Akai DPS24 User Manual

11
OVERVIEW
FADERS/FADER BANKS
Below the DPS24’s Q-STRIP/CHANNEL encoders are the channel faders and SELECT and ON/SOLO keys:
PRE PRE PRE PRE EQ ON
Q-CHANNEL
A B
LINE MIC
SIGNAL / CLIP
+60
0
!!SOLO!!
MAX
MIN
LINE MICLINE MICLINE MICLINE MICLINE MICLINE MICLINE MICLINE MICLINE MICLINE MICLINE MIC
A BA BA BA BA BA BA BA BA BA BA B
+60
0
+60
0
+60
0
+60
0
+60
0
+60
0
+60
0
+60
0
+60
0
+60
0
+60
0
SIGNAL / CLIP SIGNAL / CLIP SIGNAL / CLIP SIGNAL / CLIP SIGNAL / CLIP SIGNAL / CLIP SIGNAL / CLIP SIGNAL / CLIP SIGNAL / CLIP SIGNAL / CLIP SIGNAL / CLIP
+45
-15
+45
-15
+45
-15
+45
-15
+45
-15
+45
-15
+45
-15
+45
-15
+45
-15
+45
-15
TRIM
A / B
48V
LINE
/ MIC
ON OFF
ASSIGN
RECORD
/EDIT
SELECT
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13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
L / R 1 / 2 3 / 4 5 / 6 7 / 8
FX / AUX 1 FX / AUX 2 FX / AUX 3 FX / AUX 4
Q-STRIP
FUNCTION
PAN
MONITOR
LEVEL
2-TRACK
MONO
NEAR
+45
-15
+45
-15
34
78
812
456
4567
8123
23
567
1
TALK BACK
SELECT
STUDIO CR
GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 GROUP 4 GROUP 5 GROUP 6 GROUP 7 GROUP 8
SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO
SELECT
ON
INPUT 1
TRACK 1 / 13
FX RTN 1 FX RTN 2 FX RTN 3 FX RTN 4 L / R
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2 / 14 3 / 15 4 / 16 5 / 17 6 / 18 7 / 19 8 / 20 9 / 21 10 / 22 11 / 23 12 / 24
MASTER
PAN
LOW SWEEP
HIGH
EFFECT / AUX SENDS
L R
FX / AUX 1 FX / AUX 2 FX / AUX 3 FX / AUX 4
20Hz
-24dB
+24dB
20kHz
20Hz
-24dB
+24dB
20kHz
Q
20Hz
-24dB
+24dB
20kHz
ZOOM
V
.TRACK CD-RDSP PATCHGRID
SHIFT
OFFSET
ABORT
SET
LOOP
SETUPPROJECTFXAUTOMATEMIXEREDIT
CURSOR
789
456
123
-
+ 0
OUT
JOG
@ SHUTTLE
RECALLSTORE
WHEEL
IN
INP MON
INP
1-12
TRACKS
1-12
TRACKS
13-24
GROUP
FX
USER
BANK
UNDO REDO PRE-ROLL AUTO
TO FROM IN OUT
AUTO LOCATE
OVER
REWIND FAST FORWARD STOP
5
5
MIX SCENE
ENTERCANCEL
FADER BANK
EXT
SYNC
MAIN
SCREEN
GO TO
MEMORY
TB
LEVEL
RELEASE
LOCK
CONTRAST
Q 1
Q 3
Q 5
Q 2
Q 4
Q 6
F 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 F 6
LR
2
0
6
4
10
8
20
15
25
35
30
40
60
50
CLIP
@ DISPLAY
@ SELECT
HOURS MINS SECS FRAMES
BARS BEATS CLOCKS
Each channel is identical whether it’s an input or a disk channel (the GROUP/FX channels are different and those
differences are described on the next page). Each channel has a long throw 100mm motorised fader which is touch
sensitive for use with the mixer’s automation and simply touching the fader will make it active.
A channel can be selected for editing using the channel SELECT key above each fader. The SELECT key is also
used to route channels to groups (and hence to disk tracks) for recording.
Channels may be muted using the green ON key. When the channel is ON, the key illuminates; when it is OFF
(muted), the key is not lit.
By pressing SHIFT+ON, the channel can be solo’d. When a channel is solo’d, the ON key’s LED flashes (and a
large SOLO LED flashes in the MASTER section). SOLO operation is described later in the manual.
The different channels are selected using the FADER BANK keys located above the transport keys. The types of
mixer channel types are as follows:
INPUTS 12 general purpose mixer channels which can be used to mix the DPS24’s various input
sources. The channels can also be used to add EQ and dynamics and also to send the
channels to either the internal effects and/or the AUX bus.
TRACKS 24 mixer channels which are sourced from the internal disk recorder. The channels can
also be used to add EQ and dynamics and also to send the channels to either the internal
effects and/or the AUX bus.
GROUP 8 channels providing control of the 8 group bus master levels. Pan, EQ, dynamics and
FX/AUX sends are not available on these channels.

Akai DPS24 Specifications

General

Brand	Akai
Model	DPS24
Category	Recording Equipment
Language	English