Performing A Partial Auto Conform - Akai DD1500 User Manual

18 - UTILITIES - RS422 - AUTO CONFORM

PERFORMING A PARTIAL AUTO CONFORM

One feature the DD1500's auto conform function has is that you can perform a 'partial'
auto conform and it is possible to conform just one specific region in the project. This is
particularly useful if a small change is made to an EDL you have already conformed. For
example, the director may supply you with an updated EDL that adds an extra scene or
contains just a few changes to some edits - instead of conforming the whole EDL again,
you can simply re-conform the parts that have changed.
To do this, assuming the original conformed project is loaded in the DD1500, mark and IN
and an OUT point in the project as appropriate (you should receive some documentation
telling you where the changes are). Now insert the updated EDL floppy in the drive and go
to the LOAD - IMPORT as normal. You will see this screen:
At the top of the screen there is a field labelled SCOPE. The default setting for this is
PROJECT - i.e. it will import the entire EDL into the currently selected project. You may
change this field to IN > OUT. I.e.:
This will cause only those cues that fall between the IN/OUT markers to be imported. To
import the selected region, press the flashing EXECUTE key as for a normal 'project'
import.
NOTE: Of course, all the other considerations regarding setting up for an auto conform
should be observed (i.e. sampling frequency, external time source, etc., in the SYSTEM
pages). Track mapping must also be set as appropriate in the EDL SETUP pages and, of
course, the appropriate tracks must be selected for edit).
Once the region has been imported from the floppy disk into the currently selected project,
go to the REC/# page and press AUTO CONFORM. Set up the auto conform handles,
etc., as necessary and press EXECUTE in the usual fashion. The process will begin,
prompting you to insert the necessary source reel. Insert the reel and press EXECUTE -
the audio required for the IN/OUT region you have specified will be recorded into the
DD1500. At the end of the process, the new audio will be placed within the IN/OUT region
and will replace anything may have been there originally. Here's an example of how this
may be useful.
Let's imagine that you have received an EDL from the video edit and you have conformed
it. However, a week later, the director decides to insert a whole new scene into the
production and so he re-edits it. Of course, you will get the new, updated EDL (hopefully
with some information regarding the changes).
On the DD1500, you would locate to the point where the insertion begins and, with all
tracks selected for edit, you would slip everything to the point where the new scene ends.
Mark an IN at the start of this new scene and an OUT at the end of it (i.e. mark the blank
region that now exists in the project) and, using SCOPE: IN > OUT, conform just that
region from the new source reels you will presumably have been provided with.
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