360 Systems Short/cut 2000 Audio Editor User manual

2000
OWNER'S MANUAL
For use with software version 5.0
March, 2001
Version Key Features
1.0 Initial release
2.0 Support of external re ovable edia
3.0 Short/cut’99 edit features and file translation
4.0 Speed increases in edit features, file copy, i port and export
5.0 IDE Internal Drive with optional SCSI adapter card
P R O F E S S I O N A L D I G I T A L A U D I O

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SERIAL NUMBER: ____________
FCC NOTICE
WARNING: This equipment has been tested and found to omply with the limits for a Class A
digital devi e pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide
reasonable prote tion against harmful interferen e when the equipment is operated in a
ommer ial environment. This equipment generates, uses and an radiate radio frequen y
energy and, if not installed and used in a ordan e with the instru tion manual, may ause
interferen e to radio ommuni ations. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is
likely to ause interferen e in whi h ase the user will be required to orre t the interferen e at
his own expense.
The user is autioned that hanges made to the equipment without the approval of the
manufa turer ould void the user's authority to operate this equipment.
It is suggested that only shielded and grounded ables be used to ensure omplian e with FCC
Rules.
Short/ ut Owner’s Manual
Edition 5.0, Mar h 2001
Covers features in Software Version 5.0
Copyright 1996 – 2001, 360 Systems
Printed in the United States of Ameri a
All rights reserved.

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PRODUCT IMPROVEMENTS AND UPGRADES
360 Systems reserves the right to make hanges and/or improvements to its produ ts,
without in urring any obligation to in orporate su h hanges or improvements in units
previously sold or shipped.
360 Systems may issue Te hni al Support Bulletins from time to time, advising owners
of re ord of produ t enhan ements that be ome available.
TRADEMARKS AND PATENTS
360 Systems Instant Replay®, DigiCart®, Short ut, Personal Audio Editor, and 360
Systems® are registered trademarks of 360 Systems. Zip® and Jaz® are trademarks of Iomega.
Dolby® is a trademark of Dolby Laboratories Li ensing Corporation.
Software ontained in this produ t is opyrighted by 360 Systems, Dolby Laboratories,
In and Mi roware Systems Corp. Designs in orporated in this produ t are the subje t of
urrent or pending U.S. and foreign patents.
LIMITED WARRANTY
360 Systems' Short ut audio editor is warranted against defe ts in material and
workmanship for a period of one year from date of original pur hase. This warranty in ludes
parts and labor. This warranty ex ludes units that have been modified, repaired by
unauthorized personnel, or damaged by abuse, improper operation, dirt, or stati ele tri ity.
360 SYSTEMS ASSUMES NO LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR REAL OR CON-
SEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOSS OF PROFITS, INCONVENIENCE OR ANY
OTHER LOSSES DUE TO NON-OPERATION OF ANY OF ITS PRODUCTS.
360 Systems' sole liability under this limited warranty shall be the repair or repla ement
of defe tive produ ts or omponents. Produ ts being returned under warranty shall be sent to
360 Systems, freight prepaid, in the original or equivalent pa kaging.
SHIPPING ADDRESS
Please call 360 Systems before shipping any parts or mer handise to re eive a Return
Authorization Number. Freight and mail may be sent to 360 Systems at the following address:
360 Systems
5321 Sterling Center Drive
Westlake Village, California 91361
U.S.A.
360 Systems' telephone number is [phone]. Faxes may be sent to (818)
991-1360. Business hours are from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM weekdays, Pa ifi Time.
Visit 360 Syste s on the World Wide Web at .360systems.com.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ____________________________________ 1
CHAPTER I ________________________________________ 3
CONTROLS AND DISPLAYS
Front Panel of the Short ut Editor, illustration 3
The Display 4
LCD Display, illustration 4
Zoom In and Zoom Out 4
TRANSPORT CONTROLS............................................................................................................ 4
Re ord 4
Stop 4
Play 4
Fast Forward 5
Rewind 5
Loop 5
Pause 5
Bleep 5
Hot Keys 5
EDIT KEYS..................................................................................................................................... 6
Mark (Lo ating Marks) and Zero Mark 6
Go-To Keys 6
Arm Keys 6
Edit In 6
Edit Out 7
Cut 7
Copy 7
Insert 7
Gain Editing 7
Erase 8
Nudge Arrows 8
Undo 8
Soft Keys 8
FILE MANAGEMENT KEYS ....................................................................................................... 9
DIR (Dire tory Sele t) 9
Dire tory Listing, illustration 9
FILES (File Sele t) 9
Files Menu, illustration 9
Save and Save As 10
Exit 11
Find A File 11
Alphanumeri Keyboard 11
AUDIO CONTROLS .................................................................................................................... 12
Input Levels 12
LED Level Indi ators 12
Headphone and Speaker Volume 12
Speakers 12
Solo 12

