Akai DPS 24

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Table of Contents
User Guide
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................1
DPS24 STRUCTURE ...................................................................................2
REAR PANEL ...............................................................................................4
FRONT PANEL ............................................................................................7
TOP PANEL ..................................................................................................8
GETTING AROUND THE DPS24 ............................................................. 8
ILLUMINATED KEYS................................................................................8
INPUTS..................................................................................................... 9
RECORD/EDIT SELECT KEYS .............................................................10
L/R AND GROUP ASSIGN KEYS .......................................................... 11
SUB-GROUPING CHANNELS TO THE L/R MIX..................................................12
Q-STRIP FUNCTION KEYS/CHANNEL ENCODERS ...........................13
CHANNEL ENCODERS .........................................................................13
FADER FLIP ....................................................................................................................14
Q-CHANNEL SELECT/Q-CHANNEL ENCODERS ................................15
Q-STRIP/Q-CHANNEL ENCODERS .....................................................17
FADERS/FADER BANKS .......................................................................18
MASTER SECTION ................................................................................20
MONITOR SECTION ..............................................................................21
LCD 'POD' .............................................................................................. 23
LCD LAYOUT .................................................................................................................24
SOFT KEYS......................................................................................................................24
PROJECT INFO BAR .....................................................................................................24
SAVE INDICATOR ........................................................................................................25
PROJECT OVERVIEW...................................................................................................26
WAVEFORM GENERATION INDICATOR...............................................................26
METER BRIDGE.............................................................................................................26
Q-LINK CONTROLS .....................................................................................................27
MOVING AROUND THE LCD ...................................................................................28
NAMING .........................................................................................................................30
PROMPTS ........................................................................................................................31
MAIN CONTROL SECTION ...................................................................32
MIX SCENE KEYS .................................................................................35
STORING A MIX SCENE..............................................................................................36
RECALLING A MIX SCENE ........................................................................................37
RESET MIXER.................................................................................................................38
INITIAL SCENE .............................................................................................................39