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- Page 1 EFERENCE ANUAL 2002...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
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... - Page 3 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 ..........................
- Page 4 Table of Contents Word Lengths Supported.........................49 Analog I/O..............................49 Digital I/O..............................49 Unit Dimensions............................49 ML-9600 R LESIS EFERENCE ANUAL...
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Page 5: Safety Symbols Used In This Product
5. Do not use this apparatus near water. 6. Clean only with a damp cloth. Do not spray any liquid cleaner onto the faceplate, as this may damage the front panel controls or cause a dangerous condition. 7. Do not block any of the ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. - Page 6 15. This unit produces heat when operated normally. If this unit is installed in a rack, make sure that there is proper ventilation when operated. Do not operate in an enclosed rack with closed front and back doors. If there are other units in the rack that generate a large amount of heat, spread them apart.
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Page 7: Instructions De Sécurité Importantes
à un électricien qualifié de remplacer la prise. 10. Evitez de marcher sur le cordon secteur ou de le pincer, en particulier au niveau de la prise, et aux endroits où il sor de l’appareil. -
Page 8: Beim Benutzen Dieses Produktes Beachten Sie Bitte Die Folgenden Sicherheitshinweise
Stellen Sie das Gerät nich in der Nähe von Heizkörpern, Heizungsklappen oder anderen Wärmequellen (einschließlich Verstärkern) auf. Verlegen Sie das Netzkabel des Gerätes niemals so, daß man darüber stolpern kann oder daß es gequetscht wird. 10. Benutzen Sie nur das vom Hersteller empfohlene Zubehör. - Page 9 Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.
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Page 11: Introduction And Setup
Please retain the MasterLink’s shipping carton, which is designed to protect the unit during shipping, in the unlikely event that you need to return the MasterLink for servicing. Some carriers have restrictions on shipping electronic equipment without the original packing. -
Page 12: Ac Power Hookup
OWER OOKUP Make sure the MasterLink is turned off. It’s good practice not to turn on the MasterLink until all other cables are hooked up. Before plugging in to AC power, note that the MasterLink’s IEC-spec AC cord (do not substitute any other AC cord) must feed a 3-pin outlet, where the third, round pin connects to ground. -
Page 13: About Audio Cables
Avoid running audio cables near sources of electromagnetic interference such as transformers, monitors, computers, etc. Do not place cables where they can be stepped on. Stepping on a cable may not cause immediate damage, but it can compress the insulation between the center conductor and shield (degrading performance) or reduce the cable’s reliability. -
Page 15: Once Around The Ml-9600
9. CD Format Button 2.2 T ANEL Analog Balanced Inputs (+4dBu nominal input, +19dBu max) Analog Balanced Outputs (+4dBu nominal output, +19dBu max, 75ohm impedance) Digital Balanced Input (AES/EBU) Digital Balanced Output (AES/EBU) Analog Unbalanced Inputs (-10dBV nominal input, +5dBV max) -
Page 16: The Front Panel Display
2.3 T RONT ANEL ISPLAY Shown below is a drawing of the front panel vacuum fluorescent display, with descriptions of each portion of the display. Figure 2.3.1 Vacuum Fluorescent Display Track Number Indicator – This indicates the number of the currently selected track. -
Page 17: Hd Mode Operation
When the input source is set to Digital, the system word clock rate is automatically set to the rate of the incoming digital audio signal. This is true whether in playback or record, and in all modes of operation. -
Page 18: Sample Rate
Four sample rates are available: 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, and 96kHz. Pressing the SAMPLE RATE button on the front panel will toggle between these four rates. Sample rates are not user adjustable when in digital input mode; the sample rate will automatically be set to the rate of the incoming digital data. -
Page 19: Working With Playlists
ML-9600 to understand. Playlists are simple in concept – they are lists of the songs that you want to have on your CD. Within a playlist, you choose the order in which you want your songs to appear on the final CD, the amount of time between songs, the relative volume of the songs, and the type of signal processing applied to each song. -
Page 20: Auditioning A Playlist
Chapter 4 4.3 A UDITIONING A LAYLIST After a playlist has been selected, you may listen to part or all of that playlist by using the transport buttons on the right side of the front panel (PLAY/PAUSE, SKIP, SKIP SCAN, and SCAN ). -
Page 21: Recording A Track
INPUT SOURCE buttons. Additionally, the audio outputs will mirror the audio inputs; i.e. the unit will be in “input” mode. After the unit is in record ready mode, a single press of the PLAY button will begin recording to the Track. To terminate the recording , press STOP while the unit is recording. To pause the recording, press PLAY/PAUSE while the unit is recording;... -
Page 22: Playlist Edit Mode
