Akai dps24 Q-CHANNEL SELECT/Q-CHANNEL ENCODERS

Q-CHANNEL SELECT / Q-CHANNEL ENCODERS 15

Q-CHANNEL SELECT/Q-CHANNEL ENCODERS

In the centre of the panel is the Q-CHANNEL key:

One of the most useful features of the DPS24 is that the row of encoders directly above the

faders can be switched to become a complete channel's worth of parameters allowing you to

have 'hands-on' control of panning, EQ and FX/Aux sends. This 'mode' is enabled by press-

ing the Q-CHANNEL switch located centrally on the upper panel.

When the Q-CHANNEL key is on (illuminated), the encoders function as a complete channel

strip for the selected Channel as follows from left to right (as labelled underneath the

encoders):

PAN

LOW SHELF EQ FREQUENCY

LF GAIN

SWEEP EQ FREQUENCY

SWEEP EQ GAIN

SWEEP EQ 'Q'

HIGH SHELF EQ FREQUENCY1

HF GAIN

FX/AUX 1 SEND LEVEL

FX/AUX 2 SEND LEVEL

FX/AUX 3 SEND LEVEL

FX/AUX 4 SEND LEVEL

v1.6 Operator’s Manual

Contents

Main Important Notice WARNING!! 2/9/2005 Rev. 3 1-En CAUTION 5B-En 24A-En i WARNING ii THIS APPARATUS MUST BE EARTHED IMPORTANT THIS APPARATUS MUST BE EARTHED WARNING iii FCC WARNING AVIS POUR LES ACHETEURS CANADIENS DU DPS24 VENTILATION COPYRIGHT NOTICE Table of Contents v MIXER MODE ...................................................................................... vi Table of Contents PA TCH MODE .................................................................................... AUTOMATION ................................................................................... EFFECTS MODE ............................................................................... PROJECT MODE ............................................................................... 152 VIRTUAL TRACKS ............................................................................ viii Table of Contents SETUP MODE .................................................................................... CD-RECORDER ................................................................................ ix Page FEATURES INTRODUCTION FEATURES 2 DPS24 STRUCTURE DPS24 STRUCTURE NOTE: 4 REAR PANEL REAR PANEL REAR PANEL 6 REAR PANEL FRONT PANEL FRONT PANEL 8 Top Panel TOP PANEL GETTING AROUND THE DPS24 ILLUMINATED KEYS INPUTS INPUTS 10 Top Panel RECORD/EDIT SELECT KEYS L/R AND GROUP ASSIGN KEYS 11 L/R AND GROUP ASSIGN KEYS v1.6 Operators Manual NOTE: NOTE 3: NOTE 2: SUB-GROUPING CHANNELS TO THE L/R MIX Q-STRIP FUNCTION KEYS/CHANNEL ENCODERS 13 Q-STRIP FUNCTION KEYS/CHANNEL ENCODERS 14 Top Panel FADER FLIP Q-CHANNEL SELECT / Q-CHANNEL ENCODERS 15 Q-CHANNEL SELECT/Q-CHANNEL ENCODERS 16 Top Panel Q-STRIP / Q-CHANNEL ENCODERS 17 Q-STRIP/Q-CHANNEL ENCODERS 18 Top Panel FADERS/FADER BANKS FADERS / FADER BANKS 19 20 Top Panel MASTER SECTION MONITOR SECTION 21 MONITOR SECTION 22 Top Panel LCD POD 23 LCD 'POD' Page SAVE INDICATOR 25 SAVE INDICATOR v1.6 Operators Manual IMPORTANT NOTE: 26 Top Panel PROJECT OVERVIEW WAVEFORM GENERATION INDICATOR METER BRIDGE Q-LINK CONTROLS 27 Q-LINK CONTROLS 28 Top Panel MOVING AROUND THE LCD MOVING AROUND THE LCD 29 30 Top Panel NAMING Page 32 MAIN CONTROL SECTION MAIN CONTROL SECTION MAIN CONTROL SECTION 33 34 MAIN CONTROL SECTION MIX SCENE KEYS 35 MIX SCENE KEYS 36 MIX SCENE KEYS STORING A MIX