ALESIS DEQ230D - Manual (Page 43)

Basics of Equalization
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Audition Automation
There are two ways to toggle between the programs in the
Audition List: manually and automatically. The DEQ230 defaults
to the automatic method, which we call Audition Automation.
Once you have finished adding programs to the Audition List, the
DEQ230 begins cycling through the programs from left to right. It
will start with the currently active program, pause for several
seconds, and move on to the next. When it reaches the last
program in the Audition List, it will start over again from the first
one on the left. Remember that the stack of four LEDs will
indicate which program is currently the active one. Also note that
you can edit the Audition List by adding or removing programs
during the Audition Automation cycle.
It’s possible to shorten or lengthen the amount of time spent on
each program in the Audition List during Audition Automation.
Use the [DOWN/UP] buttons for this purpose. The time range
is from 1-25 seconds in increments of one second. You will see
the value briefly in the Numeric LED Display as you change it,
and then the display will resume showing the number of the
current program in the Audition List. The Audition Automation
time value you select will be remembered even after turning the
DEQ230 off and on again.
Audition Automation override
If you want to hear a certain program again without having to wait
for the DEQ230 to cycle through the entire Audition List, simply
press and hold that program's [BAND SELECT] button. This
will call up that program immediately. And as long as you hold
down that [BAND SELECT] button, the DEQ230 will suspend
the Audition Automation cycle and stay on that program. Once
you release the button, the next program in the Audition List will
be called up and the cycle will continue from there.
Manual Audition
If you prefer to call up each program in the Audition List at your
own pace, then you must turn off the Audition Automation
feature. To do this, you will need to enter Setup mode and toggle
the setting for the AUD AUTO function. For information on how
to do this, see page 46.
Once you have turned off the Audition Automation feature,
navigation through the Audition List is handled by the
[DOWN/UP] buttons. Pressing the [DOWN] button will move
you leftward through the Audition List, and pressing the [UP]
button will move you rightward through the list. If you have a lot
of programs in the Audition List, hold down one of those buttons
and after a couple of seconds the DEQ230 will begin to scroll
through them more quickly.
If you want to audition
programs in a specific
order, save them to
locations in the User area
(programs 30-59) in the
order you’d like to hear
them. Then select them in
Audition mode.
When changing the time
value for the Audition
Automation, keep in mind
that the choices “wrap”;
i.e., you can reach a value
of 25 from a value of 01
with a single press of the
[DOWN] button.