If there is a compact disc in the CD drive, the CD Format icons reflect the resolution of the CD currently in the drive, either Red Book (RDBK) or CD24 (CD24). If the CD in the drive is a blank CD-R disc, or if there is no CD in the drive, these icons will not be lit. -
Page 23: Track End Time
The ability to set Track start times in a playlist is very important because it allows you to change the "gap" between songs on the CD. For instance, if Track 1 had a Start Time at 0:00:00.00 and its End Time at 0:03:30.00, Track 2 could have a Start Time as early as 0:03:30.00 (no gap between songs) or any time... -
Page 24: Track Fades
A fade's maximum time is limited to the length of the Track, or to 99.99 seconds, whichever is smaller. If both fade-in and fade are used on the same Track, the total fade time (fade-in + fade- out) can not exceed the length of the Track. -
Page 25: Track Level Adjustment
EVEL DJUSTMENT In Playlist Edit mode, it is possible to change the gain of a Track once it has been recorded to the hard disk. Gain adjustments are non-destructive edits and can be changed at any time. To adjust the gain on a pre-recorded Track, press PLAYLIST SELECT to choose the appropriate playlist, then press PLAYLIST EDIT to edit the playlist. -
Page 26: Additional Playlist Edit Functions
RACK AMES Editing a Track’s name is similar to editing a Playlist’s name; move the cursor to the Track Name field and use the UP/YES and DOWN/NO keys to scroll through the alphanumeric character set for each of the Track name’s eight characters. The character set includes A-Z, a-z, 0-9, and <space>. -
Page 27: Changing Track Order
The ML-9600 organizes audio data into two types: Tracks and Audio Files. An Audio File is audio that has been recorded to the hard disk; it is stored as a unique "file" on the disk. A Track is a "placeholder"... -
Page 28: Audio File Names
Track names are saved with the Audio File; you cannot have two Tracks with two different names that point to the same Audio File. In addition, if you edit the name of a Track in one playlist, any other instances of that Track in other playlists as well as the Audio File associated with that Track will have their names changed to reflect the edit. -
Page 29: Deleting Audio Files
Track in the playlist). Pressing the DELETE TRACK button will force the unit to check all 16 playlists for instances of the current Audio File. If the Audio File is used in any playlist, this error will be displayed temporarily: Figure 4.7.3... -
Page 30: Audio File Copy
Audio Files on the hard drive. TIP: To quickly skip to the last Track in a Playlist, hold the PLAYLIST EDIT button and press the SKIP button. After releasing the PLAYLIST EDIT button, one more press of the SKIP button will show the first Audio File. -
Page 31: Audio File Parameters Vs. Track Parameters
Certain parameters are unique to Audio files, others are unique to Tracks; however, all parameters that apply to an Audio File also apply to a Track that "points" to it. Table 4.7.1 lists all of the user parameters that are applied to audio in the ML-9600, and differentiates those associated with Audio Files versus those associated only with Tracks. -
Page 32: Track Start/Track End
APTURE If you are listening to a Track and you hear a section of audio that you wish to move Track Start pointer to (either for Cropping or Splitting the Track), simply press PAUSE to pause the audio then hold PLAYLIST EDIT and press TRACK START to instantly move the Track Start pointer to the point at which the Audio was paused. -
Page 33: Track Split
RACK PLIT A Track Split is simply the act of taking one Track (and its associated Audio File) and splitting it into two Tracks (and two Audio Files). Track Splits can be useful in several ways: Inserting Track Markers into a long, continuous piece of audio, without interrupting the audio flow. -
Page 34: An Alternate Method
TIP: If you are previewing a Join and notice that the transition from Track to Track seems abrupt, or if you notice a "pop" or a "click" at the transition point, try applying a short (10mS) fade to the end of the first Track, or the beginning of the second Track. -
Page 35: Digital Signal Processing
All DSP in the ML-9600 is applied in real-time, allowing you to make changes to the DSP without affecting the original audio recorded to disk. DSP is applied when either a Red Book or CD24 CD is created, so the resulting tracks on the CDs will have DSP permanently applied; however, this will not change the Audio Files on the hard disk. -
Page 36: Signal Flow
DSP Blocks The first block is the Track Gain block. The amount of gain is adjusted in the top line of the display in the Playlist Edit pages. This gain is applied immediately after data is read from the hard disk. Although... -
Page 37: Applying Dsp To A Track
The ratio parameter determines the ratio of input level to output level of the compressed audio. If the ratio is set to 20:1, a 20dB increase in input level to the compressor will result in only a 1dB increase in output level. - Page 38 9.9 seconds. The key parameter controls what channel the compressor is using to control the compression effect. Usually, for stereo music, this is a summation of both channels, but can be either left only or right only. Knee The knee setting changes the way that the compression effect behaves around the threshold. A "hard"...
