Akai DR4vr Operator's Manual page 20

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Chapter
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Front
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Rear Panels
20) Fast
Forward key
This
key
is
like the
fast
forward key found on most
conventional tape
recorders. In
stop
mode,
it
activates time
display
fast
forward.
In play
mode,
it
activates
playback
preview.
21) Play
key
This key
is
used
to
start
playback. Pressing
this
key while holding down
the
REC/MIX
key
will
start recording.
22)
REC/MIX key
This key
(in
combination with
the play
Icey)
is
used
to
start
recording.
It lights
up
while
recording
is
in
progress.
In
sub-menu mode,
press this
key
to
perform mixdown.
23)
ZERO
RETURN key
In absolute
mode,
this
key
will locate to
the absolute 00:00:00:00
point. In relative
mode,
it
will locate to
the
relative
00:00:00:00
point.
24) Stop key
This key
is
used
to
stop playback, recording,
fast forward,
and
rewind.
25)
PLAY
TO OUT
key
This key
will
start
playback
at
a
specified
number
of seconds before
the current
position,
i.e.,
the currently displayed time.
Playback
will
stop
when
that current position
is
reached.
This
is
useful for
confirming
edit points.
The number
of seconds can be
specified in the
TIME
sub-menu.
26)
JOG
whedl
The jog wheel allows
you
to
locate while
listening to a recording. Playback speed
is
determined
by
how
fast
you
turn the wheel.
Turn
it
counterclockwise
to
review and clockwise
to
preview.
This wheel
is
also
used
to set
parameter
values. Turn
it
counterclockwise
to
decrease values
and
clockwise
to increase them.
27)
SHUHLE
control
Like
the
JOG
wheel,
the shuttle control also
allows
you
to locate while
listening to a
recording.
The
playback speed can be
1/4, 1/2, x2,
x4 normal
speed, and
is
determined
by
the angle
at
which you
hold the control. Turn
it
counterclockwise
to
review and clockwise
to
preview.
This
control
is
also used
to set
parameter
values in single
steps.
Turn
it
counterclockwise
to
decrement
a value
one
step,
and
clockwise
to
increment one
step.
28)
UNDO
key
This key
allows you
to
undo
the
last
recording of
edit.
This
is
useful
if
you
make
a
tttistake
while recording
and
want
to
return
to the previous recording.
Likewise,
when
editing you can
compare
the material before and
after
an
edit.
See "Recording Undo"
on page
34 and "Undoing
an
Edit" on page
60.
29)
EDIT/PING-PONG
LEVEL/PAN key
This key
is
used
to select the
edit functions.
See
"Editing" on page
59.
In
sub-menu mode,
it is
used
to
show
the current
mode.
In Stereo Ping-pong mode,
this
key
is
used
to
toggle
between
MIX
ratio
and
PAN.
30)
SUB-MENU
key
This key
is
used
to select sub-nienu
functions.
To
select
a
sub-menu
function, press
this
key,
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