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Controls and Displays

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Shortcut 2000 Editor Owner’s Manual

CHAPTER I

CONTROLS AND DISPLAYS

360 Systems' Shortcut audio editor has an exceptionally clear-cut front panel. It is

sensibly arranged, has a minimum button count, and will make sense to creative staff members
who are familiar with traditional tape editing or modern word processors.

This section offers a brief overview of the front panel controls and displays. Detailed

operating instructions will be found in the following chapters.

FRONT PANEL OF THE SHORTCUT EDITOR

Summary of Contents for Short/cut 2000 Audio Editor

Page 1: ...res 1 0 Initial release 2 0 Support of external removable media 3 0 Short cut 99 edit features and file translation 4 0 Speed increases in edit features file copy import and export 5 0 IDE Internal Drive with optional SCSI adapter card P R O F E S S I O N A L D I G I T A L A U D I O ...

Page 2: ...instruction manual may cause interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense The user is cautioned that changes made to the equipment without the approval of the manufacturer could void the user s authority to operate this equipment It is sug...

Page 3: ...ial and workmanship for a period of one year from date of original purchase This warranty includes parts and labor This warranty excludes units that have been modified repaired by unauthorized personnel or damaged by abuse improper operation dirt or static electricity 360 SYSTEMS ASSUMES NO LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR REAL OR CON SEQUENTIAL DAMAGES LOSS OF PROFITS INCONVENIENCE OR ANY OTHER LOSSES DU...

Page 4: ... Forward 5 Rewind 5 Loop 5 Pause 5 Bleep 5 Hot Keys 5 EDIT KEYS 6 Mark Locating Marks and Zero Mark 6 Go To Keys 6 Arm Keys 6 Edit In 6 Edit Out 7 Cut 7 Copy 7 Insert 7 Gain Editing 7 Erase 8 Nudge Arrows 8 Undo 8 Soft Keys 8 FILE MANAGEMENT KEYS 9 DIR Directory Select 9 Directory Listing illustration 9 FILES File Select 9 Files Menu illustration 9 Save and Save As 10 Exit 11 Find A File 11 Alphan...

Page 5: ...ECORDING Sample Rate 21 Record Mode Basic 22 Setting The Record Monitor 22 Setting The Recording Threshold 22 Record Pause 23 Recording Multiple Takes 23 Insert Recording 23 Basic Insert Recording 24 Replacement Insert Recording 24 CHAPTER IV______________________________________ 25 EDITING EDIT OPERATIONS 25 Waveform Display with Callouts illustration 25 Location Marks 26 Waveform Display Showing...

Page 6: ...ransport Operation 41 Solo Buttons 41 Single Track Editing 41 CHAPTER V ______________________________________ 43 MISCELLANEOUS OPERATIONS DIRECTORY AND FILE ORGANIZATION 43 Directories 43 Display Screen Showing Directory Listing illustration 43 Files 44 Display Screen Showing File Listing illustration 44 USING HOT KEYS 44 Copy A Selected Segment To A Hot Key 44 Cut A Selected Segment To A Hot Key...

Page 7: ...5 BLEEP SOURCE 55 BLEEP LEVEL 55 CHANGE PASSWORD 55 Copy File or Directory 56 Export Files to DigiCart II Plus or Instant Replay 57 Import and Export of Foreign Files 58 D NET File Transmission 63 EDITOR MENUS 65 Quick Reference 65 Setup Menu 65 Display Waveforms 66 Waveform Display split Illustration 66 Waveform Display combined Illustration 66 Output Level 66 Installing Softcode 66 CHAPTER VII _...

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Page 9: ... you are in a hurry look over the first chapters describing the front and rear panels followed by the chapters on specific operations Come back to the Menu chapter at a later time when you have a specific task to perform The Table of Contents will help you locate most operational descriptions There is also an Index at the back to assist in locating operations by their name This book uses SMALL CAP...

Page 10: ... removable media drives to increase storage time and data transport flexibility Also material can be Imported to and Exported from DOS or HFS formatted Zip or Jaz disks in a variety of file formats We recommend the following Iomega products for use with Shortcut Zip 250 disks store over 17 minutes of stereo audio in a compact and inexpensive disk Shortcut can also Export audio to 360 Systems DigiC...

