SoundCraft DC 2020, User Manual

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Drop-in/Drop-out During the Original Track-laying
If the tape machine you are using supports this function you may drop-in/drop-out
sections of tracks.
The principle of operation is that you set up a Cue point at the start of the section to
be dropped-in/dropped-out and another at the end of the section. Then set the DROP
IN and DROP OUT markers to these cue points.
Preview Mode
Setting the automation to Preview mode allows you to practice the drop-in/drop-out
without recording to tape.
PREVIEW is selected by pressing the PREVIEW button, a LED above the switch
glows to indicate selection. It is deselected by pressing the PREVIEW button again.
The tape machine will not drop into record at the Drop |n point when RECORD
PREVIEW is selected; Instead, the inputs of the channels which would have been
recorded are monitored between the Drop |n and Drop Out points. This allows the
material to be previewed.
The Repro. head on the tape machine should be selected when RECORD PREVIEW
is selected. This is done automatically on supported tape machines.
Record Mode
Record Enable is selected by pressing the RECORD ENABLE button, a LED
above the switch glows to indicate selection. It is deselected by pressing the
RECORD ENABLE button again.
The Drop |n and Drop Out points become active when RECORD ENABLE is
selected, i.e. the enabled tracks on the tape machine will drop into record when the
tape plays through, or starts from, the Drop |n point. Similarly, the tracks will drop
out of record when the tape plays through the Drop Out point.
Note: the Sync. head on the tape machine should be selected when RECORD
ENABLE is selected. This is done automatically on supported tape machines.
Track Selection
You may chose which tracks to drop-in/drop-out via the Record Enable page, or by
pressing the SEL switch on the required channel when Record Enable is active.
Review Mode
Review allows you to do a drop-in loop, i.e. a loop using Auto Return and Auto
Play between the Drop-in and Drop-out points, without being in Preview mode or
in Record Enable mode. Review mode is entered when the PREVIEW button is
pressed twice in succession, and is indicated by the Preview LED flashing.
Record Loops
A Record Loop is set up by setting the Drop-in and Drop-out points, and selecting
Auto Play and Auto Return with appropriate pre-roll and post-roll times.
Select Preview and Arm the required tracks. Initiate the loop by pressing the Drop-in
Locate button. The machine will then start looping between the Drop-in/out points
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