Akai DR16 pro

Contents
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Contents
Introduction ....................................................................................................... 1
What is the DR16pro?........................................................................................................ 1
Signal Flow ........................................................................................................................ 3
Level Diagram.................................................................................................................... 5
Inside the DR16pro ............................................................................................................ 6
1 Front and Rear Panels ................................................................................................. 7
Front Panel ........................................................................................................................ 7
Rear Panel ....................................................................................................................... 18
2 Getting Around the DR16pro..................................................................... 23
Operating Modes ............................................................................................................. 23
Operation ......................................................................................................................... 24
Entering Time Values ....................................................................................................... 26
3 Setting Up the DR16pro............................................................................. 28
Typical DR16pro Setup .................................................................................................... 29
4 Recording ................................................................................................... 30
Sampling Frequency ........................................................................................................ 30
Input Source..................................................................................................................... 33
Selecting the Input Channels ........................................................................................... 35
Starting & Stopping Recording......................................................................................... 38
Punch-In Functions .......................................................................................................... 39
Recording Undo ............................................................................................................... 44
Setting the Recording Mode ............................................................................................ 45
5 Playback...................................................................................................... 47
Outputs ............................................................................................................................ 47
Starting & Stopping Playback .......................................................................................... 48
Starting & Stopping Playback by Footswitch ................................................................... 48
Special Play Keys ............................................................................................................ 49
Repeat ............................................................................................................................. 52
Varispeed ......................................................................................................................... 53
6 Projects ........................................................................................................ 54
Creating a New Project .................................................................................................... 54
Loading Project Files ....................................................................................................... 55
Deleting Project Files ....................................................................................................... 56
Creating a New Protools Session on a Macintosh disk ................................................... 58
7 Mixer............................................................................................................ 60
Output Assignment Mode................................................................................................. 60
Individual Channel Settings ............................................................................................. 61
System Settings ............................................................................................................... 65
Snapshot Settings............................................................................................................ 68
Mapping Snapshots ......................................................................................................... 69
Other Functions ............................................................................................................... 71
ADAT Digital Output ......................................................................................................... 72
8 Take Functions ........................................................................................... 73
Other Take Applications ................................................................................................... 76
9 Locate Functions ....................................................................................... 77
Direct Locate Points (1 ~ 9 Keys) .................................................................................... 78