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Chapter 1: Outline of the DPS12

About a scene memory

The DPS12 can store a set of mix parameter settings as a scene, and recall the scene later. A scene is stored as part

of the Project in the disk. You can store multiple scenes in one Project. For example, you may store multiple

scenes with different balance and EQ settings for mixdown, and audition and compare different mixes.

The following main parameters are stored in a scene.

• Channel level/master level settings (See page 61.)

• Channel panning (See page 61.)

• Channel AUX send A/B settings (send level, pre/post selection) (See page 64.)

• Channel EQ setting (See page 62.)

About DPS12’s user interface

This section explains the basic operation of the DPS12, such as using the display and changing the values.

Using the display

Various information required for operating the DPS12, such as the current position, mix parameter settings, etc.,

appears on the display. The information varies depending on which key you operate (such as a mode key, edit

point key, locate key, etc.).

■ Screen

A display that appears when you press a mode key is called “screen.” For example, the following display is a

MAIN screen that is recalled when you turn on the power to the DPS12 or when you press the [MAIN] key. You

will use this screen for recording and playback.

MAIN screen

The MAIN screen shows the following information:

1 Time counter ........... Indicates the current transport position. You can enter a value into the time counter to

move to a desired position.

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TIP :

The DPS12 displays the time counter using hour, minute, second, frame, and sub-frame unit. The

term “frame” is borrowed here from the world of motion picture film and video, in which each still image

from the sequence of images that appear or a strip of film is called a “frame.”You can change the number

of frames in the Control Panel (page 88). A sub-frame is a unit obtained by dividing a frame by ten.

hour minute second

frame

sub-frame

2 Level meter .............. Indicates the output level of the physical tracks, the input level at the INPUT jacks, or

the output level of the AUX send A/B or the master output.

3 Project name ........... Indicates the name of the Project you are currently working on.

4 Remaining time ....... Indicates the remaining time available for recording on the disk.

1 2 ... 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ... 155 156

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