SCENE RECALLING A MIX SCENE 37 RECALLING A MIX SCENE 38 MIX SCENE KEYS RECALLING A MIX SCENE 39 IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT SCENE 00 : INITIAL SCENE v1.6 Operators Manual 40 MIX SCENE KEYS TRANSPORT KEYS EDIT PLAY KEYS 41 EDIT PLAY KEYS NOTE1: NOTE2: 42 MIX SCENE KEYS AUTOLOCATOR USING THE AUTOLOCATOR 43 USING THE AUTOLOCA TOR 44 MIX SCENE KEYS QUICK LOCATE KEYS 45 QUICK LOCATE KEYS GOTO NEXT / PREV CUE Page JOG/SHUTTLE WHEEL 47 JOG/SHUTTLE WHEEL IN/OUT KEYS 48 POWERING UP THE DPS24 POWERING UP THE DPS24 DPS24 MODES 49 DPS24 MODES 50 MAIN SCREEN MAIN SCREEN GRID(Graphic Interface Display) 51 GRID (GRaphic Interface Display) 52 EDIT MODE EDIT MODE Page Page EDIT MODE 55 56 EDIT MODE EDITING AND AUTOMA TION COPY 57 COPY 58 EDIT MODE INSERT 59 INSERT 60 EDIT MODE P ASTE MOVE 61 MOVE 62 EDIT MODE WAV/AIFF IMPORT 63 WAV/AIFF IMPORT 64 EDIT MODE Page 66 EDIT MODE WAV/AIFF IMPORT 67 NOTE v1.6 Operators Manual 68 EDIT MODE IMPORTING MULTIPLE WAV FILES TO MULTIPLE TRACKS IMPROTING MULTIPLE WAV FILES TO MULTIPLE TRACKS 69 70 EDIT MODE WAV/AIFF EXPORT 71 WAV/AIFF FILES EXPORT 72 EDIT MODE WAV/AIFF EXPORT 73 74 EDIT MODE WAV/AIFF EXPORT 75 76 DSP MODE DSP MODE DSP MODE 77 78 DSP MODE DSP MODE 79 80 DSP MODE DSP MODE 81 82 DSP MODE DSP MODE 83 84 MIXER MODE MIXER MODE Page 86 MIXER MODE MIXVIEW CHANNEL 87 CHANNEL 88 MIXER MODE CHANNEL 89 90 MIXER MODE CHANNEL 91 92 MIXER MODE CHANNEL DYNAMICS PROCESSOR CHANNEL DYNAMICS PROCESSOR 93 94 MIXER MODE EQ / COMPRESSOR / GATE PRESET LIBRARIES EQ / COMPRESSOR / GATE PRESET LIBRARIES 95 Page EQ AND DYNAMICS SNAPSHOTS 97 EQ AND D YNAMICS SNAPSHOTS 98 MIXER MODE EQ AND DYNAMICS SNAPSHOTS 99 100 MIXER MODE STEREO CHANNELS Page 102 MIXER MODE Page 104 MIXER MODE USING SOLO FX / AUX SETUP 105 FX/AUX SETUP 106 MIXER MODE TALKBA CK TO STUDIO OUT PATCH MODE 107 PA TCH MODE 108 PATCH MODE OUTPUTS 109 OUTPUTS 110 PATCH MODE GROUPS L / R 111 L / R 112 PATCH MODE PATCH PRESETS AUTOMATION 113 AUTOMATION 114 AUTOMATION ABOUT THE AUTOMATION 115 ABOUT THE AUTOMATION 116 AUTOMATION RECORD SAFE 117 RECORD SAFE 118 AUTOMATION TRIM FADERS TRIM FADERS 119 120 AUTOMATION CLEAR AUTOMA TION AUTOMATED SCENE AND SNAPSHOT RECALL 121 AUTOMATED SCENE AND SNAPSHOT RECALL 122 AUTOMATION USING AUTOMATED SCENE/SN APSHOT RECALL NOTES REGARDING AUTOMATED SCENE RECALL 123 NOTES REGARDING A UTOMATED SCENE RECALL 124 AUTOMATION AUTOMATION EVENT EDITOR 125 AUTOMATION EVENT EDITOR 126 AUTOMATION EDITING EVENTS EFFECTS MODE 127 EFFECTS MODE Page EDITING EFFECTS 129 EDITING EFFECTS STORING EDITED EFFECTS 130 EFFECTS MODE EFFECTS LIBRARY FX LIBRARY FACTORY PRESETS 131 FX LIBRARY FACTORY PRESETS 132 FX PARAMETERS FX Parameters REVERB REVERB 133 134 FX PARAMETERS DELAY DELAY 135 PANPONG DELAY STEREO DELAY XOVER DELAY 136 FX PARAMETERS TAPE ECHO MULTI TAP DELAY COMBINED 137 COMBINED CHORUS > DELAY FLANGE > DELAY PHASER / DELAY 138 FX PARAMETERS CHORUS MONO CHORUS STEREO CHORUS XOVER CHORUS FLANGER 139 FLANGER MONO FLANGER STEREO FLANGER XOVER FLANGER PAN FLANGER 140 FX PARAMETERS PHASER MONO PHASER STEREO PHASER XOVER PHASER PAN PHASER ROTARY SPEAKER ROTARY SPEAKER PAN AUTO PAN TRIGGERED PAN 142 FX PARAMETERS PITCH SHIFT WAH AUT OW AH T OUCH W A H EQ 143 EQ Digital EQ ENHANCER Enhancer DISTORTION 144 