Akai DPS24 Addendum

INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................................................1

NEW USB HOST DRIVES FEATURE........................................................................................2

WAV/AIFF IMPORT/EXPORT VIA U SB ....................................................................................3

DATE RANGE IN WAV/AIFF IMPORT.......................................................................................4

AUTOMATIC RE-SAMPLING OF IMPORTED FILES...............................................................4

RECORD / PLAYBACK FROM EXTERNAL SCSI DISK DRIVES...........................................5

NOTES ABO UT USING EXTER NAL DRIVES FOR REC O RD/PLAYBA CK...............6

PROJECT COPY VIA USB .........................................................................................................7

COPY/BACKUP/RESTORE USER PRESETS ..........................................................................7

NEW OS UPDATE MECHANISM...............................................................................................8

AUDIO RECOVERY ................................................................................................................. ....9

PERFORMING AN AUDIO RECOVERY.......................................................................11

NEW EDIT FUNCTIONS..............................................................................................................12

ORIGINAL .......................................................................................................................12

TO TRACK......................................................................................................................13

INSERT SI L ENCE ..........................................................................................................13

RECORD / EDIT SELECT KEYS SET WAVEFORM VIEW......................................................14

ZERO CROSSING LINE IN SAMPLE ACCURATE EDIT WAVEFORM..................................14

IMPROVEMENTS TO DSP PROCESSES .................................................................................15

IMPROVED V-TRACK OPERATION..........................................................................................16

CLEAR AUT O MA T IO N FACILITY..............................................................................................2 0

NEW DEFAULT MIXER SETTINGS FOR RESET MIXER........................................................21

88.2KHZ SUPPORT.....................................................................................................................22

NEW PROMPT W HE N C HA NG ING SAMP LE RATE ...............................................................22

IMPROVED ‘WAIT’ MESSAGE WHEN LOADING PROJECTS...............................................22

PREVENTION OF STACKED POP-UPS ...................................................................................22

IMPROVEMENTS TO PRESET LIBRARIES ORGANISATION ...............................................22

IMPROVEMENTS TO FX SELECTION......................................................................................23

MIXDOWN KEY N O W A VA ILABLE IN MASTE R C HA NN EL PA G E.......................................23

METRONO M E NOW A VA IL A BL E D UR IN G LOO P PLAY.......................................................23

DPS24

VERSION 1.60 ADDENDUM

NEW FEATURES / IMPROVEMENTS

New USB Host drives feature: Using akSys TrackView V1.21 or the new akSysServer utility, the DPS24 can now access designated folders located on the har d drives of your computer, via USB. These HOST drives can be used for:

• WAV/AIFF File Import/Export via USB

• Projec t Copy via USB

• OS update via USB Improvements t o WAV/A IFF Import/Export

• Date range se l ect i on i n WAV/AIFF Import

• Automatic resam pl i ng of import ed WAV/AIFF files to current Project's sample ra te

Copy/Backup/Restore user Cu st om Pres et s (F X , EQ, COMP, GATE, MBCX, P ATCH) New OS upgrade mec hani sm allows upgrade fro m any device (IDE, SCSI or USB Host ) New Audio Re covery feature: Impo rt unreferenced audio files f rom current Project driv e New EDIT features :

• MOVE TO ORIGINAL

• MOVE TO TRACK(S)

• INSERT SILENCE

• RECORD/EDIT SELECT keys also set WaveView tracks

• Zero-Cr oss i ng l i ne visible at maximum zoom in WaveView EDIT

• DSP features can now be performed on more than 2 Tracks at a time Improvements t o V.TRAC K pag e

• Next UNUSED Track selection

• NEW TAKE feature

• Auto-increm ent V.Track after assigni ng

• Option to Auto-i ncrement Physical Track after assignin g

• Option to Assign S ter eo T rac ks

• ERASE V.Track Utility New CLEAR AUTOMATION softkey on AUTOMATION SETUP page New default settings for RESET M IX E R

88.2kHz Sample Rate support New prompt wh en changing sample rates New pop-up sh own when loading projects Prevention of stacked pop-ups Patch / mixer / MBCX presets are re-ordered so that presets are listed first Improved FX selection when changing FX channels on FX and FX LIBRARY pages MIXDOWN sof t ke y av ai labl e i n M aster channel page Finally, the int ernal metronome can now be used duri ng LOOP PLAY.

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VERSION 1.60 ADDENDUM

NEW USB HOST DRIVES FEATURE

Using akSys TrackView V1.21 or the new akSysServer utility, the DPS24 can now access designated folders located on the har d drives of your computer, via USB. AkSysServer is a small program that can be run instead of akSys TrackView. Because it only handles the remote file access aspects of the DPS24 USB protocol, it is faster. AkSysServer is useful if you want to transfer files but don’t require all the features of akSys TrackView itself. Furthermore, akSysServer is availabl e both for Windows XP and Mac OS X.