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CHAPTER II ______________________________________ 13
REAR PANEL FEATURES
Rear Panel, illustration 13
Analog Audio Inputs and Outputs 13
Digital Audio Inputs 13
Digital Audio Outputs 13
D-NET File Transfer Ports 13
Power Supply 14
Power Swit h 14
Headphone Ja k 14
Display Viewing Angle (Contrast Control) 14
Serial Number 14
G.P.I. Inputs and Tally Outputs 14
G.P.I. Conne tor Pin-Outs 14
Setting LED Current 15
GPI Input Assignment Options 15
Conne ting to Telephone Control Systems 16
Using External Sample Rate Syn hronization 17
Parallel Conne tor, SCSI Option and External Disk Drive Support 18
CHAPTER III ______________________________________ 21
RECORDING
Sample Rate 21
Re ord Mode (Basi ) 22
Setting The Re ord Monitor 22
Setting The Re ording Threshold 22
Re ord Pause 23
Re ording Multiple Takes 23
Insert Re ording 23
Basi Insert Re ording 24
Repla ement Insert Re ording 24
CHAPTER IV______________________________________ 25
EDITING
EDIT OPERATIONS.....................................................................................................................25
Waveform Display with Callouts, illustration 25
Lo ation Marks 26
Waveform Display, Showing Marks, illustration 26
The Zero Mark 26
Pla ing Lo ation Marks During Re ording 27
Edit Marks 27
Edit In Mark at Cursor,illustration 28
Edit In/Out Marks set,illustration 28
Play Sele ted Audio 28
Cut a Sele ted Segment 28
Cut to Hot Key 29
The Copy Command 29
Copy a Sele ted Segment of Audio 29
Copy a Sele ted Portion of a File to a Hot Key 29
Copy an Entire File From Disk to a Hot Key (Assign a Hot-Key) 29
Insert a Cut Or Copy Segment 29
Basi Insert 29
Insert Repla e 30
Crossfade Edits 30

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Cut with Crossfade 31
Performing a Crossfade Only Cut 32
Insert with Crossfade 32
Gain Editing 33
Gain Edit Menu - illustration 33
Adjust Level 34
Set Gain Value 35
Fade In and Fade Out 37
Relative Fade 37
Erase 39
Erasing a Highlighted Segment Within a File While Editing 39
Erasing a Hot Key Assignment in the Files Display 39
Erasing an Entire File in the Files Display 39
Erasing an Entire Dire tory in the Dire tory Display 39
Saving an Edited File 39
Saving With a New File Name (Save As) 39
Exit 39
Abandoning Edit Operations 40
Bleep File Segment 40
To Bleep a File in Edit Mode 40
To Set the Bleep Output Level 40
To Bleep a File in the Play or Re ord Mode 40
Undo an Edit Operation 41
To Undo the Last Editing Operation 41
To Undo the Last Transport Operation 41
Solo Buttons 41
Single Tra k Editing 41
CHAPTER V ______________________________________ 43
MISCELLANEOUS OPERATIONS
DIRECTORY AND FILE ORGANIZATION .............................................................................. 43
Dire tories 43
Display S reen Showing Dire tory Listing, illustration 43
Files 44
Display S reen Showing File Listing, illustration 44
USING HOT KEYS ...................................................................................................................... 44
Copy A Sele ted Segment To A Hot Key 44
Cut A Sele ted Segment To A Hot Key 45
Assign a File To a Hot Key 45
Determining a Hot Key Assignment 45
Performing an Insert From a Hot Key 45
Playing Audio From A Hot Key 45
Using Hot Keys To Compare Audio Versions 46
Programming A Hot Key To Play Clipboard Contents 46
THE FIND COMMAND............................................................................................................... 46
Finding A File By Title 46
Finding A Time Lo ation 47
Bleep A File Segment 48
Insert Bleep in A File While Stopped 48
To Bleep A File In The Play Or Re ord Mode 48
To Bleep In The Idle Mode 48
Undo A Bleeped Region Of Audio 48
Passwords 48
Horizontal Waveform Magnifi ation 49
Verti al Waveform Magnifi ation 49

