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    EasyStart CONTENTS A quick overview of D12 mod es 2 Navigating the D1 2 2 Getting start ed: Listening to the demo songs / Cr eating a ne w song 3 Assigning input s and record ing audio tracks 3 Listening to record ed tracks 3 Working with EQ 4 Using the Insert and Mast er effects 4 Using the Fina l effects 4 Working with Scen es 4 Selecting Virtua [...]

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    D12 EasyStart 2 A quick overview of D12 modes SONG/CD – This mode allows you to select songs, create a new s ong, rename a song, perform song editing functions (copy song, move song, protect song, etc.), use the Program Play functio n, listen to audio CD’s and burn a CDR/RW of your final mix. RECORD – Here you can select t he Recording mode ([...]

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    D12 EasyStart 3 Naviga ting the D1 2 To select the display “tabs” in each mode, repeatedly press a mode key : [INPUT /TUNER] , [ EQ/ PHA SE] etc. To move to different locations in the display, use the four-position CURSOR . To confir m a highlighted selection in the display, press the [ENTER] key. To change a highlighted value, rotate the DIAL [...]

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    D12 EasyStart 4 Working wi th EQ on pl ayb ack: 1. Press the [EQ/ PHAS E] key. 2. Use the four way CURSOR and DIAL to select the “knob” in the display, and edit the value for the EQ parameter for a specific track. The upper left hand side of the display will sho w the parameter and track you will be working with. (To change EQ settings for trac[...]

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    D12 EasyStart 5 3. To store additional scenes, start song playback and change mixer settings, then press the [STORE] key, followed by pressing the [SCENE ] key again. Each time you do this, a new scene will be created and stored in th e Scene Memory. 4. You can also get a visual picture of what each Scene looks like, an d edit its parameters, by se[...]