Akai DPS24 - Table of Contents

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................. 1
FEATURES ...................................................................................................................1
OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................... 2
DPS24 STRUCTURE ....................................................................................................2
GETTING AROUND THE DPS24 ................................................................................ 3
INPUTS ....................................................................................................................... 4
RECORD/EDIT SELECT KEYS ....................................................................................... 5
GROUPS .....................................................................................................................6
SUB-GROUPING CHANNELS TO THE STEREO L/R BUS ........................................... 6
Q-STRIP FUNCTION KEYS/CHANNEL ENCODERS ....................................................7
Q-CHANNEL SELECT/Q-CHANNEL ENCODERS ........................................................8
Q-STRIP/CHANNEL ENCODERS ............................................................................... 10
FADERS/FADER BANKS............................................................................................. 11
MASTER SECTION .................................................................................................... 13
MONITOR SECTION ................................................................................................14
LCD ‘POD’................................................................................................................16
MAIN CONTROL SECTION ......................................................................................17
MIX SCENE ............................................................................................................... 20
TRANSPORT KEYS ....................................................................................................23
EDIT PLAY KEYS ........................................................................................................ 24
AUTOLOCATOR .......................................................................................................25
USING THE AUTOLOCATOR ...................................................................................26
JOG/SHUTTLE WHEEL .............................................................................................. 28
IN/OUT KEYS ............................................................................................................ 28
SCREEN CONVENTIONS ................................................................................... 29
LCD LAYOUT ...........................................................................................................29
PROMPTS .................................................................................................................31
NAMING .................................................................................................................. 32
SOFT KEYS ................................................................................................................ 32
ILLUMINATED KEYS ................................................................................................. 33
MOVING AROUND THE LCD..................................................................................34
REAR PANEL ....................................................................................................... 36
FRONT PANEL .................................................................................................... 38
POWERING UP THE DPS24 ............................................................................... 39
DPS24 MODES ................................................................................................... 40
MAIN SCREEN .................................................................................................... 41
GRID (GRaphic Interface Display) ............................................................................. 42
EDIT MODE........................................................................................................ 43
EDITING AND AUTOMATION ................................................................................. 45
COPY ........................................................................................................................ 46
CUT .......................................................................................................................... 47
ERASE ....................................................................................................................... 48
INSERT ......................................................................................................................48
PASTE........................................................................................................................ 49
MOVE ....................................................................................................................... 50