13 - Autolocator; Locating To The Start Or End Of A Project; Locating To The Next Or Previous Cues; Locating To Timecode Positions - Akai DD1500 User Manual

13 - AUTOLOCATOR

Once you start to build up a project, you need a convenient way of getting around it.
Perhaps the simplest way is to use the rewind and fast forward keys.
However, you often need to go to very specific points in a project. To facilitate this, the
DL1500 has a powerful autolocator that allows you to store up to 100 numbered locate
memories, 100 'grab' markers as well as being able to locate to the start, the end and the
IN, SYNC and OUT points. You may also locate to the next and previous cues and you
may also locate directly to timecode values.
Pressing the GOTO key will display this screen:

LOCATING TO THE START OR END OF A PROJECT

To locate to the START or END of a project, simply press GOTO, START (F5) or GOTO,
END (F6) and you will taken directly to these positions.

LOCATING TO THE NEXT OR PREVIOUS CUES

You may also go sequentially to the start and end of previous and next cues by holding
down GOTO and pressing the DATA ENTRY '+' key (next cue) or press GOTO+DATA
ENTRY '-' (previous cue). This makes getting around the cues very rapid as you only need
to hold down GOTO and press DATA ENTRY +++++++++ to go forward nine edits.
NOTE: You must HOLD the GOTO key when using the DATA ENTRY +/- keys in this way.
The logic for cue selection is that you will only go to the cues on the tracks selected for
edit. If only one track is selected for edit, you will only go to the cues on that track. If one
or more tracks are selected for edit, you will go to each one on each track in turn. If no
tracks are selected for edit, only PLAY, you will go to every cue on all tracks in turn. If no
tracks are selected for PLAY (i.e. all track select keys are off), the function does not work.

LOCATING TO TIMECODE POSITIONS

You may locate to a timecode position using the numeric keypad. For example, to locate
to 01:12:13:23, press GOTO, 1,00,12,00,13,00,23,00, EXECUTE where 00 is the 'double
zero' key on the keypad. To locate to sub-frames, enter the timecode as above and then
press the key to enter the sub-frame value. For example, to locate to 01:12:13:23, press
GOTO, 1,00,12,00,13,00,23,00, ,7, EXECUTE.
NOTE: If you previously located to a locator memory number, you may have to press F1
to select TIME.

LOCATING TO LOCATOR MEMORIES

To locate to a previously stored locate memory, press GOTO, F2 (MEMORY) and the
appropriate number 0-99 on the keypad followed by EXECUTE (see STORING LOCATE
MEMORIES).
You may also locate to locate positions sequentially using the numeric keypad's -/< or +/>
keys. Pressing GOTO and either of these will take you to the next locate point, whatever
that may be. It could be a locate memory number, a GRAB marker, the IN, OUT, SYNC
points or the start and end of a project.
Locate points are unique to a project and all locator memories are saved when you save
the project and are recalled when the project is subsequently re-loaded.
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