Page 11: ...ront panel It is sensibly arranged has a minimum button count and will make sense to creative staff members who are familiar with traditional tape editing or modern word processors This section offers a brief overview of the front panel controls and displays Detailed operating instructions will be found in the following chapters FRONT PANEL OF THE SHORTCUT EDITOR ...

Page 12: ...nals in greater detail or reduces magnification so loud signals are fully displayed TRANSPORT CONTROLS Record A recording may be started at any time by pressing the REC button A new file is automatically created and previously recorded audio is not over written The REC key is illuminated when recording Stop Stops all transport functions including Record Playback Fast Forward and Rewind and also ca...

Page 13: ... but Loop remains active The LOOP key is illuminated when active Pause Record or Playback can be temporarily interrupted by pressing PAUSE A second press will continue Other buttons that will release PAUSE are PLAY REC FAST FORWARD and REWIND The PAUSE key is illuminated when active Bleep Audio will be non destructively replaced with a bleep tone when the BLEEP button is pressed There are three op...

Page 14: ...ng Mark and pressing the 0 key HOT KEY 0 Its position is marked by a small triangle below the waveform display It does not affect the beginning of playback from the Files Display or the display of Cursor Position time in the Editor To return to the Zero Mark press FF twice to move from a point earlier in the file or press REW twice to return from a point later in the file Go To Keys The GO TO keys...

Page 15: ...he display warns you if another file is already assigned to the Hot Key press ENTER to reassign the key When used in the Directory Select display COPY will call a menu that allows you to copy all files in a directory to another directory Insert The Insert function inserts the current clipboard contents from a Cut or Copy operation at the location of the Edit In mark Placing the Edit Out mark at th...

Page 16: ...used to nudge the Cursor by 10 mSec 01 seconds of time In the zoomed in mode most often used for detailed editing this represents one pixel on the waveform display When zoomed out it can take multiple presses to see the Cursor move this is because nudge always works at the finest resolution available Nudge will often be easier to use than the SCRUB WHEEL When a menu is active the ARROWS will selec...

Page 17: ...RIES 48K TIME 3 45 17 5 DIRECTORY 5 6 DIRECTORY 6 7 DIRECTORY 7 8 DIRECTORY 8 9 DIRECTORY 9 P PUBLIC DIRECTORY PUBLIC DIRECTORY DIRECTORY LISTING The reference to Internal Directories in the upper left shows whether the directories in the Internal or External Drive are being displayed At the right of the top line the Sample Rate for the currently selected Directory is shown along with the amount o...

Page 18: ...t the first time you save an edited file so that your original recording is left unaltered Copies of files use very little disk space and it is good insurance in case a mistake is made in editing Remember to erase all copies of a recording when clearing disk space for new recordings as the disk space will be released only when all files that use that audio have been erased Save As can be used to r...

Page 19: ...ition Detailed information on using the FIND command will be found in the General Operations chapter Alphanumeric Keyboard The ALPHANUMERIC KEYBOARD is used for titling Files for Find operations and to enter information for certain Menu functions It also contains some special function keys The ten NUMERIC KEYS double as audio Hot Keys The ALT key is used in combination with other function keys to ...

Page 20: ... with headroom of 18 dB full scale output is 22 dBu and a minimum level display of 30 dB Headphone and Speaker Volume This control adjusts the level of the stereo headphone jack and the internal speakers Speakers Built in speakers provide stereo monitoring Speakers can be turned on or off by a Setup Menu item by a GPI input or by menu selections under SOFT KEY 2 Solo The Left and Right SOLO keys s...

Page 21: ...ors at a nominal level of 4 dBu Pin 2 is pin 3 is pin 1 is shield Digital Audio Inputs A female XLR 3 connector accepts inputs in the AES EBU format A BNC connector accepts inputs in either the consumer IEC 958 II format or the 75 ohm AES3 ID format Digital Audio Outputs A male XLR 3 connector provides a digital output in the AES EBU format A BNC connector provides a 75 ohm output in the professio...

