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STEP5 Moving and storing time locations
..........22
1. Moving the current time............................................22
2. Finding a precise time location.................................23
3. Locate points (LOC1, LOC2, LOC3)........................ 23
4. Mark points................................................................. 24
STEP6 Adjusting and storing mixer settings
.....25
1. Pairing settings........................................................... 25
2. Adjusting the volume of each channel....................25
3. Adjusting the stereo location....................................26
4. Using the EQ to adjust the tone................................26
5. Adjusting the Effect Send, AUX Send
and Track Status......................................................... 26
6. Scene.............................................................................27
STEP7 Mixdown
..........................................................28
1. Recording a master tape (Mixdown).......................28
2. Applying an effect during mixdown.......................28
STEP8 Track editing
...................................................29
1. Storing IN, OUT and TO times.................................29
2. Copying track data (Track Copy).............................29
3. Inserting a blank space into the track data
(Insert Track)...............................................................31
4. Erasing data from a track (Erase Track)..................31
5. Deleting data from a track (Delete Track)...............32
6. Exchanging data between tracks (Swap Track)..... 32
STEP9 Song editing
...................................................33
1. Copying a song........................................................... 33
2. Deleting a song........................................................... 33
3. Moving a song.............................................................33
4. Song Recover...............................................................33
STEP10 Tempo settings
.............................................34
1. Tempo map settings...................................................34
2. Recording MIDI Clock data from a sequencer.......34
3. Recording tap tempo..................................................35
4. Selecting the tempo source........................................35
STEP11 Synchronization and control with a MIDI
sequencer
.......................................................36
1. Using MIDI Clock to synchronize
a MIDI sequencer to the D8.......................................36
2. Using MTC to synchronize
a MIDI sequencer to the D8.......................................36
3. Using MMC to control the D8
from a MIDI sequencer..............................................37
STEP12 Using external drives
...................................37
1. Connecting an external drive....................................37
2. Turning the power on/off
when an external drive is connected....................... 38
3. Initializing and formatting a drive...........................38
4. Exchanging disks on a removable disk drive.........38
5. Saving a song on a removable disk drive
(Backup).......................................................................39
6. Loading a song that was backed up
on a removable disk drive (Restore)........................40
STEP13 Saving to and loading from DAT
.............41
1. Saving a song to a DAT recorder (Backup)............ 41
2. Loading a backed-up song from a DAT recorder
(Restore).......................................................................42
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1. SONG/TRACK...........................................................44
2. EDIT SONG/TRACK.................................................44
3. SYSTEM....................................................................... 47
4. EDIT SYSTEM.............................................................48
5. DISPLAY MODE........................................................ 51
6. REC MODE..................................................................51
7. PLAY MODE...............................................................51
8. EDIT PLAY MODE.....................................................52
9. TRIGGER..................................................................... 52
10. EDIT TRIGGER...........................................................53
11. TEMPO.........................................................................53
12. EDIT TEMPO.............................................................. 54
13. METRONOME............................................................54
14. EDIT METRONOME..................................................55
15. IN/LOC1, OUT/LOC2, TO/LOC3..........................55
16. SCENE..........................................................................56
17. EDIT SCENE................................................................56
18. STORE ..........................................................................57
19. SCRUB..........................................................................57
20. UNDO ..........................................................................57
21. TRACK STATUS.........................................................58
22. EQ .................................................................................58
23. EFFECT SEND............................................................ 58
24. PAN/BALANCE........................................................59
25. FADER .........................................................................59
26. PAIR On/Off...............................................................60
27. REC SELECT............................................................... 60
28. EFFECT ........................................................................61
29. EDIT EFFECT..............................................................63
30. EFFECT ASSIGN........................................................ 64
31. EDIT EFFECT ASSIGN..............................................64
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1. Troubleshooting..........................................................65
2. Various messages....................................................... 67
3. MIDI Implementation Chart.....................................68
4. Block Diagram.............................................................69
5. Effect Program List.....................................................71
6. Effect Parameter List..................................................72
7. Metronm Type List.....................................................75
8. Demo Song List...........................................................75
9. D8 Specifications.........................................................76
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Bouncing tracks 1–8..........................................................77