Trim - Akai DD1500 User Manual

TRIM

This allows you extend (or otherwise) a cue's start and end point. For example, imagine
you have a recording of dialogue saying "one", 'two", "three", "four", etc., up to "seven" but
for some reason, you have edited out one of the numbers. TRIM allows you to extend the
cue's end point to 'reveal' those missing numbers. For example:
In this cue, we can see how we can 'drag' the end out to reveal numbers in the original
recording. We can also 'drag' the cue's end point backwards to 'hide' part of the original
(although, it must be said that this latter example could just as easily be achieved using
ERASE or CUT).
We can also do the same for a cue's start point. I.e.:
In this example, we have a recording of the numbers "seven", "six", "five", "four" etc., down
to "one". Using TRIM, we can drag the cue's start backwards to reveal the original
recording or push it forwards to hide more of it (although, as above, this could equally well
be done using ERASE or CUT).
It is also possible to extend a cue over another to create overlaps and crossfades. You
may extend the end of a cue over the start of the next cue or you may extend the start of
a cue over the end of the previous:
The overlap length is limited to 80mS and is used primarily for getting rid of clicks at edit
points and for making butt edits smoother. You can create a crossfade out of an overlap
by setting a fade up and fade down time for each cue in EDIT CUE. If you require
overlaps and crossfades longer than the 80mS limit, then you must place the cues on
separate tracks.
The overlap limit is set in the TRIM SET page.
NOTE: The reason there is a limit to the overlap length is not a deficiency of the DD1500
but due to disk speed and SCSI bandwidth. If infinite crossfade length were possible, you
would halve the number of tracks available to you. The DD1500, however, does have
enough 'headroom' to maintain the number of tracks AND have a short overlap.
Version 2.00 - March, 1996
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 2 3 4
5 4 3
5 4 3
6 5 4 3 2
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OVERLAP
ORIGINAL
EXTEND CUE
RESULT
'SHRINK' CUE
2 1
ORIGINAL
2 1
EXTEND CUE
1 RESULT
2 1 'SHRINK' CUE
OVERLAP
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