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Display Blanking 49
Power Down 49
Re overing Hard Disk Spa e 50
Using Virtual Files To Save Disk Spa e 50
Formatting the Hard Drive 50
CHAPTER VI______________________________________ 51
Using Menus
DIRECTORY MENUS..................................................................................................................52
Qui k Referen e 52
Setup Menu 52
Erase Dire tory 52
Rename Dire tory 53
FILE MENUS ................................................................................................................................ 53
Setup Menu 53
Qui k Referen e 53
Rename File 53
Erase File 54
Dire tory Preferen es 54
D
EFAULT T ITLE 54
A
SK F OR N EW T ITLE 54
T
IME D ISPLAY 55
B
LEEP S OURCE 55
B
LEEP L EVEL 55
C
HANGE P ASSWORD 55
Copy File or Dire tory 56
Export Files to DigiCart/II Plus or Instant Replay 57
Import and Export of Foreign Files 58
D-NET File Transmission 63
EDITOR MENUS..........................................................................................................................65
Qui k Referen e 65
Setup Menu 65
Display Waveforms 66
Waveform Display, split, Illustration 66
Waveform Display, ombined, Illustration 66
Output Level 66
Installing Soft ode 66
CHAPTER VII _____________________________________ 68
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
MENU APPENDIX__________________________________ 70
QUICK REFERENCE TO MACHINE FUNCTIONS
Dire tory Display 70
Files Display 71
Editor 72
Keyboard Fun tions Using A
LT Key 74
INDEX ___________________________________________ 75

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INTRODUCTION
Thank you for pur hasing 360 Systems’ new Short/ ut™ Audio Editor. This unique
produ t provides an unusual mix of apabilities: it serves as a stereo audio re order, as a high-
speed editor, and as a rapid way to a ess stored audio lips. You will find that Short ut offers
a aster way to re ord and edit audio, while being easier to use than earlier workstations. Key
features of Short ut in lude:
• Intuitive operation similar to tape re orders
• S rub editing wheel a urately lo ates edit points
• Stereo waveform display visually identifies edit points
• Intuitive Cut-Copy-Paste style operation
• Real File names for identifi ation and re all
• Built-in speakers
• True 16-bit linear audio, with analog and digital I/O
• Compa t size, ideal for field re ording and remote tru ks
This manual is divided into hapters, with greater detail in later hapters. If you are in a
hurry, look over the first hapters des ribing the front and rear panels, followed by the hapters
on spe ifi operations. Come ba k to the Menu hapter at a later time, when you have a
spe ifi task to perform.
The Table of Contents will help you lo ate most operational des riptions. There is also
an Index at the ba k to assist in lo ating operations by their name.
This book uses S
MALL C APS to denote the name of a front panel key and other physi al
features, or the name of a menu item. Values in menu items are shown in ALL CAPS.
Short ut has three different operational modes: Re ord, Edit and Playba k. Ea h mode
has its own operational hara teristi s and display messages.
THE RECORD MODE
Audio is re orded into Short ut in mu h the same way as a tape re order. A spe ial
feature is the ability to begin re ording with a single key press at any time. This an be done
during edit operations, with work-in-progress left undisturbed. A number of spe ial kinds of
re ording are offered by Short ut.
• Insert Re ording
• Repla ement Insert Re ording
• Re ording initiated by an external GPI ommand

