HD24/96 Technical Reference

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Shortcuts (modifiers)

Shortcuts are made up of key combinations with the shift, control, and alt keys leading the pack for 'buddy' keys - the keys that need to pal along with pressing some other key in order to accomplish some operation without having to click and drag. For example, pressing the Ctrl plus the 'N' key will start a New Project operation. See the shortcuts list in the appendix.

Numeric Keypad

The numeric keypad is used for quick Cue point entry and location. To jump directly to Cues 00 through 99, type the Cue number on the numeric keypad and press Enter. (You must enter two digits - e.g. 05 - in order to get to the cue you really want) To jump to the next or previous Cue in the Cue List, press the + or – keys on the numeric keypad or the regular keyboard.

GUI Track Display and Controls

The following section introduces the different areas of the GUI screen and the various screen navigation controls. References are made to certain items with which you may not yet be familiar such as Regions and Virtual Takes. Don’t worry, they’ll be described further on.

Project Information Display

The following project information is displayed in the upper right corner of the main screen:

Drive: [Internal/External] Project Name Version Time

Current Time Display

The Current Time display shows the time of the current transport position in SMPTE time (Hours, Minutes, Seconds, Frames) or in musical terms of Bars or measures, Beats and Ticks (BBT). The displayed time is correlated with the time shown on the Time Bar and the position of the Current Time line.

Since the transport position is ultimately related to absolute time, BBT is calculated for the purpose of display based on a known tempo. The default tempo is 120 beats per minute, but this can be adjusted from the Windows Setup Locator-MMC window. The working tempo is stored along with the Project.

A tempo map can also be extracted from a Standard MIDI file, and the BBT display will change dynamically to follow the MIDI file’s tempo changes. Tempo maps are loaded from the floppy disk using the LOAD button in the Windows Setup Locator-MMC window.

Units for the time display are selectable from the GUI only, from the

Options Time Units window. A shortcut is to right-click on any time display window. A popup menu will allow you to change units directly. This is a global change - changing time units from ANY time display will change the time units in ALL time displays.

Time Bar / Marker Bar Overview

The strip immediately above the track area is split horizontally into the Marker (top) and Time (bottom) bars. The Marker Bar contains graphic icons representing cues, punch or loop points. The Time bar line contains the time scale, with major and minor divisions spaced according to the chosen SMPTE / BBT view and/or the defined resolution.