User Manual

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Using Hot-Key Banks
There are ten Banks numbered 1 to 10. Each Bank is like a separate “page”; changing Banks is
equivalent to flipping a page, and presents a different set of Hot-Key Assignments. Note that the ten
Banks all have access to all the Cuts recorded in Instant Replay. Banks are a convenient way to
organize Instant Replay’s audio collection. A total of 500 Cuts can be assigned to Hot-Keys if all 50
keys in each of the 10 banks are assigned to a different Cut.
Replacing Cuts with Existing Hot-Key Assignments
When audio that is assigned to Hot-Keys is replaced by any means (FTP Upload or Record
Overwrite) the Hot-Key assignments will still exist, and will be assigned to the new audio. This
allows material to be updated without the need for manually reassigning Hot-Keys. For instance,
hourly promos can be named for their time slot and day of the week. Each week the new promos can
be loaded in over the network and will appear at the same places in all Banks and Playlists.
Locating a Cut using FIND
F IND searches for a Cut by Index Number or Name. When you press the F IND button, any previously
found Cut name or ID number is displayed. To use that name for the current F
IND simply press
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NTER . To use a different Name or Index Number, simply type it and press E NTER .
Cuts can be located by entering part of the name followed by the Asterisk key (“*”, Hot-Key number
40). In the event many Cuts exist with almost the same name, they will be found in alphabetical order
with each subsequent use of the Find command. The Scroll Arrows may be used to examine all
similar entries when the Sort By Name option is active in the configuration menu.
Viewing the Sample Rate and Word Length of a Cut
With the Cut selected on the display module but NOT playing, hit the ENTER key briefly. The
Sample Rate ( 44.1KHz or 48KHz ) and word length ( 16 bit or 24 bit ) will be displayed for 2
seconds in place of the cut name.
Previewing a Cut
When P REVIEW is pressed in Stop mode the main audio outputs are muted, so Cuts played
subsequently can be auditioned from the headphone output only. Both the analog and digital audio
outputs are muted.
If P
REVIEW is turned on during playback, the display changes from showing the current Cut and
playing time, to showing the ID Number, Name, Length and Hot-Key Assignment of the playing Cut.
The Cut will continue playing from both the main and headphone outputs. Other Cuts can be
selected using the Scroll Arrows, Find, or the Hot-Keys to view their information.
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: Using Preview to Find Unassigned Hot-Keys
P REVIEW is useful when assigning Hot-Keys to find an unassigned or unneeded key without losing
track of the Cut you are about to assign. Before pressing A SSIGN H OT -K EY , press P REVIEW and then
push H OT -K EYS until you find one that can be re-used or that is unassigned. Press S TOP if a Cut is still
playing, then press P REVIEW again. The Cut to be assigned reappears. Use the normal Assign Hot-Key
procedure to assign the Hot-Key you found.