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Chapter 1 Before You Start (VS-1824 Terminology)
Chapter 1
Master Block
This selects the jacks or connectors—which are connected to
external equipment—to which the output of each mixer is
sent.
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Recorder Section
Differences from a Tape-Type MTR
Unlike DAT recorders, which use tape, digital disk recorders
record performances (that is, sounds) on a disk, as do MD
recorders. Music that is recorded on disk can be recalled and
played back immediately, no matter where it is located on
the disk. This is obvious from the difference in speed with
which you can move to the beginning of a song on the VS-
1824 as opposed to a DAT recorder.
The ability to freely move to data regardless of the time or
sequence at which it was recorded is known as “random
access.” By contrast, having to move to data in the order of
the time or sequence at which it was recorded is known as
“sequential access.”
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● random access
● sequential access