Page 22: ...is a space to write the serial number on the inside front cover of the owner s manual G P I Inputs and Tally Outputs GPI inputs for STOP RECORD PLAY REWIND FAST FORWARD and Speaker Mute plus tally lamp outputs are provided on a 15 pin D connector These inputs can be reassigned in various combinations in the Setup Menu allowing their use with Pause and up to four Hot Keys A contact closure to commo...

Page 23: ...stor Given a 12 volt source a resistor of 910Ω or 470Ω to will provide LED current of 10 mA or 20 mA respectively A watt resistor is suitable GPI Input Assignment Options The GPI Inputs can be assigned in five configurations The default is FF REW STOP REC Play remains Play in all configurations The second option is PAUSE REW STOP REC which changes the FF input to activate Pause This can be valuabl...

Page 24: ...ccept the default file name or put your own custom label on each file Several popular systems are supported Gentner Model TS 612 On Air Phone System Telos Model 1A2 Multiline Telephone System Model One X Six Talk Show System and the Direct Interface Module Audio connection to each product is different Refer to your Telos or Gentner owners manual for suggestions Below are the diagrams for the neces...

Page 25: ...KEY or Scroll down to item 8 SYNC ECHO INPUT using the Scrub Wheel and press ENTER 3 Use the ARROW KEYS or the SCRUB WHEEL to select either the XLR or BNC connectors 4 Press ENTER to confirm your selection To set Shortcut to use an external reference 1 Press MENU twice to select the SETUP MENU 2 Press the 7 KEY or Scroll down to item 7 SYNC SOURCE using the SCRUB WHEEL and press ENTER 3 Use the Ar...

Page 26: ...TER to allow changing the value 3 Set the value to SCSI or PARALLEL 4 Press ENTER to confirm the selection 5 Press EXIT to leave the SETUP MENU The Shortcut editor will always start up on the Internal Drive To select the External Drive press DIR then MENU then select item 5 SELECT EXTERNAL DRIVE Pressing NUMERIC KEY 5 will directly select Menu item 5 To return to the Internal Drive the process is ...

Page 27: ...sks that are write protected in software such as the Tools disk that comes with some versions of Zip drive cannot be formatted in the Shortcut When copies of files are made between directories on the same disk the audio data is not copied only the edit lists are However when a file is copied from one disk to another all audio data is always copied for each file even if two versions that are largel...

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Page 29: ...44 1k or 48k samples second It is advisable though not required to select a single rate for the entire Editor when possible Recordings made at different rates cannot be inter cut nor should they be transferred to a single DAT tape when completed As a point of reference the music industry usually works at 44 1 since this is compatible with Compact Disks The video industry more often operates at 48k...

Page 30: ...y muted during recording Turning off Record Monitor will also prevent feedback when recording with an open microphone in the monitoring area 1 Enter the SETUP MENU 2 Select item A REC MONITOR If you used the Scrub Wheel press ENTER to allow changing the value 3 Press ENTER to confirm the selection 4 Press EXIT to leave the SETUP MENU Setting The Recording Threshold It is often desirable to enter R...

Page 31: ...title can be turned off In this case the Editor is always ready to start a new recording on completion of the previous one The last File recorded will always be titled with the default title To turn off the title prompt go to the File level FILES key and select ASK FOR NEW TITLE under the DIRECTORY PREFERENCES section Also enter a name in the DEFAULT TITLE menu selection By using PAUSE you can int...

Page 32: ...T OUT mark at the end of it On entering the Insert Record mode the highlighted audio is deleted and the new material is inserted in that space The ultimate length of the File will depend on whether the inserted segment is shorter or longer than the audio being replaced Insert Recording in this manner is how the Shortcut executes an erase record or punch in record However you don t have to take a r...

Page 33: ...t Note that the Edit In and Edit Out marks are different from Locate Marks EDIT OPERATIONS The Edit screen displays the File title the time at the present CURSOR position Edit Marks that may have been placed and the audio waveform starting at the head of the File The user may select a File for editing as follows 1 Go to the DIRECTORY menu highlight a directory selection and press ENTER or FILES 2 ...

Page 34: ...ed track This feature can be used to advantage When many Marks have been placed disarming both tracks will limit the search to only five places Start of File the Zero Mark Edit In mark Edit Out mark and End of File By selectively arming tracks an entirely different set of Location Marks can be placed on each of the two tracks A Location Mark may be removed by locating to it with the GO TO keys and...

