Akai DR4vr Operator's Manual page 18

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Front
&
Rear Panels
1)
POWER
switch
This
is
the
power
switch.
The
rocker
part
of
this
switch
is
recessed
in
the
ON
position to
prevent
accidental
power
off.
2)
PHONES
LEVEL
This control adjusts the
headphone volume
level.
3)
PHONES
connection
A
stereo pair
of headphones can be connected
to this 1/4 inch stereo
phone
jack.
Channels
1
and
3 are
on
the
left,
channels
2 and 4
are
on
the right.
4)
FOOT
SW
connection
A
normally closed type footswitch
can be connected
here for
punch
in/out operation.
See
"Footswitch
Punch
In/Out" on page
31.
5)
AUTO MONITOR/SOURCE
key
This switch
turns the auto
monitor on and
off.
In the
on
position,
monitoting
is
automatica;lly
switched
between playback and source when
recording.
The
off position
allows you
to
monitor
the
source during playback
too.
This
is
useful for practising with existing tracks before
recording.
See" Auto Monitor" on page 33 and "Muting
the source
sound
(
AUTO
MONITOR)"
on page
46.
6)
REHEARSAL key
This key
turns the rehearsal function
on
aird off.
Rehearsal allows you
to
rehearse
punch
ins
and
outs.
During
a rehearsal, the
monitor
will
switch
to
source
at
the
punch
in point,
but
nothing
will
be
recorded.
See
"Rehearsal"
on page
33.
7)
Ctiannel REC/VIRTUAL
TRACK
keys
1-4
These
keys
are
used
to
arm
channels
for recording.
A
flashing
key
indicates that
a channel
is
armed
for recording,
and
a
lit
key
indicates
recording
in progress. In the
sub-menu, you can
select virtual tracks
in
combination with
the jog wheel. See
"Arming
Channels" and
"How
to
Assign a
Virtual
Track
to
a
Channel" on page
27.
8)
INPUT
SELECT/CHANNEL
SELECT keys
1/2,
3/4
These keys
are
used
to select
the input source, analog
or
digital,
for
each
pair
of
channels.
LED
indicators
show
the currently selected source.
See
"Selecting the
Analog
Inputs"
on page 24
and
"Selecting the Digital Inputs"
on
page
26.
In the
sub-menu,
these keys are used
to select the type
1
and
type 2
digital signal
formats
for
the
digital
inputs
and
outputs.
See
"Selecting the
Digital Input
Connection Type" on page 25
and
"Setting the
Digital
Output Format" on page
26.
In
Ping-pong mode,
these keys allow you
to select
channels
for
mix
ratio/PAN
settings.
9)
PEAK
LEVEL
METER
These 20-segment
LED
bargraphs with peak hold
indicate the
playback and source
signal
levels.
They
also indicate
MIX
ratio
or
PAN
settings in
Ping-pong mode.
(See
"Ping-pong
mode"
on page
41.)
10)
DISPLAY
These
eight
7-segment
LED
digits display disk time,
either
absolute or
relative.
They
are also
used
for entering
and
displaying
locate points. In
BBC
mode, they
indicate
bar, beat,
and
clock,
sub-menu
settings
and
error
messages
are also displayed.
The
small dot
at
the
bottom
right
of each
digit also
has a
special function:
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