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DigiCart/II Plus Owner's Manual Stack Mode • 63
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Stack Mode
A stack is a list of cuts — a "playlist" that can be stored on any of the drives of your DigiCart/II
Plus. Some of the most powerful capabilities of DigiCart/II Plus are its stack features. You can
create stacks consisting of multiple cuts and other stacks. The difference is transparent, so it is
useful to say "Event" to represent entries in a stack. You can edit and update stacks, and select
between two types of stacks called "Linear" and "Rotating". A third type, Quickstack, is not stored
but is used to create Linear, Rotating or Compound stacks, or to play back a particular sequence of
events one time only.
Stacks conform to certain basic rules of operation. It will be helpful to keep these rules in mind as
you read through the rest of this Chapter.
Stacks may include items from different drives and directories.
A stack is only a list of events to be played and does not
include audio information.
Only stacks may be listed in a Stack Directory.
A drive may contain 1000 stacks.
A stack may contain up to 1000 items.
There is no limit to the total length of time of a stack.
A single cut may be used in multiple locations within a stack.
If a cut is edited, its edited version will play in a stack.
If a cut in a stack has been erased, or is unavailable (perhaps because a Zip disk has
been removed) a " * " will be displayed ahead of the stack time, and the stack will
not play. Restoration of the deleted selection eliminates the " * " and the stack will
play. Alternately, any selection can be edited out of the stack.
Stack Types
Before you begin using stack mode, it is important to understand the differences between Linear and
Rotating Stacks. They each have unique applications and different operating characteristics. Compound
stacks are stacks that contain other stacks. They can be either Linear or Rotating Stacks and the stacks
within them can be either Linear or Rotating.