Quick Tour of DAD 

 

The Basic Automation system consists of DAD's Library, Editor and Playback 1 machine along with the Content Depot Monitor and DropBox applications. 

DAD is used to play audio files with Content Depot Monitor and DropBox2 being used for scanning the Content Depot receiver and injecting the audio files into DAD.

To start DAD, double click on the DAD LOCAL icon. 

This will start DAD in Local mode. 

    

The following are some of the main interactions users will encounter within DAD. 

Opening the Library:

Press the button LIBRARY. This opens the main Library screen. Here users can play, edit, modify along with adding or deleting audio files. This screen will display all audio files within the system. 

Opening Playback 1:

Right Click on the DAD desktop area and select PBK1 from the Playback menu. 

Users could also double click on the desktop, selecting Playback from from the second row, first icon on the Machine panel. 

Users should note that they are allowed to open more than one screen in the DAD Desktop. For example, one could have Playback 1 and Library open at the same time. 

Creating and saving a Playlist:

To create a simple playlist, users can drag and drop audio files from the Library into Playback machine 1.

To save the playlist, right click on the PLAYLIST bar and select Save Playlist. Enter a name and press SAVE. 

To LOAD a saved Playlist, click the PLAYLIST bar and select the desired playlist from the screen. To UNLOAD a Playlist, click the PLAYLIST bar and select UNLOAD.

Note: Users can also perform Load and Unload from the right click menu.