Slate; Tone; Group; Internal Microphone - HHB PORTADRIVE PDR2000 Operation Manual

FRONT PANEL

SLATE

The slate microphone mono signal will be output to wherever it has been routed in the SETUP/SLATE
page on the top panel (see page 99). Audio signals routed to the same destination(s) will be muted
during slate operation.
To activate the SLATE function, press and hold the ENABLE key and then press the SLATE key. The
SLATE key can be set to momentary, latching or 'auto' operation (where if the SLATE key is 'dabbed' -
i.e. pressed for a short period - SLATE operation is latched, or if pressed and 'held' for a second or
more, SLATE operation is momentary. This setting is made in the SETUP/SLATE page.
. The SLATE key
To de-activate the slate when in latching mode, simply press the SLATE key again
is illuminated when active. The SLATE can be routed to Tracks 1-6, stereo track and Main
and Aux L&R outputs.

TONE

This key allows you to generate a test tone. The test tone generator can be routed to Tracks 1-6,
stereo L/R tracks plus the main and Aux L/R outputs. Audio signals routed to the same destination(s)
will be muted whilst the tone generator is in use. The routing and the characteristics of the test tone
generator can be set in the SETUP pages (see page 98).
To activate the tone generator, press and hold the ENABLE key and then press the TONE key. The
key key
TONE can be set to momentary, latching or 'auto' operation (where if the TONE is 'dabbed' -
i.e. pressed for a short period - the tone generator is latched, or if pressed and 'held' for a second or
more, the tone generator's operation is momentary. This setting is made in the SETUP/TONE page.
To de-activate the tone generator when in latching mode, simply press the TONE key again. The
TONE key is illuminated when active.

GROUP

The GROUP key is used to group all six rotary encoders so that levels 1-6 can be adjusted up or down
proportionally by the same amount using just one control. When the encoders are grouped, you only
need to turn one and all the others follow.
To enable the GROUP function, press and hold ENABLE and press GROUP - the key will illuminate.
The levels for the currently selected mode will now be grouped.
Of course, it could be that the LCD is not displaying the selected mode's level parameters. This
doesn't matter - when the mode's LEVELS page is displayed on the LCD, the GROUP function will
have effect (it will have no effect on other sub-pages of any given mode). To de-activate GROUP for
the currently selected mode, press and hold ENABLE and press GROUP again.

INTERNAL MICROPHONE

The PORTADRIVE has an internal microphone that can be used for slating a recording. To use it,
simply press ENABLE +SLATE and speak into it! Note, however, that you will have to set up the track
routing for the slate mic. This is carried out in the top panel's SETUP pages (see page 99).
That concludes our look at the main front panel functionality. In the next section we will look at some of
these in more detail.
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