Page 35: ...y not immediately come to the point By bracketing keepers with location marks it isn t necessary to ever play the entire File again just tab through the marks and immediately edit the good parts When placing a Zero Mark during recording a conventional Mark will be placed at the point the MARK key is pressed and held the Zero Mark will be placed at the point where the 0 KEY is pressed Edit Marks A ...

Page 36: ...be pressed during Record Playback or at the Edit level Sub sequent presses of either key will override the previous edit point with the newly selected one Play Selected Audio Play Selected Audio plays only material between the Edit In and Edit Out Marks It is accessed by holding the ALT key and pressing PLAY The EDIT IN and EDIT OUT buttons light to indicate that you are playing the selection If n...

Page 37: ...PY and the highlighted segment will be placed in clipboard memory Insert it at another location or in another file using the INSERT command Copy a Selected Portion of a File to a Hot Key Press COPY and while holding it press the desired HOT KEY Use the keyboard to title if desired Copy an Entire File From Disk to a Hot Key Assign a Hot Key Go to the File Select display FILES key Select the desired...

Page 38: ...UST VALUE THEN PRESS ENTER This screen allows the adjustment of the Crossfade Duration with the SCRUB WHEEL or the ARROW KEYS The SCRUB WHEEL adjusts by 05 second intervals until the value is over 1 second causing it to adjust in 1 second intervals The ARROW KEYS allow adjustment in 01 second increments Pressing the SPACE BAR while in this screen turns Crossfade ON and OFF While in the Editor Cros...

Page 39: ... represented by the second diagram This is the final result of a simple Cut operation When Cut with Crossfade is used this is only an intermediate step The Crossfade process will result in the file represented by the third diagram During the Crossfade time the two parts of the file are actually overlapped This results in the total run time of the file being reduced by the crossfade time Sometimes ...

Page 40: ...create two crossfades One is between existing material before the Edit In mark and the material at the head of the piece being inserted The other is between the tail of the piece being inserted and the material after the Edit Out mark If there is insufficient material in any of these regions the duration of the crossfade will be limited If the Edit In mark is at the Beginning of the file no crossf...

Page 41: ...s performed immediately are FADE IN FADE OUT and SPEAKER OFF SPEAKER ON Gain edits in Shortcut are completely non destructive Each ten millisecond block of audio has a Gain Value that can range from 6db to 90db This Gain Value is applied to the audio during playback but does not change the original audio data that was recorded When a block is first recorded its Gain Value is 0db The level of the r...

Page 42: ...d out fade time These times occur within the time defined by the Edit In and Edit Out marks so their total cannot exceed the length of the selected range The graph below shows an Adjust Level operation that adds 4 db with the Fade In time set about half the length of the Fade Out time Fade Out Time Fade In Time 0db 4db Gain Adjust 4db The Adjust Level display has four lines ADJUST LEVEL 1 4 4 4 4A...

Page 43: ...eed the length of the region so if one is set to 1 second the other can be up to 2 seconds if the range is 3 seconds long The graph below illustrates the result of adjusting the gain of a region that has already been reduced to 4 db In cases like this the Adjust By value can go above 6 db because the limit applies to the Gain Value that results from the operation Adjust By 8db 0db 4db 4db Set Gain...

Page 44: ...ain with a Gain Value of 0db is equivalent to undoing all gain edits within the selected range When using Set Gain it is unnecessary to use UNDO to restore the previous value before trying another Gain value just repeat the edit with the new value and the specified Gain will be placed on the selected range You can also do this with Adjust Level but the effect is additive so if you Adjust Level wit...

Page 45: ...the fade The Gain Value is always selected and can be adjusted with the Scrub Wheel or Arrow Keys or entered directly using the numeric keys and the Space Bar to change sign FILES WITH ERRORS 0 TOTAL FILES 9 RELATIVE FADE GAIN VALUE 00 0 DB SPACE BAR CHANGES SIGN SET OR ADJUST VALUE THEN PRESS ENTER EDIT IN SELECTS FADE TO GAIN VALUE EDIT OUT SELECTS FADE FROM VALUE 4 4 4 4 00 0 The EDIT IN and ED...

