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Chapter 1: Outline of the DPS12
About Projects
The DPS12 manages songs by treating them as “Projects. A Project contains audio data, mixer settings, locate
points (position information in a song), and scene memory (mix parameter settings).
The internal hard disk can store multiple Projects. However, the DPS12 can handle only one Project at a time.
When the power to the DPS12 is turned on, the DPS12 reads the first Project in the disk. You may want to specify
another Project on the disk to be read or create a new Project, if necessary.
JAZ
Project
Project
Project
Disk
DPS12
INPUT
dps12
INPUT GAIN
Project
Reading
Storing
About physical tracks and virtual tracks
The DPS12 performs recording and playback by assigning 250 virtual tracks to 12 physical tracks.
“Physical track” is a track that is used to record, play back, and edit in normal way. Physical tracks 1–12 corre-
spond to the [RECORD SELECT] 1–12 keys on the top panel. Pressing any of these keys causes the correspond-
ing LED to flash and the corresponding track to enter recording standby mode.
“Virtual track” is used to store recorded audio data. You cannot control virtual tracks. However, you can still
record, play back, and edit them by assigning them to physical tracks. The DPS12 provides 250 virtual tracks,
which you can assign to any of 12 physical tracks.
The following example shows Virtual tracks 3, 10, and 6 assigned to physical tracks 1, 2, and 3 respectively.
Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
Track 4
Track 5
Track 6
Track 7
Track 8
Track 9
Track 10
Track 11
Track 12
Physical Track
Mixer section
Virtual Track 1
Virtual Track 2
Virtual Track 3
Virtual Track 4
Virtual Track 5
Virtual Track 6
Virtual Track 7
Virtual Track 8
Virtual Track 9
Virtual Track 10
Virtual Track 11
Virtual Track 12
Virtual Track 13
Virtual Track 14
Virtual Track 15
Virtual Track 16
Virtual Track 246
Virtual Track 247
Virtual Track 248
Virtual Track 249
Virtual Track 250
Virtual Track
For example, you can switch virtual tracks that are assigned to recording tracks (physical tracks) to record
multiple takes of your solo performance. In this way, you can later select the best take for mixdown. You can also
store data in a virtual track to perform ping-pong recording onto the data repeatedly until you are satisfied. Virtual
tracks have various applications, and you can use the DPS12 without being limited to twelve tracks.
TIP :
You can also name virtual tracks.
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