Akai DD1500

EDITING - 14
Version 2.00 - March, 1996 Page 85
You could, of course, mark an edit region that spans several sequential cues across two
tracks (i.e. several stereo cues). I.e.:
IN OUT
CLIP 4
TR 6
TR 1
TR 2
TR 5
COPY FROM PROJECT TO LIBRARY PASTE TO PROJECT
In this way, you can manage mono and stereo files very easily and no distinction is made
other than mono files only need one track to paste onto, stereo files need two tracks
(preferably adjacent but not absolutely necessary).
The logical conclusion to this, however, is that a clip could actually comprise several
sequential cues across many tracks (i.e. a multi-track clip). For example:
IN OUT
CLIP 5
COPY FROM PROJECT TO LIBRARY PASTE TO PROJECT
In this way, you can copy and keep a whole ‘scene’ of cues for use at a later date. In fact,
you could copy an entire project into a library.
A library can contain any combination of mono, stereo and/or multi-track clips with no
restriction however please note that a library can only hold up to a maximum of 256 mono
clips or 200 stereo clips (if you use many multi-track clips, this number reduces).
You may create any number of libraries and arrange them as you like with each one
holding up 256 clips. You may, if you wish, have libraries on different disks and use these
to paste/insert clips into project. However, please note that pasting something into a
project from a library is not a true ‘copy’ function and, in the case where a project consists
of lots of clips pasted in from different disks, those disks must be present on the system if
the project is to play back successfully.
Of course, when you paste a clip into a project, you can edit it further within the GRID and
copy it back to the library (or another library) in its edited form for use later on. The system
allows great flexibility in the editing, handling and management of audio.
It is a good idea to become familiar with the concept of libraries as it is quite fundamental
to successful and flexible operation of the DD1500.