Page 46: ...lue Existing Gain 0db 0db 3db Gain Value 7db 4db Fade TO Value Fading To a Positive Gain Value Existing Gain 3db 0db 3db Gain Value 7db 4db Fade FROM Value Fading From a Positive Gain Value Existing Gain 3db 0db 2db Gain Value 52db Fade TO Value 50db Fading To a Negative Gain Value Existing Gain 2db ...

Page 47: ...intention to erase the File Note that you cannot Undo a File Erase Erasing an Entire Directory in the Directory Display Go to the Directory level DIR key Select a Directory name Press ERASE to delete all Files in the Directory You will be prompted for a confirmation of the Erase command Remember It is not possible to Undo a Directory Erase operation Saving an Edited File Whenever changes have been...

Page 48: ...ime To Set the Bleep Output Level The level of the Bleep signal can be set to 0 DB 6 DB 12 DB 24 DB or SILENT This is a Directory Preference setting so each Directory can have it s own value You must be in the Files Display of or Editing a file within the desired Directory Press MENU Select item 5 DIRECTORY PREFS and press ENTER or Press the 5 KEY Select item 6 BLEEP LEVEL and press ENTER or Press...

Page 49: ...the File to be restored while holding the UNDO key press ERASE Select the area containing Bleeped audio that is to be restored while holding the UNDO key press BLEEP To Undo the Last Transport Operation This allows returning immediately to the Cursor position where the last transport command was issued This can be used to repeatedly audition an edit or recover from accidentally pressing FF or REW ...

Page 50: ... single track by placing them with only one track armed When one track is armed the Go To keys will only locate to Marks in the armed track If neither track is armed Go To will only locate to the beginning and end of the file the Edit In and Edit Out Marks and the Zero Mark When material is Cut or Copied from a single channel it will appear as two channel in the resulting Hot Key or _CLIPBOARD fil...

Page 51: ... a convenience Shortcut contains one Public Directory that is never password protected The Public Directory is a preferred place to store new recordings when it is not clear where they will eventually go Pressing the DIR key gives access to a listing of the ten Directories Each is shown by name and by a number A Directory may be selected by using the SCRUB WHEEL ARROW keys or GO TO keys to scroll ...

Page 52: ...KEYS Hot Keys are so named because they perform an immediate or hot audio playback function programmed into them The Shortcut Editor provides 10 Hot Keys In their most basic form an audio sound bite can be mapped to a Hot Key for instant playback at a later time In addition the Shortcut Editor provides a number of new Hot Key functions A HOT KEY plays audio mapped to that key A highlighted segment...

Page 53: ...he COPY key down Press the desired HOT KEY If the Hot Key you choose is already assigned the display reads PRESS ENTER TO REASSIGN PRESS EXIT TO CANCEL Pressing ENTER reassigns the Hot Key to the new file Determining a Hot Key Assignment To silently find which File is assigned to a Hot Key hold ALT and press the HOT KEY Performing an Insert From a Hot Key To Insert an audio segment into a File dur...

Page 54: ... see if it is there _CLIPBOARD is always at the bottom of the Files list If it is not present create a _clipboard file by Editing any file and performing a COPY operation Exit the Editor Assigning the _CLIPBOARD to a Hot Key is done as a normal Copy to Hot Key operation Go to the File select level FILES key Select the _CLIPBOARD File Hold COPY and press a HOT KEY The HOT KEY will now reflect the c...

Page 55: ...ition beyond the end of the File will locate to the actual end of the File The BKSP and DEL keys will back out the last digit entered The UNDO key will undo or redo the last change to an entry ERASE will clear the entered value Setting skip intervals The Shortcut editor allows the user to skip or tab forward or backward by some convenient interval of time Relative offsets are useful as a pre roll ...

Page 56: ... recording it is sometimes desirable to monitor the input to the Editor instead of the output This is because when the recorded audio is replaced by a Bleep tone the original audio cannot be heard and it is not possible to tell when the Bleep button can be released To Bleep In The Idle Mode Press the BLEEP button Although source audio does not pass through the Editor in this mode it may be used to...

