Play From; Muting Tracks; Soloing A Track; Grouping Tracks - Akai DD1500 User Manual

PLAY FROM

NOTE: You will find that if PLAY durations are set longer than the default 1 second
setting, play response will be marginally slower.
You will find these keys very useful for checking things. With their default values of 1
second, their play response time is very fast indeed making auditioning and checking very
quick and convenient.

MUTING TRACKS

Tracks are muted simply by turning the appropriate PLAY track select keys off. When
muted, the cues are shown in grey on the external monitor.

SOLOING A TRACK

There is no dedicated SOLO key on the DD1500. This is not an oversight on our part as
the same thing can be achieved using ALL and CLEAR. To solo a track, press CLEAR
and select the track(s) you wish to solo. To 'un-solo' the track(s), press ALL.

GROUPING TRACKS

It is also possible to group up to five different combinations of tracks together. Actually,
this is not specifically a playback feature because you may also group tracks together for
record and/or edit.
To store a group, assuming you have selected tracks as necessary, press the STORE key
(it will flash). At this time, you may still select other tracks for play, record or edit. Press one
of the GROUP keys G1-G5 to store the combination. Groups are recalled simply by
pressing the appropriate GROUP key.
When a group is selected, should you select another track (or de-select one of the
grouped tracks), the selected GROUP's key will go out as you have effectively overwritten
the group selection you stored.
The GROUP keys are very useful for storing combinations of PLAY and RECORD. They
are also particularly useful when editing, especially when copying awkward track
combinations from one to another (for example, tracks 1, 3, 6 to tracks 2, 7, 8).
Version 2.00 - March, 1996
This plays from the NOW time for a specified duration. I.e.:
NOW
PLAY FROM
The PLAY FROM duration can be set by pressing
SHIFT+PLAY FROM.
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