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Section 8 – Advanced operations
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8 – Advanced operations
8.1 Autolocation
The DA-98 contains two location memories,
accessible through the
LOC 1
and
LOC 2
keys([22]
and [23]). These also allow a “A
↔B repeat”
facility, which allows you to rehearse part of a
mixdown, for instance. These two location mem-
ory points are referred to as “MEMO 1” and
“MEMO 2”.
In addition to these two location memories, the
DA-98 can also store 10 more location memories,
which are accessed through the function keys ([9]
through [13] and [18] through [22]).
As with the punch recording points (see 6.6,
“Punch-in and punch-out”), it is possible to set
and edit these points in a number of ways.
8.1.1 Setting MEMO 1 and MEMO 2 “on
the fly”
This can be done regardless of the current status of
the tape transport (playing, recording, winding,
stopped, or shuttle).
1) Press the
MEMO 1
or
MEMO 2
key; [13] or [14].
The current tape position will be stored to the
appropriate location memory (MEMO 1 or
MEMO 2).
The display screen will indicate that the location
memory point has been stored.
8.1.2 Checking, editing and manually
entering MEMO 1 and MEMO 2
The checking, editing, and manual entry of
MEMO 1 and MEMO 2 location points are all
essentially the same operation. Location points
can be edited and entered to frame accuracy.
1) Go to menu group 0:
If you are only checking the location points, you
can see the value of the location point on the bot-
tom line of the display screen. As you move the
cursor between
and , the
value shown will change appropriately. Press
ESCAPE
when you have finished checking.
2) Move the cursor to or and
press
ENTER
to select the location point to edit.
3) Use the
LEFT
and
RIGHT
keys to select the field
you wish to edit (hours, minutes, seconds or
frames) and the
UP
and
DOWN
keys to change
the value.
You can reset the value of a location point field to
“
” by holding down the
UP
key and pressing
the
DOWN
key (or the other way round).
There is also an “invisible” field to the right of the
location value, which you can use to fine-tune the
location point time, as described in 5.1.4, “Editing
values”.
You can also use the function keys to enter the
value directly, as described in 5.2.2, “Using the
function keys as number keys”.
8.1.3 Setting the location pre-roll time
When you locate to a location memory (whether it
is one of the MEMO 1/2 points or the 10 “function
key” memories), the tape will stop at the memo-
rized location point, minus a pre-defined pre-roll
time.
As shipped, the DA-98’s default location pre-roll
time is 0 seconds. You can edit this to a value
between 0 seconds (the tape will locate to the