Akai DD1500 User Manual

1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 1
THANK YOU!.................................................................................................... 1
DD1500 SYSTEM OVERVIEW......................................................................... 1
FEATURES....................................................................................................... 2
ABOUT THIS MANUAL..................................................................................... 4
2 TERMINOLOGY ..................................................................................................... 5
3 HOW THE DD1500 WORKS................................................................................... 7
DD1500 ‘FLOWCHART’ .................................................................................... 7
4 DD1500M FRONT AND REAR PANELS.................................................................. 10
DIGITAL INPUTS A AND B ............................................................................... 10
MIX A/MIX B DIGITAL OUTPUTS..................................................................... 10
OPTION SLOTS ............................................................................................... 10
ANALOGUE UNIT............................................................................................. 10
SMPTE IN ........................................................................................................ 11
SMPTE OUT..................................................................................................... 11
LEVEL.............................................................................................................. 11
MIDI IN, OUT, THRU......................................................................................... 11
WORDCK (A)/VIDEO SYNC (A) IN .................................................................... 11
WORDCLOCK (B) IN/OUT................................................................................. 11
VIDEO - VITC/SYNC (B) IN ............................................................................... 11
BI-PHASE SYNC IN.......................................................................................... 11
BI-PHASE SYNC OUT ...................................................................................... 11
VTR CONTROL................................................................................................. 12
GPI/O............................................................................................................... 12
SCSI................................................................................................................. 12
REMOTE - AKAINET/DIGITAL AUDIO OUT ...................................................... 12
DIP SWITCHES................................................................................................ 12
SIGNAL GND.................................................................................................... 12
MAINS INPUT................................................................................................... 12
DD1500X FRONT AND REAR PANELS .................................................................. 13
FRONT PANEL - INSERTING AN MO DISK ...................................................... 14
DISK ACTIVITY LED............................................................................. 14
DISK EJECT BUTTON .......................................................................... 14
WRITE PROTECT SWITCH .................................................................. 14
REAR PANEL CONNECTIONS ......................................................................... 15
SCSI CONNECTIONS........................................................................... 15
NOTES REGARDING SCSI................................................................... 15
DIP SWITCHES - SETTING SCSI ID AND TERMINATION..................... 16
SIGNAL GND.................................................................................................... 16
MAINS INPUT................................................................................................... 16
DD1500A FRONT AND REAR PANELS .................................................................. 17
RECOMMENDED DD1500A CONFIGURATIONS.............................................. 17
DL1500 REAR PANELS ......................................................................................... 19
DISPLAY CONTRAST....................................................................................... 19
HEADPHONE ................................................................................................... 19
AUDIO MONITOR OUTPUT .............................................................................. 19
FOOT SW......................................................................................................... 19
KEYBOARD...................................................................................................... 19
EXPANSION CONNECTION ............................................................................. 19
DISPLAY.......................................................................................................... 19
PRINTER PORT................................................................................................ 20
SERIAL PORT.................................................................................................. 20
DIGITAL AUDIO IN ........................................................................................... 20
AKAINET.......................................................................................................... 20
TERM............................................................................................................... 20
OPTION SLOT.................................................................................................. 20
SIGNAL GND.................................................................................................... 20
CONNECTION TO RS422 VTR ......................................................................... 22
CONNECTION USING BI-PHASE...................................................................... 26

Akai DD1500 Specifications

General

Media	Floppy Disk
Number of Tracks	8
Polyphony	8 voices
Sequencer	Yes
Sampling	Yes
Sample Memory	1 MB
Display	LCD
Weight	4.5 kg
Sampling Rate	32 kHz
Effects	Reverb, Delay
MIDI	In, Out, Thru
Storage	Floppy Disk (3.5")
Power Supply	AC Adapter
Outputs	2 x 1/4" TS (line), 1 x 1/4" TRS (headphones)