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THE EDIT MODE
Most operations will be performed in the Edit mode, also referred to as “the Editor”. The
display shows an audio waveform, a File name and the time lo ation of the Cursor. As with
word pro essors, sele ted portions of audio an appear in a highlighted area. A weighted
S
CRUB W HEEL and waveform display assist with a urate lo ation of edit points. Edit marks
appear on the display to learly show beginning and end points. Basi editing operations
in lude:
• Cut To a lipboard, or to a Hot Key & File
• Copy To a lipboard, or to a Hot Key & File
• Insert From a lipboard, a File or a Hot Key
• Erase A sele ted region
• Play A sele ted region
• Single or two-tra k editing
THE PLAYBACK MODES
Sin e the Short ut editor is intended for rapid on-air use, a number of different playba k
options are provided:
• Play a re ording sele ted in the Files Display
• Play a re ording while editing it
• Play a re ording stored on one of the 10 Hot Keys.
EXTERNAL STORAGE MEDIA
Short ut provides a P
ARALLEL port and an optional SCSI-based E XPANSION port allowing
the use of removable media drives to in rease storage time and data transport flexibility. Also,
material an be Imported to and Exported from DOS or HFS formatted Zip or Jaz disks in a
variety of file formats. We re ommend the following Iomega
® produ ts for use with Short ut:
• Zip
™ 250 disks store over 17 minutes of stereo audio in a ompa t and
inexpensive disk. Short ut an also Export audio to 360 Systems’ DigiCart/II
Plus (100 Mb) and Instant Replay 2.0 format disks for playba k.
• Jaz
™ 2 Gigabyte disks store over 2 hours of stereo audio for full-length
programs, ba kup and ar hiving. (Requires optional SCSI adapter board.)
Zip
™ 250 Parallel, Zip 100 MB Parallel and Zip ™ 100 Plus drives are dire tly ompatible;
Zip
™ SCSI and Jaz ™ 2 Gigabyte require the optional Short/ ut SCSI adapter board. Zip ™ USB
is not ompatible. Performan e of Jaz
™ 1 Gigabyte drives or the use of 1 Gigabyte artridges
in 2 Gigabyte drives has not been verified by 360 Systems. Iomega produ ts are available from
most omputer supply outlets.
A Zip 100 disk an store 7 minutes of audio at the 48KHz sampling rate. It is possible to use
100 MB disks in 250 MB drives. Note that 250 MB disks are not supported by DigiCart/II
Plus, however material an be Exported to 100 MB DigiCart/II Plus format Zip disks using a
250 MB drive.

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CHAPTER I
CONTROLS AND DISPLAYS
360 Systems' Short ut audio editor has an ex eptionally lear- ut front panel. It is
sensibly arranged, has a minimum button ount, and will make sense to reative staff members
who are familiar with traditional tape editing or modern word pro essors.
This se tion offers a brief overview of the front panel ontrols and displays. Detailed
operating instru tions will be found in the following hapters.
FRONT PANEL OF THE SHORTCUT EDITOR

