Akai DR4vr Operator's Manual page 19

Front Panel
1
The
left-most dot indicates that the
hard disk
is
being accessed.
The
second dot indicates the disk access condition.
Under normal
operation
it
will flash. If
data
access
activity
is
excessive,
it
will
be
lit
constantly. In
this
case,
use the align function.
See
"Data Alignment"
on page
76.
The
four dots
from
the right,
1
,
2, 3,
4 from
left
to
right,
indicate that
data
exists
on
a
channel
at the current position. If this
dot
is
lit
but nothing
is
output during playback,
this
indicates a
recorded blank
area.
Although blank
areas
do
not contain
any
data,
they
do
use hard disk space,
so
it's
best to erase
them
in
order
to free
up
the space.
This display also
shows
the held
peak
level,
MIX
ratio,
and
PAN
settings
in
Ping-pong
mode.
(See
"Ping-pong
mode"
on page
41.)
11)
BBC
DISPLAY
key
This
key
switches the display to
BBC
mode:
Bar, Beat,
and
Clock. This
mode
is
mainly used
when
the
DR4vr
is
working
as a
MIDI
Clock master with
the optional
IB-113M
MIDI
Interface.
See
"MIDI
Synchronization"
on page
85.
12)
RESET
key
This key
is
used
to reset the relative
time
to zero. If
it
is
pressed while an absolute time
is
displayed, relative
time
will
be
selected automatically, just like pressing the
ABS/REL
key.
13)
ABS/REL
key
This
key
switches the display
between
absolute
time and
relative time.
Absolute time
starts at
zero,
cannot be changed, and works
as the
base time
for relative time.
When
synchronizing
via
SMPTE
or
MIDI,
the relative
mode
can be used
to set
synchronization
offsets.
14) IN
key
This key
is
used
to set
and
locate the
in point.
The
in
point
is
the
point
at
which
repeat playback
starts
and
auto
punch
in occurs.
It
is
also
used
to specify the
beginning of
a section
when
editing.
15)
«PLAY»key
This
key
is
used
to
play
back
the section
between
the in point
and but
point.
16)
OUT
key
'
This key
is
used
to
set
and
locate the out
point.
The
out point
is
the point
at
which
repeat
playback ends and auto punch
out
occurs.
It is
also
used
to set the
end of a
section
when
editing.
17)
AUTO PUNCH
key
This key
switches the
DR4vr
to
auto
punch
in/out
mode.
In
this
mode, punch
in will
occur
automatically
when
the
in
point
is
reached. Likewise, punch
out
will
occur automatically
when
the out point
is
reached.
18)
REPEAT
key
This key
is
used
to
switch on
repeat
mode.
In
this
mode, playback
will
be
repeated
between
the
in
point
and
out
point.
This
is
similar to the repeat function
found on
many
tape
based
recorders.
However, with
the
DR4vr
there
is
no rewind
time
between
out point and
in point
-
repeated playback cycles round
like
a continuous
loop.
19)
Rewind key
This key
is
like
the
rewind key found on most
conventional tape recorders. In stop
mode,
it
activates
time
display
fast
rewind.
In
play
mode,
it
activates
playback
review.
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