Touching one of these three buttons determines the display status and function of the CHANGE button on the playback machine, as described earlier in this section under Moving Cuts and Altering the playback order.  The CHANGE button mode is determined by touching one of the following buttons:

·         NONE - Touching this button will deactivate the CHANGE/RETURN function; no button will be displayed on the associated playback machine. In this mode, whatever cut is highlighted next will play next.  

·         CHANGE ONLY - Touching this button will add a CHG button to the machine. When another cut is selected in the playlist, pressing change will force that cut to play next.

·         CHANGE/RETURN - Touching this button will add a CHG and a RET button to the associated playback machine.  This is the most common option. This allows the user to either return to the original position in the list or change the position of the list.  

When selected, the CHG button appears at the right hand side of the PACING INDICATOR on the associated playback machine.

This button lets you choose the function of the 2nd and 3rd button from the left on the associated playback machine:

·     AUDITION - This will assign the AUDITION function to the 2nd button from the left on the playback machine.  AUDITION will play the cut that is in the HIGHLIGHT BAR located in the STACK AREA.  This can be configured to play several different Outro and Intro options.  The AUDITION output can be assigned to any of the audio outputs using the CHANNEL ASSIGNMENT functions.

Normally, this output would be routed to cue or audition speakers fed separately from the main or program output.  During AUDITION PLAY, the AUDITION button will change to a red STOP button.

NOTE: The cut being auditioned can be played simultaneously with a cut being played from the PLAYBACK SLOT on the air. Verify your channel assignments  

·         PAUSE - This will assign the PAUSE function to the 2nd button from the left. Touching the PAUSE button on the playback machine will pause the machine's playback at that instant; touching PLAY again resumes playback from that point.  The PAUSE button is active only during playback. Pressing STOP will cancel the PAUSE.  One can resume playback if stop was pressed by mistake by right clicking on the PLAYLIST BAR and selecting the option RESUME PLAYBACK. The action of holding the CTRL key down while pressing PLAY will also resume playback from a premature stop.

 ·         MAN/AUTO - This assigns the manual/automation function. If chosen, the button will display AUTO in its label area.  Touching the button will toggle into the MAN (Manual) mode; a repeat touch will switch the machine back to AUTO.  In AUTO mode, playlist operation continues with transitions between consecutive cuts determined by the TRANSITION STATUS assigned to the cut within the playlist.  In other words, playlist operation will be fully automatic, to the extent allowed by the individual transition codes.

In the MANUAL mode, the playlist transition codes are ignored. Each cut will be treated as an AutoLoad transition; the next cut in the playlist will automatically load into the PLAYBACK SLOT at the conclusion of the preceding cut.  No further activity will take place until you manually start playback by touching the PLAY button.

·        EDIT - Touching this button assigns the edit function to the selected button.  This button works in conjunction with the EDIT TYPE button CUED CUT and SEL (selected cut). EDIT will load the cut either currently in the playback slot  or the highlighted cut into the EDIT Screen where the audio is displayed graphically and you can manipulate several of the cut's parameters.  The EDIT button is inactive during playback.

·         DCL – Selecting this allows the user to define a Command Cut using the DAD Command Language directly with a button.  To use this option, use a short (less than 6 characters) name for the function in the DCL Description field on the right hand side of this screen. Then enter the DCL Command of your choice. An example could be the Description of FADE with the DCL Command of STOP PBK1 2.2. This will immediately cause Playback Deck 1 to fade out for two point two seconds and stop.

These determine what will be played when the AUDITION button is pressed.

Next HEAD to TAIL: play from the head to tail of the next cut

Next HEAD: will play the next cut’s head.

Next TAIL: will play the next cut’s tail.

Next HEAD and TAIL: plays the next cut’s head then plays the tail.

Current TAIL: plays the tail of the cut loaded in the playback slot.

This will control how the playback deck deals with a Superplay. When a user presses NEXT while a cut is playing a Superplay will be initiated.

The eight buttons at the top right select the type of mix between the current cut and the next cut during the overlap interval.  The simple graphic in each button depicts how the relative level of the current cut (represented by the red section) and next cut (represented by the yellow section) will be controlled during the overlap interval. 

Definitions of the different segue types follow.

SEGUE TYPE	FUNCTION
	BACK TO BACK: Clears any overlap and sets the transition to a simple AUTOPLAY or beginning to end playback.
	OVERLAP: Plays both cuts at normal level and the levels remain fixed during the entire overlap interval.
	CROSSFADE: Smoothly fades the current cut out to silence while the next cut fades up to normal level while the cuts overlap.
	NORMAL END/FADE IN: Allows the current cut to end without a fade, while the next cut fades up from silence to normal level while the cuts overlap.
	FADE OUT/NORMAL START OVERLAP: This fades the current cut out to silence while the next cut plays at normal level.
	FADE OUT/FADE IN This fades out the current cut to silence and then fades up the next cut without an overlap.
	FADE OUT/NORMAL START WITHOUT OVERLAP This fades out the current cut to silence and then starts the next cut without an overlap at full volume.
	NORMAL END/FADE IN WITHOUT OVERLAP Allows the current cut to end without a fade then starts and fades in the next without an overlap.

Release: This is normal Playback deck operation. 

Observer: The Playback deck will follow the 

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