording disaster is to undo the last recording you made using the
UNDO key. In fact, you could undo the last twenty recordings you have just made using
the multi-level UNDO function. Of course, should you change your mind, you can REDO
the recording using SHIFT+UNDO (REDO). Not only can you use UNDO to repair mistakes
you may have made but you could also use it to compare recordings. For example, you
might make a recording that you think is acceptable but it could be improved upon so you
re-record over it. After the second recording, you can use the UNDO function to compare
the two. Being a multi-level undo, you could do this several times, making several
recordings and then comparing them using UNDO and REDO, keeping the one you like
best.
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