360 Systems Short/Cut Editor - Manual (Page 10)

Page 2 Introduction
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THE EDIT MODE
Most operations will be performed in the Edit mode, also referred to as “the Editor”.
The display shows an audio waveform, a File name and the time location of the Cursor. As
with word processors, selected portions of audio can appear in a highlighted area. A weighted
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CRUB W HEEL and waveform display assist with accurate location of edit points. Edit marks
appear on the display to clearly show beginning and end points. Basic editing operations
include:
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Cut To a clipboard, or to a Hot Key & File
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Copy To a clipboard, or to a Hot Key & File
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Insert From a clipboard, a File or a Hot Key
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Erase A selected region
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Play A selected region
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Single or two-track editing
THE PLAYBACK MODES
Since the Shortcut editor is intended for rapid on-air use, a number of different playback
options are provided:
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Play a recording selected in the Files Display
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Play a recording while editing it
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Play a recording stored on one of the 10 Hot Keys.
EXTERNAL STORAGE MEDIA
Shortcut provides an expansion port allowing the use of SCSI removable media drives to
increase storage time and data transport flexibility. Material can be recorded, edited and played
from an external drive, and copied to or from the internal drive. 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:
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Zip ™ 100 disks store over 7 minutes of stereo audio in a compact and
inexpensive disk. Shortcut can also Export audio to 360 Systems’ DigiCart/II
Plus and Instant Replay 2.0 format disks for playback.
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Jaz ™ 2 Gigabyte disks store over 2 hours of stereo audio for full-length
programs, backup and archiving.
Zip ™ SCSI and Zip ™ Plus drives are both compatible; Zip Parallel and Zip USB are not
compatible. Performance of Jaz ™ 1 Gigabyte drives or the use of 1 Gigabyte cartridges in 2
Gigabyte drives has not been verified by 360 Systems. Iomega products are available from
most computer supply outlets.
Zip 250 MB SCSI drives are also compatible with Shortcut. A Zip 250 disk can store 17
minutes of audio at the 48KHz sampling rate. While it is possible to use 100 MB disks in 250
MB drives, this mode does not support direct recording. Material recorded on 100 MB disks
can be played back from and copied to and from 100 MB disks using 250 MB drives. 250 MB