In akSys TrackView V1.21 and akSysServer, computer folders paths can be assigned to Host drives in a window t hat looks like this one:

There are eight slo ts in which yo u can nom ina te location s on your co mput er for t he files yo u wa nt to import to the DPS24 or export from the DPS24. These can be drives or, more specifically, folders

on particular drives.... whatever. Assuming you have nominated the locations, all USB transfer

operations are done on the DPS24 itself (which are pretty much an extension of the WAV IMPORT/EXPORT and PROJECT COPY functions).

When the DPS24 is connected to a computer and either akSys TrackView V1.21 or akSysServer are running, all the va lid folder paths are shown in the DPS24 as additi onal HOST drives.

The available HOS T drives can be viewed in the SETUP / DISK pag e, t oget her with the other IDE and SCSI drives connected to the DPS24. However, DIS K TOOLS and CLEAN UP functions are not available f or HOST drives.

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In this case, the DISK SETUP page will look something like this:

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HOST drives are named as "Remote HD" and Free shows the size of the whole volume.

WAV/AIFF IMPORT/EXPORT VIA USB

To Export a region from the DPS24 to the co m puter, as in V1.50, in EDIT mode, pr ess COPY . The Destination field now allows you to select any drives that may be attached and, with akSysServer running on your computer, you will also be able to select HOST 0, 1, 2, etc..

From there, proceed as usual: select the tracks you want to export and press BROWSE for more Export options.

To import from the computer to the DPS24, the procedure is pretty much identical except that in EDIT mode, you use PASTE or INSER T and select the drive in the Sourc e field.

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However, some additional improvements have been made to the WAV/AIFF Import feature:

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DATE RANGE IN WAV/AIFF IMPORT

The WAV import function now has a DATE RANGE parameter that allows you what files you will view when usi ng BROWSE.

The options are:

ALL You will see all files. PAST YEAR You will only see files from the past year PAST 6 MONTHS You will only see files from the past 6 months PAST 2 MONTHS You will only see files from the past 2 months PAST MONTH You will only see files from the past month PAST 2 WEEKS You will only see files from the past 2 weeks PAST WEEK You will only see files from the past week TODAY You will only see files from the current date

AUTOMATIC RE-SAMPLING OF IMPORTED FILES

When WAV/AIFF files are imported into a project, they are now automatically re-sampled to the project’s sampling rate thus ensuring that they will play at the correct speed within the context of that project. So, for example, if a 48kHz WAV is imported into a 44.1kHz project, the imported file will be re-sampled down to 44.1kHz. Previously, it would have been im ported at its or ig i nal sample rate and would have required manual interventi on t o overc o m e t hi s. Now, if you try to import a file that is at a different sample rate to the current project, you are prompted and you can respond accordingly.

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VERSION 1.60 ADDENDUM

RECORD / PLAYBA CK FROM EXTERNAL SCSI DISK DRIVES

It is now possible to record and playback using external disk drives connected via the optional IB24SCSI, 68pin wide-SCSI interface. In fact, it is now possible to use the DPS24 without any internal drives fitted at all which might be useful if you are recording with microphones close to the DPS24. Although the internal drive is relatively quiet , you can now house your drive away from the DPS24 for even quieter operat i on.

You can select the drive you want to use in the PROJECT mode:

Pressing SELEC T DRIVE [F1/F2] takes you t o this page:

Select the drive you want use with the up/down cursors and confirm by pressing (not surprisingly!) SELECT DRIVE [F5/6]. You will be returned to the main PROJECT page where you may load or create new projects as normal .

Because it is now possible to record to/playback from any internal IDE or external SCSI hard drive , you can see t hat the cu rrent Proj ect dri ve’s I D numbe r is now shown in t he proj ect name fiel d top left of every page:

You can also select a USB HOST drive to be the source drive for the PROJECT TOOLS, but it is not possible to record/playback from a HOST drive. Therefore, both the LOAD and NEW functions are not operational when a HOST drive is sel ect ed. In other words, a HOST drive can never be the cu rrent Project drive.

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NOTES ABOUT USING EXTE RNAL DRIVE S F O R RECORD/PL AYBACK

• Using SELECT DRIVE, the contents of an alternate drive can be viewed whilst playing back from another.

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For example, in the above screen shot, you are viewing the contents of an external drive on SCSI #1 whilst a project from the internal drive on IDE #0 is actually loaded (and possibly playing). The current drive only changes when a project from another drive is loaded. This means you can view projects on other drives while still being able to play the current project.

You can also use the PROJECT TOOLS for the selected disk so, in the above example, even though the ‘project drive’ is IDE#0, you could perform a backup or restore on the external SCSI drive. However, please note that you cannot backup or restore whilst playing or working on another project t hat might be loaded. You can also select a USB HOST drive to perform a Project Copy from the HOST to the DPS24.

• When switching drives, the current edit clipboard is lost (to prevent the audio from projects spanning different drives). Use WAV export/import or project copy to transfer audio from one drive to another.

• Ordinarily with SCSI, there is a limi t of 6 metres T OT AL cable length but if your dr iv e is an LVD type, this can be extended. Please consult your drive’s technical documentation for more details.

• It goes without saying that you cannot record to or playback from CD-ROM, CDR or CD-RW!!

• You will, of course, require the optional IB-24SCSI board to be installed in your DPS24 in or der to connect SCSI drives.

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