FX PARAMETERS DYNAMICS COMPRESSOR / LIMITER DYNAMICS 145 EXPANDER GATE NOISE GATE 146 FX PARAMETERS PITCH CORRECTOR Pitch Corrector Scale parameter: PITCH CORRECTOR 147 User scale 148 EFFECTS MODE FX SNAPSHOTS FX SNAPSHOTS 149 NOTES REGARDING FX SNAPSHOTS 150 EFFECTS MODE EFFECTS SEND/RETURN LEVELS SETTING UP MULTI-EFFECTS RECORDING EFFECTS ADDING EFFECTS TO A CONTROL ROOM MONITOR MIX 151 ADDING EFFECTS T O A CONTROL ROOM MONITOR MIX ADDING EFFECTS TO A FOLDBACK MIX 152 PROJECT MODE PROJECT MODE LOADING PROJECTS CREATING NEW PROJECTS PROJECT MODE 153 154 PROJECT MODE RECORD / PLAYBACK FROM EXTERNAL SCSI DISK DRIVES RECORD / PLAYBACK FROM EXTERNAL SCSI DISK DRIVES 155 NOTES ABOUT USING EXTERNAL DRIVES FOR RECORD/PLAYBACK 156 PROJECT MODE MANAGING PROJECTS DISK COPY 157 DISK COPY 158 PROJECT MODE PROJECT COPY VIA USB BACKING UP PROJECTS BACKING UP FROM EXTERNAL HARD DRIVES 159 BACKING UP FROM EXTERNAL HARD DRIVES COPY/BACKUP/RESTORE USER PRESETS 160 PROJECT MODE RESTORING PROJECTS RESTORING TO EXTERNAL DRIVES VIRTUAL TRACKS 161 VIRTUAL TRACKS 162 VIRTUAL TRACKS UTILS USING THE VIRTUAL TRACKS 163 USING THE VIRTUAL TRACKS 164 VIRTUAL TRACKS OPTIONS 165 OPTIONS 166 SETUP MODE SETUP MODE SETUP MODE 167 NOTE 1: NOTE 2: 168 SETUP MODE MMC SETUP 169 MMC SETUP 170 SETUP MODE TEMPO MAPS TEMPO MAPS 171 172 SETUP MODE PREFERENCES PREFERENCES 173 174 SETUP MODE WAVEFORM GENERATION TRACK NAMES IN GRID 175 TRACK NAMES IN GRID PROJECT INFO 176 SETUP MODE SHUTTLE X5 MODE UNDO CONFIRMATION AUDIO SETUP 177 AUDIO SETUP 178 SETUP MODE CLOCK SETUP USER BANK 179 USER BANK 180 SETUP MODE OS UPDATE OS UPDATE 181 182 SETUP MODE DISK CLEANUP DISK 183 CLEANUP DISK DISK TOOLS 184 SETUP MODE DISK FORMAT AUDIO RECOVERY 185 AUDIO RECOVERY 186 SETUP MODE PERFORMING AN AUDIO RECOVERY 187 PERFORMING AN AUDIO RECOVERY 188 CD-RECORDER CD-RECORDER CD-RECORDER 189 190 CD-RECORDER DOWNSAMPLING PROJECTS FOR CD MASTERING NOTES REGARDING CONVERTING DOWN TO 44.1KHZ/16-BIT HOW TO PREPARE MATERIAL FOR DISK-AT-ONCE 191 HOW T O PREPARE MATERIAL FOR DISK-AT-ONCE 192 CD-RECORDER MIXING DOWN 193 MIXING DOWN 194 SETUP MODE MULTI-BAND COMPRESSOR/EXPANDER Page 196 SETUP MODE MULTI-BAND COMPRESSOR / EXPANDER 197 198 SETUP MODE LOADING/SAVING MBCX PRESETS NOTES REGARDING THE MBCX MASTERING ON THE DPS24 199 MASTERING ON THE DPS24 200 SETUP MODE IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING SCENE 00 AND THE MBCX CD PLAYER 201 CD PLAYER 202 EXT SYNC KEY EXT SYNC KEY SETTING EXT SYNC OFFSET 203 SETTING EXT SYNC OFFSETS INTEGRA TING ADA T MACHINES 204 INTEGRATING ADAT MACHINES 24-TRACK TRANSFER - ADAT TO DPS24 205 24-TRACK TRANSFER - AD AT TO DPS24 24-TRACK TRANSFERS - DPS24 TO ADAT OTHER APPLIC ATIONS FOR THE AD AT EXP ANSION OPTION 206 INTEGRATING ADAT MACHINES ADAT AND DIGITAL CLOCK APPENDIX 207 APPENDIX v1.6 Operators Manual MIDI Implementation Chart 208 APPENDIX Block Diagrams The default channel sources are shown in bold text. Block Diagrams 209 RECORD SOURCES BUSSES 210 APPENDIX OUTPUTS Page 212 APPENDIX Installation of Options - To Service Technicians IB-24LTC/IB-24ADT IB-24SCSI DPS24 OS Upgrade via USB (PC only) DPS24USB.sys DPS24USB.inf usbrom.exe dps24.bin 214 APPENDIX DPS24 OS Upgrade via CD Page 216 APPENDIX Specifications Specifications 217