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DigiCart/II Plus Owner's Manual Operating Instructions • 21
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Operating Instructions
This Chapter contains detailed operating instructions for each function of your DigiCart/II Plus. It
presents the steps you should take to set up and become familiar with your new machine. These are
followed by complete explanations of advanced features of the DigiCart/II Plus including editing,
looping and stacking
Recording Your First Cuts
DigiCart/II Plus records new cuts in blank space on a drive, so you do not have to be concerned
about recording over existing cuts. The default record format is Dolby AC-2 48K, stereo, but you
may reset this to any of the other standards. For most operations, Dolby AC-2 is the appropriate
selection. While it is not mandatory, it is recommended that one sample rate be chosen as
‘standard’ for all your work. Keeping the same sample rate in all recordings avoids the possibility
of problems during playback of stacks with multiple sample rates. To change the default settings,
refer to SETUP MENU OPERATION later in this Chapter.
When you make a recording, do not be concerned with "tight" starts of the source material or quick
stops of the recording at the end of a cut. DigiCart/II Plus simplifies precise, non-destructive
HEAD and TAIL trims beyond anything you can do with a razor blade on open reel audio tape.
Optional THRESHOLD RECORD mode provides automatic HEAD trims.
NOTE: DigiCart/II Plus limits the minimum length of a cut. When you press STOP while
recording, DigiCart/II Plus may continue recording briefly until the minimum cut length of about 2
seconds has been attained.
Selecting A Drive
Your DigiCart/II Plus contains an internal hard disk and an internal Zip drive and will also support
a second internal hard disk, external hard disks and an external Zip drive. You can select a
particular drive for your first recordings. (To use the Zip disk, it must first be formatted. See
FORMATTING A DISK later in this Chapter).
After booting up, the display will show:
1.0001 PLAY ME
00:00:00 48K AC-2