User manual ALESIS ML-9600

[. . . ] ALESIS MASTERLINK ML-9600 HIGH RESOLUTION MASTER DISK RECORDER ADDENDUM TO OWNER'S MANUAL FIRST EDITION VERSION 1. 0 APPLIES TO OPERATING SOFTWARE VERSION 2. 00 ©2000 ALESIS CORPORATION Table Of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1. 1 Version 2. 00 Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1. 2 How Do I Get Version 2. 00 Software?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 New Playlist Edit Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. 1 Seamless "Adjacent Track" Transitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. 2 Track Split. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. 2a An Alternate Method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2. 3 Track Join. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2. 4 Mark New Track While Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2. 5 Track Start/End Pointer Capture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2. 6 Audio File Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2. 7 Audio File Delete Override . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 New Track DSP Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3. 1 Copy DSP Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3. 2 Paste DSP Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3. 3 Reset DSP Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] NOTE: When an Audio File is copied, the copy has its name changed automatically so that the last three letters of the name are "Cxx"; C indicating that the file is a Copy, and xx being a twonumber designation of the Copy generation (first generation = C01, second generation = C02, etc. ) Of course, you can change the name to whatever you like after the copy has been made; the automatic name change is designed to help avoid the confusion of having two or more Audio Files with duplicate names. 2. 7 AUDIO FILE DELETE OVERRIDE When you attempt to delete an Audio File that is currently in use by a playlist, a message will temporarily be displayed indicating that that Audio File is in use, as shown in Figure 2. 7. 1. 6 ALESIS ML-9600 REFERENCE MANUAL 1. 00 Chapter 2 Figure 2. 7. 1 Audio File In Use Warning In Version 1. xx software, the only way to delete an Audio File that was in use was to find every Track in every playlist that pointed to that Audio File and delete each Track. New to version 2. 0 software is the ability to override the warning and automatically delete all of the Tracks associated with the Audio File you wish to delete. After temporarily displaying the "Audio File In Use" screen, the override screen will be displayed, as shown in Figure 2. 7. 2. Figure 2. 7. 2 Audio File Delete Override Screen Pressing UP/YES while this screen is displayed will cause the display to prompt "Permanently delete from disk?"; pressing UP/YES once more will delete the Audio File and all Tracks associated with that Audio File. ALESIS ML-9600 REFERENCE MANUAL 1. 00 7 Chapter 2 8 ALESIS ML-9600 REFERENCE MANUAL 1. 00 Chapter 3 NEW TRACK DSP FEATURES 3. 1 COPY DSP SETTINGS New to Version 2. 0 software is the ability to copy and paste DSP settings between tracks, even between tracks in different playlists. All of the Track DSP parameters are copied and pasted at once, including Track Gain, Compression parameters, EQ parameters, Limiter parameters, Normalizer parameters, and Track Fade parameters. To copy the DSP settings from a Track, first select the playlist and track from which you wish to copy (your "source" Track), then press the TRACK DSP button repeatedly until DSP Page 5 is displayed, as shown in Figure 3. 1. 1. Figure 3. 1. 1 Copy DSP Settings Page Pressing the DOWN/NO button in this page will have no effect. Pressing the UP/YES button will copy all DSP parameters into a temporary RAM buffer. This RAM buffer will retain its settings until either another DSP Copy operation is performed, or until power is turned off to the MasterLink. 3. 2 PASTE DSP SETTINGS Once a DSP Copy operation has been performed, you may paste those parameters as many times as you like into as many tracks as you wish. Note that these pasted parameters will overwrite any Track DSP parameters that you have already applied to the target Track. To paste DSP parameters into a Track, first select the Track to which you wish to apply the copied parameters (your "destination" Track), then press the TRACK DSP button repeatedly until DSP Page 6 is displayed, as shown in Figure 3. 2. 1. Figure 3. 2. 1 ALESIS ML-9600 REFERENCE MANUAL 1. 00 9 Chapter 3 Paste DSP Settings Page Pressing the DOWN/NO button in this page will have no effect. Pressing the UP/YES button will paste all DSP parameters from the temporary RAM buffer into the destination track. This process leaves the RAM buffer intact, so multiple pastes are possible without having to recopy each time. 3. 3 RESET DSP SETTINGS If you just want to "zero" the DSP settings on a Track, returning them to the factory defaults and turning them off, you can use the Reset DSP function. To reset all DSP parameters in a Track, first select your destination Track, then press the TRACK DSP button repeatedly until DSP Page 7 is displayed, as shown in Figure 3. 3. 1. Figure 3. 3. 1 Reset DSP Settings Page Pressing the DOWN/NO button in this page will have no effect. Pressing the UP/YES button will prompt you with an "Are you sure?Pressing UP/YES in this screen will reset all DSP parameters (Track Gain, Compression parameters, EQ parameters, Limiter parameters, Normalizer parameters, and Track Fade parameters) in the destination track. 3. 4 RENDER DSP TO AUDIO FILE MasterLink Track DSP is applied as a real-time process, allowing modifications to the DSP without changing the original Audio File. There are instances, however, where it is convenient to commit, or "render" the applied Track DSP to the Audio File, thereby permanently changing the Audio File. MasterLink Version 2. 0 software gives you the ability to render your Track DSP settings to the associated Audio File. NOTE: The Render DSP function is a destructive edit and cannot be undone once rendered. If you need to be able to recover the original, non-rendered audio data, be sure to make a copy of the Audio File before rendering DSP (covered in Section 2. 6 of this Addendum). Once you have made the desired changes to the Track DSP settings and decide you wish to render the DSP to the Audio File associated with your Track, press the TRACK DSP button repeatedly until DSP Page 8 is displayed, as shown in Figure 3. 4. 1. 10 ALESIS ML-9600 REFERENCE MANUAL 1. 00 Chapter 3 Figure 3. 4. 1 Render DSP Page Pressing the DOWN/NO button in this page will have no effect. Pressing the UP/YES button will prompt you with an "Are you sure?Pressing UP/YES in this screen will render all DSP parameters (Track Gain, Compression parameters, EQ parameters, Limiter parameters, Normalizer parameters, and Track Fade parameters) to the destination track. APPLICATION NOTE: It is sometimes necessary to apply DSP to a specific region of a recording, without interrupting the flow of audio. [. . . ] MasterLink 2. 0 software gives you the ability to add an offset to the track start ID of a Red Book CD either at the beginning or at the end (or both) of a track so that variances between CD players will not affect a CD created in a MasterLink. These offsets are typically measured in "CD frames", a frame being equal to 1/75th of a second. To edit Start and End Time offsets, press the UTILITY button repeatedly until Utility Page 6 is displayed, as shown in Figure 4. 5. 1. 16 ALESIS ML-9600 REFERENCE MANUAL 1. 00 Chapter 4 Figure 4. 5. 1 Start and End Time Offset Page The cursor defaults under the "St Offset" field; if you press UP/YES while in this field the "En Offset" parameter will be displayed. To the right of the offset field is the "Offset Amount" field. [. . . ]