360 Systems Instant Replay DR-554 - Manual (Page 24)

Page 24 Instant Replay Owner's Manual
Refer to the section, “File Transfer Menus” on page 40 for more information about these settings.
PLAYLIST OPERATIONS
Creating a New Playlist
To create a new Playlist:
Enter Playlist mode by pressing the P LAYLIST button. It will light, and the display will show:
LIST IS EMPTY
SELECT HOT KEY
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Press the H OT -K EY you want to use as the first entry. The display will indicate the Step
Number, ID Number, Cut Name, running time and Bank/Hot-Key assignment. The H OT -K EY
flashes to indicate it is next to play.
1 015 CUT NAME
00:01:30 1-32
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Continue pressing H OT -K EYS to add steps to the Playlist in the order they are to play.
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Press P LAY to hear the Playlist. Depending on the programmed Playlist Type, you will hear
the first Cut or all the Cuts in order.
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If it is a Manual Step playlist, press Play to hear the next Cut, before or after the first Cut
ends.
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Press Stop to end playback of the current Cut and automatically select the next Cut in the
list to be played. If it is the last Cut in the list, Playlist mode will end automatically.
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Press P LAYLIST to exit. The Playlist is saved to disk upon exiting Playlist mode.
Note that whenever P LAYLIST is enabled, the Hot-Keys are used only for adding events to the Playlist
and do not play audio. Only Cuts assigned to the currently selected Bank can be included in the
Playlist.
Setting the Type of Playlist
After you have created a Playlist, you can change it from MANUAL STEP to FOLLOW-ON or vice-
versa. Once Playlist Type has been set for a particular Bank's Playlist, it will not change unless
reprogrammed, even if the Playlist is cleared. The original setting is MANUAL STEP.
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S CROLL D OWN until you see START OF PLAYLIST. (If it is a long list, the fastest way to do
this is to turn P LAYLIST off and back on again, then press the S CROLL D OWN A RROW key.)
The display shows the Playlist type.
START OF PLAYLIST
MANUAL STEP
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Press E NTER to edit the type; the bottom line will start flashing.
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Use the S CROLL A RROWS to choose between MANUAL STEP and FOLLOW-ON.
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Press E NTER to accept the new Playlist Type or C ANCEL to quit.
Note that if PLAYLIST PROTECTION is ON, the Playlist Type cannot be changed. (See “Playlist
Menu” on page 23).
Manual Step Playlist Characteristics
If the Playlist Type is MANUAL STEP, the P LAY button will play the first Cut in the Playlist and
stop. When P LAY is pressed again, the next Cut will play. If P LAY is pressed during playback of a