Page 57: ...he highest magnification each pixel on the screen is 10 mSec wide At lower magnifications the editing precision is also 10 mSec it just isn t shown on the screen with that degree of detail Vertical Waveform Magnification Some waveforms do not fill the available vertical space of the display and would be easier to edit if they were larger Hold the ALT key and press ZOOM IN to enlarge the vertical s...

Page 58: ...e audio data is not re written in its entirety to the new File only portions that have been changed are stored It is possible to produce dozens of edited versions of a File each slightly different without using an appreciable amount of disk space Each references parts of the original recording For this reason erasing these copies will not release much disk space It is necessary to erase all the co...

Page 59: ...XIT again to exit entirely from the menu operation and return to your previous work screen The LEFT and RIGHT ARROW KEYS or the GO TO keys can be used in place of the SCRUB WHEEL to make menu selections The EDIT IN and EDIT OUT keys can be used in place of ENTER and EXIT unless an audio waveform is on the display Method 2 All items within the menus are numbered Press a numeric key to directly sele...

Page 60: ... INPUT ANALOG DIGITAL BNC DIGITAL XLR SPEAKERS ON OFF THRESHOLD RECORD ON OFF THRESHOLD LEVEL 6 dB 60 dB TEN STEPS SET DIRECTORY SAMPLE RATES 48K 44 1K ONE FOR EACH DIRECTORY GPI ASSIGNMENTS 5 COMBINATIONS SEE PAGE 15 EXTERNAL DRIVE PARALLEL SCSI SEE PAGE 18 REC MONITOR ON OFF SEE PAGE 22 SYNC SOURCE INTERNAL EXTERNAL SEE PAGE 16 SYNC DNET ECHO INPUT BNC XLR DNET ECHO ON OFF SEE PAGE 17 A complete...

Page 61: ... by the FILES key Setup Menu This selection includes machine features you may want quick access to regardless of how you are using the Editor Setup appears as the first selection in all master menus Refer to the chart on page 52 Quick Reference Special keyboard and button functions are displayed in the QUICK REF menu selection See the Menu Appendix for a complete listing Rename File The RENAME FIL...

Page 62: ... This feature speeds up the recording and editing process and it catalogs recordings in a meaningful way The Default Title option allows the operator to determine what these titles will be If recordings are to be made of an interview with the President a useful default title might be PRES Default titles will then begin with PRES 0001 The default title may also be left blank In this case the Editor...

Page 63: ...NGE PASSWORD Passwords may be used in a broadcast facility to protect valuable Files and to provide exclusive use of certain recordings for the staff member who created them This menu selection sets a password for access to the currently selected Directory To change an existing password the Editor requires that you first know the currently used password To provide security the actual characters en...

Page 64: ...ic Directory in this example can be changed to indicate any other Directory Rotate the SCRUB WHEEL until the desired destination Directory appears then press ENTER to confirm the selection A Directory may also be selected using the NUMERIC KEYS to enter the Directory number a 0 zero or P may be used for the Public Directory If a single file is being copied the display now prompts for a new name fo...

Page 65: ...d index number to put the exported file s in The first of the four numbers represents the directory number the last three digits are the index number If you are Exporting a directory the index number you enter will be the first index number used Other higher numbered indexes will be assigned to other files transferred from the directory If you are creating a new disk these numbers don t matter too...

Page 66: ...1 Place the disk containing the file to be imported in the external drive 2 Select the Shortcut directory that will receive the files either by using the Scrub Wheel or Arrow Keys to highlight it in the Directories display or by entering the directory 3 Press MENU and select Item 9 IMPORT FILES then press ENTER or Press the MENU key and press the 9 KEY or Press DIR then MENU then the 5 key to log ...

Page 67: ...d in lines 3 to 7 To move back to the previous directory press EXIT To Import a file select it and press ENTER 8 If you are Importing a single file you are presented with a display that allows you to rename the imported file as it will appear in the Shortcut You can accept the name as it is shown by pressing ENTER or you can edit the name and then press ENTER IMPORT FILE ENTER DESTINATION FILE NAM...

