Table Of Contents - Numark D2 Director Reference Manual

INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................. 3
FEATURES ..................................................................................................................................... 3
IMPORTANT MESSAGES.............................................................................................................. 3
CONNECTION DIAGRAM .............................................................................................................. 4
REAR PANEL OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................. 5
FRONT PANEL OVERVIEW........................................................................................................... 5
HOW TO WORK WITH D2 DIRECTOR.......................................................................................... 6
THE GRAPHICAL INTERFACE ...................................................................................................... 8
S
WITCHING
T D
HE ISPLAY
D D
ECK
M B
ENU
W
ORK
P
ROGRESS
U
SING
U
SING
R
ESPONDING TO
C
HANGING
E
NTERING
THE LIBRARY............................................................................................................................... 11
PREPARING YOUR STORAGE DEVICE ............................................................................... 11
CREATING A LIBRARY .......................................................................................................... 11
Building with Librarian ....................................................................................................... 11
Building with D2 Director ................................................................................................... 11
LOADING A LIBRARY............................................................................................................. 12
USING A LIBRARY ................................................................................................................. 12
Searching .......................................................................................................................... 13
Browsing ........................................................................................................................... 13
File View............................................................................................................................ 15
Working with Playlists........................................................................................................ 15
EJECTING A LIBRARY ........................................................................................................... 16
THE CRATE.................................................................................................................................. 17
WORKING WITH THE CRATE................................................................................................ 17
LOADING AND SAVING THE CRATE .................................................................................... 18
GLOBAL CONTROLS................................................................................................................... 19
DECK CONTROLS (A AND B)...................................................................................................... 20
DECK MODE SETTINGS (A AND B)............................................................................................ 23
TRACK LOADING ................................................................................................................... 23
TIME DISPLAY........................................................................................................................ 23
FADER START ....................................................................................................................... 23
VIEWS .......................................................................................................................................... 24
TRACK VIEW .......................................................................................................................... 24
PROFILE VIEW....................................................................................................................... 24
Creating Track Profiles...................................................................................................... 24
Working with Track Profiles............................................................................................... 24
UTILITY......................................................................................................................................... 25
D
ISPLAY
R
ESTORE
C
ALIBRATE
U
PDATES
D2 SOFTWARE UPGRADES ....................................................................................................... 27
UPGRADE PROCEDURE....................................................................................................... 27
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS ........................................................................................................... 28
USB DEVICE COMPATIBILITY .................................................................................................... 29
USB CONNECTION................................................................................................................ 29
SUPPORTED STORAGE DEVICES ....................................................................................... 29
IDENTIFYING LIBRARIES...................................................................................................... 29
SUPPORTED FILE SYSTEMS................................................................................................ 30
AVOIDING AND FIXING ERRORS ......................................................................................... 30
DEFRAGMENTATION ............................................................................................................ 30
KEEPING YOUR DATA SAFE ................................................................................................ 30
EXPLANATION OF DIGITAL AUDIO............................................................................................ 31
COMPRESSION ..................................................................................................................... 31
TAGGING................................................................................................................................ 31
FORMATS............................................................................................................................... 31
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................................................... 33
LICENSING INFORMATION......................................................................................................... 33
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ....................................................................................................... 33
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