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The Display
Short ut features a ba klit LCD display that provides extensive information about
ma hine operations. The display an show monaural or stereo waveforms, listings with up to
seven lines of text, or a ombination of graphi s and text. At times the display will be ome
intera tive and show options to assist the user. A ontrol is provided on the rear panel to adjust
the viewing angle ( ontrast). More detail about the display is presented throughout the manual.
L
R
SHORTCUT PROMO
0:00.00
Zoom In and Zoom Out
While editing, Z
OOM I N will magnify the waveform display to allow more a urate
editing. Conversely, Z
OOM O UT expands the time s ale. Four levels of resolution are
available, showing a s reen time display of 2, 5, 10 and 20 se onds. Z
OOM operates only in the
Edit mode, not during Re ord or Play.
Holding the A
LT key while using the Z OOM I N and Z OOM O UT keys enlarges the
waveform to show low level signals in greater detail, or redu es magnifi ation so loud signals
are fully displayed.
TRANSPORT CONTROLS
Record
A re ording may be started at any time by pressing the R
EC button. A new file is
automati ally reated, and previously re orded audio is not over-written. The R
EC key is
illuminated when re ording.
Stop
Stops all transport fun tions, in luding Re ord, Playba k, Fast Forward and Rewind, and
also an els Pause mode. When working with menus, S
TOP will exit from the menu and return
the Editor to an idle state. The S
TOP key is illuminated when a tive.
Play
For normal playba k (any Cut sele ted from the File Sele t menu), the highlighted file
will play from its beginning. In the Edit mode, a file is played from the urrent Cursor position
at normal speed. P
LAY is illuminated when a tive.
Play Sele ted Audio plays only material between the Edit In and Edit Out points. It is
a essed by holding the A
LT key and pressing P LAY . The E DIT I N and E DIT O UT buttons light
to indi ate that you are playing the sele tion. If no sele tion exists (Edit In = Edit Out)
nothing will play. If L
OOP is on, the sele tion will play repeatedly with a momentary pause
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Fast For ard
In Edit mode,
FF (fast forward) will play audio at a speed beginning at twi e normal, and
in reasing in speed after a few se onds. At higher speeds, audio will play in " hunks" like a
CD player. The FF key is illuminated when a tive.
• Holding P
LAY and pressing FF will play audio at twi e normal speed.
• Pressing FF twi e lo ates immediately to the end of the file.
Re ind
In Edit mode, the
R EW (rewind) key performs three fun tions:
• Press R
EW to roll audio ba kward like a tape re order. The speed will begin at
twi e normal, and in rease after a few se onds. At speeds above normal, audio
will play in " hunks" like a CD player. The R
EW key is illuminated when
a tive.
• Hold R
EW and press P LAY to play audio in reverse at normal speed.
• Pressing R
EW twi e lo ates immediately to the beginning of the file.
Loop
When L
OOP is a tive, Playba k will repeat indefinitely. Looping is an eled by pressing
L
OOP again. When in Play with looping on, the P LAY key flashes. (S TOP will an el playba k,
but Loop remains a tive.) The L
OOP key is illuminated when a tive.
Pause
Re ord or Playba k an be temporarily interrupted by pressing P
AUSE . A se ond press
will ontinue. Other buttons that will release P
AUSE are P LAY , R EC , F AST F ORWARD and
R
EWIND . The P AUSE key is illuminated when a tive.
Bleep
Audio will be non-destru tively repla ed with a "bleep" tone when the B
LEEP button is
pressed. There are three operating modes:
• In Play mode, the B
LEEP button repla es the audio output of the file being
played. It has no effe t on the file itself.
• In Re ord mode the B
LEEP button repla es in oming audio with a tone. The
tone is re orded to dis along with the original audio. The Bleep an be
removed and the original audio will be restored.
• At the Edit level, an area of audio may be sele ted on the display and repla ed
with the bleep tone by holding I
NSERT and pressing B LEEP .
Hot Keys
The 10 numeri keys of the keyboard have the dual purpose of serving as storage
lo ations for audio lips alled "Hot Keys". A set of 10 Hot Key Assignments is stored with
ea h Dire tory, and is re alled whenever the Dire tory is sele ted. H
OT K EYS have two uses:
• Instant playba k of pre-sele ted audio files
• Storage of audio intended for future use during edit operations.

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EDIT KEYS
All editing operations in Short ut are a omplished by first defining a region of audio
with two marks alled Edit In and Edit Out. After these marks are pla ed, the audio waveform
between them appears as a highlighted region. On e a region is defined, it is then possible to
perform other operations su h as Cut, Copy, Erase, Insert, et .
Mark (Locating Marks) and Zero Mark
Lo ating Marks are used as "bookmarks" to find a parti ular spot in a re ording at a later
time. They are pla ed with the
MARK key and are shown as a small "ti k" at the top and bottom
of the display. In pra ti e, a Lo ating Mark an be pla ed in a file at any time, even during the
original re ording. They an speed up the editing pro ess by marking "keepers" and avoiding a
se ond review of an entire re ording.
Marks are also automati ally pla ed wherever an editing operation took pla e. It is
therefore possible to return to a lo ation and revise previous work.
There is also a spe ial Zero Mark. It is used to designate a point in a file to return to
immediately, skipping over other marks and edit points. It is pla ed at the urrent Cursor
position by holding Mark and pressing the “0” key (H
OT -K EY 0). Its position is marked by a
small triangle below the waveform display. It does not affe t the beginning of playba k from
the Files Display, or the display of Cursor Position time in the Editor.
To return to the Zero Mark, press
FF twi e to move from a point earlier in the file, or
press
REW twi e to return from a point later in the file.
Go-To Keys
The G
O T O keys appear above the S CRUB W HEEL and look like double arrows. These
keys are used to sear h for Lo ation Marks within a File. The G
O T O keys move the Cursor
ba kward to the previous Mark, or forward to the next Mark point. If pressed while a file is
playing, playba k will be stopped and the Cursor will jump to the losest Mark in that dire tion
When a menu s reen is a tive, the G
O T O Mark buttons a t as arrow keys for sele ting
menu options.
Arm Keys
The left and right A
RM keys sele t the tra k on whi h editing and Insert Re ord
operations will be performed. New re ordings always use both hannels, and the A
RM keys
illuminate automati ally when entering the Re ord mode.
Edit In
The E
DIT I N button pla es a spe ial mark above the urrent Cursor position on the
waveform. This Edit In Mark spe ifies the position of:
1. The beginning of a range of audio to be operated on by an edit operation;
2. The insertion point of new audio;
3. The start point of an Insert Re ord operation.