Page 68: ...total of files processed IMPORT FILES FILES IMPORTED 7 FILES SKIPPED 2 FILES IGNORED 0 FILES WITH ERRORS 0 TOTAL 9 PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE If Replace Files with Same Name was chosen Files Skipped in the display above will be a count of Files Replaced Canceling an Import operation during a replace will not cause the original file in the Shortcut to be lost Files may be ignored for a number of reaso...

Page 69: ...TERNAL DISK or 8 EXPORT DIRECTORY TO EXTERNAL DISK if exporting a directory and press ENTER or Press MENU then HOTKEY 8 4 The Choose Export Audio Format display will appear Use the SCRUB WHEEL or the ARROW KEYS to view the available formats When you see the one you want press ENTER CHOOSE EXPORT AUDIO FORMAT SELECT AUDIO FORMAT TO USE WAV STEREO WAVE PRESS ENTER TO CONTINUE The available choices a...

Page 70: ...ne of the files in the directory and press ENTER To enter a Subdirectory select the SUBDIRECTORY and press ENTER The Name of the Subdirectory will be shown in the top line of the display and the subdirectories and files it contains will be displayed in lines 3 to 7 To move back to the previous directory press EXIT 7 If you are exporting a Directory the display will show a screen asking how to hand...

Page 71: ...al directory so that you can verify that the files are present Press STOP or EXIT to return to normal operation D NET File Transmission D NET transmission allows you to send files or entire directories to 360 Systems DigiCart II DigiCart II Plus or Instant Replay Original or 2 0 Files recorded at the 48k sampling rate can optionally be Dolby AC 2 encoded prior to transmission D NET uses the digita...

Page 72: ... Mailbox is a designated area in a receiver where received files will be placed to avoid overwriting existing material on the receiver s disk If Direct Address was selected you will be asked for the ID number for the location in the receiving unit to place the transmitted material The ID number defaults to Drive 1 Directory 0 suitable for transmission to an Instant Replay which has only drive 1 di...

Page 73: ...al outputs are always active during D NET transmission For more information about D NET Receiver operation and the D NET system in general refer to the D NET section of the manual for the receiving unit EDITOR MENUS The menu items in this section are available only in the Edit Mode It s always easy to see when the Edit mode is active it is the only mode in which a waveform display is presented Qui...

Page 74: ...me a semi permanent part of the File The display shows a numeric value that may be adjusted in 5 dB steps by rotating The SCRUB WHEEL or in 1 dB steps by using the LEFT and RIGHT ARROWS or the GO TO keys Press ENTER to confirm When Files having different level adjustments are intercut each retains its own level Note that 6 dB is the maximum increase that can be obtained For example if you insert a...

Page 75: ...il the lamp test sequence is finished and the display shows the Special Startup Menu 3 Press the 5 key or select the item 5 INSTALL SOFT CODE and press ENTER 4 Insert the Soft Code disk into the Zip drive and press ENTER again Any existing Softcode version will be replaced by the new version 5 The display will confirm that the operation was successful by displaying INSTALLATION COMPLETE TURN POWER...

Page 76: ...s Record functions Record Insert Record Record with Pause Edit functions Cut Copy Insert Erase Bleep Undo Edit resolution 10 mSec 5 mSec Maximum Files per Directory 200 Maximum Files for machine 2 000 Locate Marks 500 maximum per file Hot Keys 10 individually programmable in each of ten directories Display High Resolution Bit mapped backlit LCD Audio Level Metering Peak reading 2 channel LED bar g...

Page 77: ...IONAL DIGITAL AUDIO EQUIPMENT MADE IN USA 360 SYSTEMS WESTLAKE VILLAGE CALIFORNIA USA CONTRAST ITE EQUIPMENT ANALOG INPUT ANALOG OUTPUT LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT AES EBU DIGITAL OUT IN OUT IN IEC 958 II AES 75 OHM EXPANSION GPI PARALLEL O I 1 2A MAX 115 230VAC 50 60Hz SERIAL MODEL ...

