360 Systems Instant Replay DR-554 - Manual (Page 8)

Page 8 Instant Replay Owner's Manual
INTRODUCTION
Thank you for purchasing Instant Replay. The system provides an unusual combination of mass
storage, direct access to stored audio and ease of operation, all in a professional quality package. Key
features include:
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Storage of up to 1,000 audio Cuts.
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Twenty-four hours of storage.
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Assignment of Cuts to 50 front panel Hot-Keys.
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Playlists that store a sequence of Hot-Keys for manual or automatic playback.
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10 Banks – each providing up to 50 Hot-Key Assignments and a Playlist for those Hotkeys.
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Beginning with this revision (2.3 software), Head and Tail editing with variable Fade In and
Fade Out length is supported.
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"Find" function locates a Cut by entering its Name or Index Number.
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Familiar tape transport style controls to provide fast and sure operation.
References to menu items in this manual are in capital letters, such as RECORD SETUP. References
to physical features such as buttons and connectors are in small capitals, such as P
LAY .
GETTING STARTED
Cuts, Hot-Keys and Banks
Perhaps the easiest way to understand Instant Replay is to see how individual recordings (Cuts) relate
to the fifty Hot-Keys, and how these relate to the ten Banks.
A Cut is simply a single audio recording. It can range from less than a second to any length, limited
only by the time remaining on the hard disk.
Each Cut has a unique Index Number, which identifies it within Instant Replay's library. It also has a
name that you supply to aid in identifying and locating the Cut. To enter a name, the Hot-Keys
assume the function of an alphanumeric keyboard. Cut names can be added or altered at any time and
may consist of up to 15 characters. The Find function can be used to find a Cut by name.
Each Cut's length is displayed in HH:MM:SS (hours, minutes, seconds) format. For example,
00:01:30 is 1 minute and 30 seconds. If the Cut is less than a second long, the display shows its time
in milliseconds (thousandths of a second; 1,000 ms = 1 Second).
Beginning with software version 2.3, Cuts may be edited with head and tail trims, and variable-length
fade-ins and fade-outs. Cuts also contain an Output Gain value, which allows you to adjust and store
the playback level after the recording has been made. You can adjust output gain in 1 dB increments
from +6 dB (twice as loud) to -90 dB, which is close to the softest sound that can be recorded.
When a particular Cut is displayed, the P LAY button starts the Cut. If P LAY is pressed again during
playback, the Cut will immediately restart from the beginning.
Any Cut can be assigned to any of the 50 Hot-Keys. This way, you have complete control over which
recording appears under a particular Hot-Key button. Instant Replay's unique feature is that Hot-
Keys allow any Cut to be played on command by a single key press. Whenever an assigned Hot-Key
is pressed, the corresponding Cut is selected and played at once. It will immediately end the playback
of any other Cut that may have been playing.