Akai DPS16 Operator's Manual page 27

The Main screen shows the following information:
1
Project
Indicates the name of the Project you are currently working on (current Project).
2
Remain
Indicates the remaining time available for recording on the disk in hours/minutes.
3 Disk busy
This meter indicates that the disk is being accessed. The more the meter moves, the more frequently the
disk is being accessed.
4 Time counter
Indicates the current transport position. You can enter a value into the time counter to move to a desired
position.
counter
5 BBC
Indicates the current transport position in Bar/Beat/Clock steps (one clock=1/24 of a quarter note). You can
enter a value into the BBC counter to move to a desired position.
6 Level meter
Indicates the input levels at the INPUT jacks and DIGITAL IN jack, the output levels of physical tracks 1–
16, or the master level (Master bus output level).
7 Track view
Indicates whether audio data exists in the physical tracks. It also indicates the length of the data in a bar graph.
8 Q-Link Function Select
This section enables you to use the functions of the
Use the (
[F4] SELECT
the parameters on or off and change the values. (See page 98 for more information on how to use the Q-
Link Function Select.)
9 QLMC (Q-Link Mixer Control)
This area indicates the parameters controlled by the six Q-Link knobs (
of the display. The parameters shown in this section differ depending on the current mode.
) key and the wheel to select a function, and use the
[JOG]
Chapter 1: Overview of the DPS16
– keys to make parameter settings quickly.
[F1] [F4]
[C1] –
– keys to turn
[F1] [F3]
[C6] knobs) on the right side
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