Akai DD1500 User Manual page 75

AUTO MONITOR
INPUT GAIN RANGE
Press EXIT at any time to leave this page and revert to the main RECORD screen.
Version 2.00 - March, 1996
Here you may select how you will monitor the input signal.
The default selection is RECORD AND STOP. With this
selected, you will hear the input signal under the following
conditions:
HEAR INPUT?
RECORD TRACK'S PLAY SELECT KEY ON
HEAR INPUT?
RECORD TRACK'S PLAY SELECT KEY OFF
The other selection you may make is RECORD ONLY. With
this selected, you will only hear the input signal whilst
actually recording, regardless of the status of the record
track's PLAY select key. I.e.:
HEAR INPUT?
RECORD TRACK'S PLAY SELECT KEY ON OR OFF
RECORD ONLY is useful when you only ever want to hear
the input signal during record and at no other time. The
DD1500 will take care of the switching automatically.
It is possible to set the fader to boost the gain of the input
signal by up to +24dBs. This may be useful when recording
signals from domestic or semi-professional equipment that
runs at -10dBm (the DD1500's analogue inputs are all
calibrated to +4dBm).
The default selection is +12dB. This sets that the amount
of gain available on the fader between its 0dB setting and
+12dB setting is +12dBs.
You may also select +24dB where the gain of the fader
between its 0dB and +12dB setting is actually +24dBs.
However, be careful when selecting this as the fader is very
sensitive in this range and could lead to unwanted
distortion.
RECORDING - 11
STOP RECORD PLAYBACK
YES YES NO
STOP RECORD PLAYBACK
YES YES YES
STOP RECORD PLAYBACK
NO YES NO
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