Page 78: ...PREVIOUS ITEM COPY COPY SELECTED DIRECTORY EDIT IN GO TO DIRECTORY EDIT OUT EXIT MENU ENTER GO TO DIRECTORY ERASE ERASE DIRECTORY EXIT EXIT MENU FILES SHOW FILES IN DIRECTORY HOT KEY 0 GO TO PUBLIC DIRECTORY HOT KEY 1 9 GO TO DIRECTORY 1 9 MENU ENTER MENU OR MENU ITEM P GO TO PUBLIC DIRECTORY SOFT KEY 1 ANALOG DIGITAL INPUT SELECT SOFT KEY 2 SPEAKERS ON OFF ALT V SHOW VERSION NUMBER ZOOM OUT DNET ...

Page 79: ...T LEAVE THIS DIRECTORY AND SELECT A NEW ONE ENTER EDIT FILE ERASE ERASE FILE ERASE HOT KEY CLEAR HOT KEY ASSIGNMENT EXIT LEAVE THIS DIRECTORY AND SELECT A NEW ONE FIND FIND A FILE HOT KEY 0 9 PLAY ASSIGNED FILE ALT HOT KEY SHOW ASSIGNED FILE LOOP LOOP MODE ON OFF MENU ENTER MENU OR MENU ITEM PAUSE PAUSE PLAYBACK RECORD PAUSE PLAY START PLAYBACK PAUSED PAUSE REC START RECORDING PAUSED PLAY PLAY SEL...

Page 80: ...ND SELECT A NEW DIRECTORY EDIT IN SET EDIT START POINT EDIT OUT SET EDIT END POINT ERASE REPLACE WITH SILENCE ERASE HOT KEY CLEAR HOT KEY ASSIGNMENT EXIT QUIT EDITING AND SHOW FILES IN DIRECTORY FF FAST FORWARD FF FF GO TO END OR TO ZERO MARK FILES QUIT EDITING AND SHOW FILES IN DIRECTORY FIND FIND TIME POSITION HOT KEY 0 9 PLAY ASSIGNED FILE ALT HOT KEY SHOW ASSIGNED FILE INSERT INSERT FROM CLIPB...

Page 81: ...UT SELECT SOFT KEY 2 SPEAKERS ON OFF SOLO LEFT OUTPUT LEFT CHANNEL ONLY SOLO RIGHT OUTPUT RIGHT CHANNEL ONLY STOP STOP PLAYBACK RECORD UNDO UNDO LAST EDIT ALT UNDO SHOW WHAT UNDO WILL DO UNDO UNDO PLAY FF REW OR GOTO MARK UNDO UNDO PLAY FF REW OR GOTO MARK UNDO BLEEP REMOVE SELECTED BLEEPS UNDO ERASE UN ERASE SELECTED AUDIO UNDO FF UNDO PLAY FF REW OR GOTO MARK UNDO MARK REMOVE SELECTED MARKS UNDO...

Page 82: ...ut some users may find it faster to use the keyboard Several functions are marked as being valid only in certain machine modes KEY STROKES RESULTANT FUNCTION ALT ZOOM IN INCREASE WAVEFORM DISPLAY AMPLITUDE Edit only ALT ZOOM OUT DECREASE WAVEFORM DISPLAY AMPLITUDE Edit only ALT HOT KEY SHOW ASSIGNED FILE NAME Files only ALT UNDO SHOW WHAT UNDO WILL DO Editor only ALT SAVE SAVE AS Edit only ALT V S...

Page 83: ...y Cut 32 to Hot Key 45 with Crossfade 31 Cut 28 Cut to a Hot Key 29 D connector 15 pin 14 Default title 22 Default title 23 Defining a Region 6 Delete key 11 Digital audio inputs 13 Digital audio outputs 13 DIR 9 Directories 9 43 Directory Listing 9 Directory menus 52 Disk space saving 50 Display 4 Display blanking 49 Display viewing angle 4 14 Display waveforms 66 D NET Echo 64 D NET File transfe...

Page 84: ...ame directory 53 Rename file 53 Repeat 5 Replacement Insert Recording 24 Resolution 4 Reversing the last operation 8 Rewind 5 Sample rate 21 Save 10 39 Save an edited file 39 Save As 10 Save with new name 39 Scratchpad memory 29 Screen Time Display 4 49 Scrub Wheel 8 Scrubbing 8 SCSI Option 18 Serial number 14 Set Gain Value 33 35 Set sample rate 52 Setup Menu 52 Single Channel Insert Recording 23...

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