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Edit Out
The E
DIT O UT button pla es the Edit Out Mark above the urrent Cursor position on the
waveform. When the Edit In and Edit Out marks have been pla ed at different points, the
waveform between them will appear highlighted.
Cut
The Cut fun tion removes highlighted audio between the Edit In and Edit Out marks, and
transfers it to a lipboard memory for possible use in a subsequent Insert operation. After the
Cut operation, the surrounding audio joins together, reating a ontinuous file.
Cut an also be used with a Crossfade. This auses the material at the Cut point to be
overlapped by the spe ified Crossfade Time, and then a smooth transition is reated between
the overlapped se tions. See the se tion on Editing for more details.
Copy
The Copy fun tion makes a opy of a marked portion of audio, for subsequent transfer to
another destination. Unlike Cut, it does not remove the audio, and the running time of the file
remains the same.
• When used in the File Sele t display, C OPY will all a menu that allows you to
opy a file within the dire tory, or to a different dire tory or disk.
• To assign a file to a Hot Key, sele t the file in the files display, hold
COPY and
press the desired H
OT K EY . The display warns you if another file is already
assigned to the Hot Key; press E
NTER to reassign the key.
• When used in the Dire tory Sele t display, C
OPY will all a menu that allows
you to opy all files in a dire tory to another dire tory.
Insert
The Insert fun tion inserts the urrent lipboard ontents (from a Cut or Copy operation)
at the lo ation of the Edit In mark.
• Pla ing the Edit Out mark at the same point results in a simple insertion,
moving all material after the marked point later in time, dire tly after the end of
the inserted material.
• Pla ing Edit Out at a different point permits Insert to overwrite a defined range,
repla ing existing material. Unless the operation is Undone, this material is
permanently erased from the file being edited. It will still exist in any opies of
the file. If the file has not been saved sin e the edit, perform a Save As (A
LT +
S AVE ) to preserve your edits in a new file and then get the repla ed material
from the file you were originally editing.
Insert an also be used in onjun tion with Crossfade. See additional information in the
hapter on Editing.
Gain Editing
Gain Editing fun tions in lude Adjust Level, Set Gain, Fade In, Fade Out and Relative
Fade. These are a essed by pressing S
OFT K EY 2 while in the Editor. Gain Edits are non-
destru tive. The gain is adjusted on playba k, so the original audio data is un hanged and the
effe t of Gain Edits an be removed at any time. See the se tion on Editing for more details.