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Page 39: Dsp2:Parametric Eq
–18dB to +18dB in 0.25dB steps. The Q or "Quality" parameter of the EQ defines how narrow or wide the filter will be; a high Q filter only affects frequencies very close to the center frequency, while a low Q filter affects a wide range of frequencies. -
Page 40: Dsp3:Look-Ahead Peak Limiter
Tracks very close to the maximum level allowed without clipping. The final difference in this limiter is that the final output level can be fixed as a function of full-scale; i.e. the limiter has infinity-to-one compression ratio with an extra gain stage at its output. This allows you to decide what the peak output value of the audio will be (-0.2dBFS, for instance). -
Page 41: Dsp4:Normalizer
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 5.4.2. -
Page 42: Dsp7:Reset Dsp Settings
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 4.7d). - Page 43 Render the DSP to the second Track (Section 5.4h). Join Tracks 3 to 2, and then Tracks 2 to 1 (Section 4.10). You will now have one continuous track with the DSP changes applied to the appropriate region.
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Page 45: Creatinga Cd
The next step to creating your CD is to choose which type of CD you wish to create; either Red Book or CD24. This can be changed by pressing the CD FORMAT button. -
Page 46: The Recording Process
Pressing UP/YES while this screen is displayed will begin the CD creation process. If there is no blank CD in the drive, the CD tray will eject and the display will prompt you to insert a blank CD, as in Figure 6.2.2. -
Page 47: Initializing
Track being recorded to the CD. Some Notes About CD Recording Speed: You may have heard of a CD-ROM or CD-R drive described as a "2X" or "8X" or "24X" speed; some discussion is necessary to avoid confusion over these speed descriptions. - Page 48 26 seconds). Observing the track time counter will again confirm this measurement. Data is still being recorded at the same rate to the CD, but there is a lot more data to record, and it appears slow based upon the time counter. 650MB (74-minute) CD24 discs will hold a maximum of about 19 minutes of 96kHz/24-bit audio, and if you divide 19 minutes by 0.53, you see that a full CD24 disc...
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Page 49: Finalizing
MasterLink will automatically change the names of the files being recorded to the CD. The last two characters of the Track name will be replaced by 01, 02, 03 etc., depending on the order of the Track in the playlist. -
Page 51: Cd Mode Operation
OPYING TRACKS FROM RIVE The MasterLink gives you the ability to move audio from either a Red Book or from a CD24 CD on to the hard drive into the currently selected Playlist. Press OPEN/CLOSE to eject the tray, and insert the disc whose track you wish to copy. - Page 52 If the destination Playlist already has one or more Tracks in it, the display will prompt "PList not empty. Proceed?" Pressing DOWN/NO will cancel the CD move operation. Pressing UP/YES will begin to copy the entire CD into the destination playlist, with the first CD track placed after the last Track in the playlist.
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Page 53: Utility Functions
This mode always displays the peak level of the audio. Momentary Peak This mode holds the peak value of the level meter for 1 second, or until the level exceeds the previously held peak value, whichever is longer. Continuous Peak This mode holds the maximum peak meter value until either the machine is powered off, or you press CURSOR LEFT and CURSOR RIGHT simultaneously. -
Page 54: Util3:Playlist Backup
Playlist Backup operation. Pressing UP/YES at the prompt will begin the backup process. If there is no blank CD in the drive, the CD tray will eject and the display will prompt you to insert a blank CD, as in Figure 8.3.2. -
Page 55: Util4:Playlist Restore
Backup Disc Prompt Screen Once a disc is inserted, it will be scanned to determine if it is indeed a valid backup disc. If it is not a valid backup disc the disc will be ejected and you will once again be prompted to insert a disc. -
Page 56: Util5:Render Playlist To Disk
This can cause a track to be slightly cut off at the beginning or end of the audio. This feature gives you the ability to add an offset to the track start ID of a Red Book CD either at the... -
Page 57: Util7: File Sort
"Are You Sure?Y/N". Pressing UP/YES once more will begin the formatting process. Progress is indicated by a row of dots on the second line of the 2X16 display. Once the dots have proceeded all the way across the display (which should be less than one minute) the display will briefly read "Complete"... -
Page 58: Util9: System Information
Most of this information is only of interest to Alesis technical support staff; however you may wish to copy the information onto a piece of paper and store it in a safe place in case you experience a problem with your unit and need to contact Alesis. -
Page 59: Specifications
Signal-to-Noise Ratio: 113dB, A-weighted 88.2kHz/96kHz Sampling Frequencies: Frequency Response: 20Hz – 40kHz +0dB, -0.5dB THD+N : <0.002% @1kHz, -1dBFS Signal-to-Noise Ratio: 113dB, A-weighted IGITAL Supported protocols: IEC 958 Type I, Balanced (AES/EBU) and Coaxial IMENSIONS Height 3.5"/2U 88mm Width: 17"...
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