REFERENCE MANUAL 2002 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS Important Safety Instructions and Compliance Notices.......................................... v Safety symbols used in this product........................................................................................................ v Please follow these precautions when using this product: .................................................................. v Instructions de Sécurité Importantes..................................................................................................... vii Symboles utilisés dans ce produit ....................................................................................................... vii Beim Benutzen dieses Produktes beachten Sie bitte die folgenden Sicherheitshinweise:............. viii Information to the User for Class A Digital Device (FCC Part 15, Class A)...................................... ix Notices Regarding Laser Devices. .......................................................................................................... ix Introduction And Setup ........................................................................................1 1.1 MasterLink Highlights ........................................................................................................................1 1.2 Unpacking and Inspection ..................................................................................................................1 1.3 AC Power Hookup...............................................................................................................................2 1.4 Line Conditioners and Protectors ......................................................................................................2 1.5 About Audio Cables ............................................................................................................................3 Once Around the ML-9600................................................................................... 5 2.1 The Front Panel.....................................................................................................................................5 2.2 The Rear Panel ......................................................................................................................................5 2.3 The Front Panel Display......................................................................................................................6 HD Mode Operation ............................................................................................ 7 3.1 HD or CD Mode? .................................................................................................................................7 3.2 HD Recording Settings ........................................................................................................................7 3.2a Input Source..........................................................................................................................7 3.2b Sample Rate ..........................................................................................................................8 3.2c Word Length.........................................................................................................................8 Working With Playlists ....................................................................................... 9 4.1 Selecting a Playlist................................................................................................................................9 4.2 Naming a Playlist .................................................................................................................................9 4.3 Auditioning a Playlist........................................................................................................................10 4.4 Editing A Playlist ...............................................................................................................................10 4.4a Empty Playlists...................................................................................................................10 4.4b Recording a Track..............................................................................................................11 4.4c The Display .........................................................................................................................11 4.5 Playlist Edit Mode Pages...................................................................................................................12 4.5a Track Start Time .................................................................................................................12 4.5b Track End Time..................................................................................................................13 4.5c Track Length .......................................................................................................................13 4.5d Track Fades.........................................................................................................................14 4.5e Track Level Adjustment....................................................................................................15 4.6 Additional Playlist Edit Functions...................................................................................................16 4.6a Editing Track Names .........................................................................................................16 4.6b Adding Additional Tracks................................................................................................16 4.6c Mark New Track While Recording..................................................................................16 4.6d Deleting Tracks ..................................................................................................................16 4.6e Changing Track Order .....................................................................................................17 4.7 Tracks vs. Audio Files........................................................................................................................17 4.7a Audio File Names ..............................................................................................................18 4.7b Inserting Audio Files Into Playlists .................................................................................18 4.7c Deleting Audio Files ..........................................................................................................19 4.7d Audio File Copy.................................................................................................................20 II ALESIS ML-9600 REFERENCE MANUAL Table Of Contents 4.7e Audio File Parameters vs. Track Parameters................................................................. 21 4.8 Editing a Track................................................................................................................................... 21 4.8a Track Crop Feature ........................................................................................................... 21 4.8b Track Start/Track End...................................................................................................... 22 4.8c Scrubbing the Head and Tail ........................................................................................... 22 4.8d Track Start/End Pointer Capture ................................................................................... 22 4.8e The Crop ............................................................................................................................. 22 4.9 Track Split........................................................................................................................................... 23 4.9a An Alternate Method........................................................................................................ 24 4.10 Track Join.......................................................................................................................................... 24 Digital Signal Processing....................................................................................25 5.1 Overview ............................................................................................................................................ 25 5.2 Signal Flow ......................................................................................................................................... 26 5.3 Applying DSP To A Track................................................................................................................ 27 5.4 DSP Block Detail ................................................................................................................................ 27 5.4a DSP1:Compressor.............................................................................................................. 27 5.4b DSP2:Parametric EQ ......................................................................................................... 29 5.4c DSP3:Look-Ahead Peak Limiter...................................................................................... 30 5.4d DSP4:Normalizer .............................................................................................................. 31 5.4e DSP5:Copy DSP Settings .................................................................................................. 31 5.4f DSP6:Paste DSP Settings ................................................................................................... 31 5.4g DSP7:Reset DSP Settings.................................................................................................. 32 5.4h DSP8:Render DSP To Audio File .................................................................................... 32 Creating A CD ....................................................................................................35 6.1 CD Recording Settings...................................................................................................................... 35 6.1a Advantages of CD24 ......................................................................................................... 35 6.2 Creating a CD..................................................................................................................................... 35 6.3 The Recording Process...................................................................................................................... 36 6.3a Rendering ........................................................................................................................... 36 6.3b Initializing .......................................................................................................................... 37 6.3c Recording............................................................................................................................ 37 6.3d Finalizing ........................................................................................................................... 39 6.4 CD24 Disc Specifics ........................................................................................................................... 39 CD Mode Operation ............................................................................................41 7.1 CD Playback ....................................................................................................................................... 41 7.1a Playing a Red Book CD .................................................................................................... 41 7.1b Playing a CD24 CD ........................................................................................................... 41 7.2 Copying tracks from CD to Hard Drive ......................................................................................... 41 7.3 Move Entire CD To Playlist.............................................................................................................. 41 Utility Functions................................................................................................ 43 8.1 Util1: Meter Mode ............................................................................................................................. 43 8.2 Util2:Track/Playlist/CD Loop ........................................................................................................ 43 8.3 Util3:Playlist Backup ......................................................................................................................... 44 8.4 Util4:Playlist Restore ......................................................................................................................... 45 8.5 Util5:Render Playlist To Disk............................................................................. ...