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Erase
The Erase fun tion wipes any audio from the highlighted area and repla es it with
silen e. This operation does not affe t the running time of the file. Erase is non-destru tive,
and Erased regions an be sele ted and "un-erased" at any time.
• When used in the File Sele t display, E
RASE will delete a file.
• To lear a Hot Key assignment, hold E
RASE and press the desired H OT K EY .
This does not erase the file that was assigned to the Hot Key.
• When used in the Dire tory Sele t display, E
RASE will delete all files in a
Dire tory, in luding the file names.
Scrub Wheel
The S
CRUB W HEEL plays audio forward or ba kward, at a speed proportional to the rate
at whi h the wheel is turned. Its operation is similar to lo ating an edit point with analog tape
re orders by manually ro king the reels ba k and forth; therefore the term “s rubbing” to a
parti ular point within a file. The Cursor indi ates the position of audio being played by the
S
CRUB W HEEL .
When a Menu is a tive, the S
CRUB W HEEL will s roll the menu up or down.
Nudge Arro s
The L
EFT and R IGHT A RROW buttons at the lower right of the keyboard may be used to
nudge the Cursor by 10 mSe (.01 se onds) of time. In the zoomed-in mode most often used
for detailed editing, this represents one pixel on the waveform display. When zoomed out it an
take multiple presses to see the Cursor move; this is be ause nudge always works at the finest
resolution available. "Nudge" will often be easier to use than the S
CRUB W HEEL .
When a menu is a tive, the A
RROWS will sele t items within the menu. When editing
names, the A
RROWS move the ursor forward and ba kward through the text.
Undo
The U
NDO key reverses the last operation. It is also possible to reverse the last Undo.
U
NDO is also used with the M ARK , E RASE and B LEEP keys to remove marks and restore regions
of audio that have been Erased or repla ed with a Bleep.
Soft Keys
Two keys marked S
OFT K EY 1 and S OFT K EY 2 are provided for future expansion. At
present, S
OFT K EY 1 is programmed to sele t between digital and analog input sour es. S OFT
K EY 2 is programmed to turn the internal speakers on or off. In the Editor it is also used to
sele t Gain Editing operations. Press the number orresponding to the sele tion of Audio
Input, Speaker On/Off status or Gain Edit operation shown in the display. For example,
pressing S
OFT K EY 1 then the number 1 sele ts the Analog Input. Pressing either S OFT K EY a
se ond time returns to the previous display without hange.

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FILE MANAGEMENT KEYS
Audio is stored in the Editor as a "File", to whi h the user may atta h an identifying
name. For onvenien e in organizing a large number of files, ten "Dire tories" are provided,
and ea h of these an also be given an identifying name. The user may find it onvenient to
store a File in a parti ular Dire tory a ording to proje t title, who did the work, what show it
is for, or the type of audio.
The following keys are asso iated with the storage and retrieval of audio files:
DIR (Directory Select)
The D
IR key presents a list of the Dire tory names present in the Editor. To re all a File,
first sele t the Dire tory it is in. Use the S
CRUB W HEEL or G O T O keys to highlight the desired
Dire tory, then press E
NTER . The Dire tory listing an be alled up from any other display by
pressing the D
IR key.
INTERNAL DIRECTORIES
48K TIME 3:45:17
5. DIRECTORY 5
6. DIRECTORY 6
7. DIRECTORY 7
8. DIRECTORY 8
9. DIRECTORY 9
P.
PUBLIC DIRECTORY
PUBLIC DIRECTORY
DIRECTORY LISTING
The referen e to Internal Dire tories
in the upper left shows whether the dire tories in
the Internal or External Drive are being displayed.
At the right of the top line, the Sample Rate for the urrently sele ted Dire tory is shown,
along with the amount of spa e left on the drive expressed as available re ording time at the
urrent Sample Rate.
FILES (File Select)
When a Dire tory has been sele ted, a list of the audio File names within it will appear.
The File listing looks like this:
PUBLIC DIRECTORY
48K TIME 3:45:17
A SHORTCUT PROMO
0:36
A SHORTCUT PROMO ORIGINAL
0:52
BOING
[
8
]
0:02
CAR DOOR
[
5
]
0:04
CAR PEEL OUT
[
7
]
0:11
DOG GROWL
[
3
]
0:06
A SHORTCUT PROMO
EDITED
[
1
]
FILE LISTING
The Dire tory Name appears in the top line, along with the Sample Rate and Available
Re ord Time. The File Names appear below, with their length at the right. If a file is assigned
to a H
OT -K EY , the Hot-Key number appears to the right of the file name en losed in bra kets.

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To sele t a File, use the S CRUB W HEEL or G O T O keys to highlight the File name. If there
are more than six files in the dire tory, the dire tory will s roll to show the other files as they
are sele ted. On e you have sele ted a file:
• Press E
NTER or E DIT I N to load the File for an edit session; or
• Press P
LAY to hear the File without moving to the Edit level.
• Press C
OPY to opy the file.
• Press E
RASE to permanently erase the file. (File erasures annot be undone)
While working at most other tasks in the Editor, pressing the F
ILES key will immediately
lose the Editor (with a save dialog if the file is not saved) and present a File listing for the
urrent Dire tory.
Save and Save As
The S AVE key saves a File but does not lose it. When hanges have been made to a File
but not yet saved, the S
AVE key will illuminate.
Holding A
LT and pressing S AVE results in a prompt for a new File name. The file you
were editing is left as it was when it was opened or when S
AVE was last pressed. Subsequent
editing is performed on and saved to the new file. This is useful when saving several versions
of an edited File. It is a good idea to do this at least the first time you save an edited file so that
your original re ording is left unaltered. Copies of files use very little disk spa e, and it is good
insuran e in ase a mistake is made in editing. Remember to erase all opies of a re ording
when learing disk spa e for new re ordings, as the disk spa e will be released only when all
files that use that audio have been erased.
Save As an be used to re over from some editing errors, even if no opy of the file
being edited exists. Editing always takes pla e on a temporary opy of the file you hoose.
Edits are not opied ba k to the file until it is Saved. Save As leaves the original file that you
edited inta t; any editing that was done between the last Save and the point at whi h the error is
dete ted is saved to a new file. Then the original edit file an be opened and used to retrieve
parts that were deleted in error, whi h an then be returned to the new file.
When you save a file, you are saving:
1. The data that des ribes what audio to play in what order.
2. The Lo ation Marks.
3. The position of the Zero Mark.
4. The position of the Edit In and Edit Out marks.
5. The position of the Cursor.
6. The On / Off status of the A
RM buttons.
7. The S
OLO status.
Note that any hanges to items 1-3 are onsidered signifi ant hanges and ause the S
AVE
button to light. However, you an press S
AVE to save hanges to items 4-7 at any time.

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Exit
The E
XIT key performs several fun tions:
1. E
XIT will an el (or abandon) some ma hine operations;
2. E
XIT ends an editing session and loses the file. A prompt "SAVE CHANGES?"
will appear if a File has been altered but not saved. The operator may then:
• Press S
AVE to save to the same file name and exit, or
• Press A
LT + S AVE to save with a new File name and exit, or
• Press E
NTER to exit without saving; abandoning all edits sin e the last Save; or
• Press U
NDO to an el the exit operation.
Find A File
The S
PACE B AR doubles as a F IND key. This ommand an lo ate one File among many.
Press F
IND , type the desired File name, and then E NTER . The F IND key an also lo ate to a
parti ular time position within a File that is loaded for editing. Simply press F
IND and enter the
desired time position. Detailed information on using the F
IND ommand will be found in the
General Operations hapter.
Alphanumeric Keyboard
The A
LPHANUMERIC K EYBOARD is used for titling Files, for Find operations, and to enter
information for ertain Menu fun tions. It also ontains some spe ial fun tion keys:
• The ten N
UMERIC K EYS double as audio Hot Keys™.
• The A
LT key is used in ombination with other fun tion keys to give fast a ess to
spe ialized operations. The A
LT key ombinations will be found in the Q UICK
R EFERENCE menu, appearing in all main menus. It is also reprodu ed at the end of the
Menu hapter.
• The B
KSP (ba kspa e) key erases the hara ter to the le t of the present Cursor position.
• The D
EL (delete) key is used to edit title entries. It erases the hara ter to the right of the
present position.
• The I
NS (Insert) key toggles on-and-off, and allows hara ters to be inserted in the
middle of a text string.
• The A
STERISK key (*) is used with the F IND fun tion. The text to be lo ated is entered,
with unknown letters or words repla ed by a single asterisk.

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AUDIO CONTROLS
Input Levels
The L
EFT and R IGHT level adjustments set the re ording level for the analog inputs. They
do not affe t the digital inputs.
LED Level Indicators
Separate Left and Right P
EAK L EVEL LED bar graphs show the peak re ording level.
Level display is based on a normal re ording level of 0 dB ( orresponding to an output level of
+4 dBu), with headroom of +18 dB (full s ale output is +22 dBu) and a minimum level display
of -30 dB.
Headphone and Speaker Volume
This ontrol adjusts the level of the stereo headphone ja k and the internal speakers.
Speakers
Built in speakers provide stereo monitoring. Speakers an be turned on or off by a Setup
Menu item, by a GPI input, or by menu sele tions under S
OFT K EY 2.
Solo
The Left and Right S
OLO keys sele t a single audio tra k when it is desirable to monitor
just one hannel. S
OLO is an eled by pressing the illuminated S OLO key, or R EC , E XIT , or any
H
OT K EY . A S OLO key is illuminated when a tive.