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D1200mkII Main Features
• 100 Scenes, 100 Mark points, 4 Locate points per song
• No audio compression – 16/24-bit recording available
• Pro-level editing of song and track data including copy,
• 16 channel, 4 bus digital mixer
insert, normalize, exp/compression, 99 levels of UNDO
• 12 track recorder, with 96 virtual tracks
and much more!
• 4-track simultaneous recording
• Built-in auto chromatic tuner, metronome a
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D1200mkII EasyStart A quick overview of D1200mkII modes, functions and operations MODELING - This mode allows you to quickly select and edit REMS guitar, bass, and mic modeling effects for recording. By pressing the [MODELING] key, using the CURSOR keys to select a Model type (Guitar, Bass or Mic), then pressing [ENTER], Tracks 1& 2 are automatically set to record status. Now the three realtime control knobs below the display can be used to select and adjust the model settings, such a
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D1200mkII EasyStart SYSTEM/USB - In this mode you can configure the D1200mkII settings for the foot switch and expression pedal inputs, MIDI, sync and MMC settings, data backup and restore functions, and Disk utilities such as formatting the internal 40GB hard drive. Also included is access to USB mode for connection and data transfer / backup with an external computer. TRACK - In this mode you can access the Virtual Tracks settings, perform track-editing functions (copy, reverse, n
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D1200mkII EasyStart Navigating the D1200mkII Display • To select the display “tabs” in each mode, use the [<-TAB->] keys or repeatedly press a mode key: [INPUT/OUTPUT/SOLO], [INSERT EFFECT] etc. The [<-TAB->] keys also function as [NO/CANCEL] and [YES/OK] keys. • To move to different locations in the display, use any of the four CURSOR keys. To confirm a highlighted selection in the display, press the [ENTER] key. To change a highlighted value, rotate the DIAL. The Transport
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D1200mkII EasyStart Now to record a blues guitar solo: 7. Press the REC [ ] key to enter standby record mode, and then press the PLAY [ ] key, and begin recording when finished, press the STOP [ ] key and reset the song to the beginning Play-enable tracks 1 and 2 by pressing the track status keys until they light green Press [ ] to playback the song, and press [ ] to stop playback. ! If you want to keep the demo song intact, copy the song to a new song location, using the “
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D1200mkII EasyStart Working with EQ on playback 1. Press the [EQ] key, and use the [<-TAB->] keys to move to the desired group of tracks to EQ. 2. Use the CURSOR keys 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 show the parameter and track you will be working with. Using the Insert Effects 1. Press the [INSERT EFFECT] key Select the “InsAss” tab using the [<-TAB->]
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D1200mkII EasyStart Working with Scenes 1. Press the [SCENE] key to enter Scene mode. If you have not stored any Scene memory locations yet, press the [STORE] key and then press the [SCENE] key. This will store a “snapshot” of your mixer settings for this song at the COUNTER location indicated on the SONG page. 2. After pressing the [SCENE] key, to enable Scene Memory, select SceneRead:Off in the display using the CURSOR and [ENTER] keys to set the display to read SceneRead:On. 3. To st
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D1200mkII EasyStart Bounce and Burn! 1. Press the [BOUNCE] key. On the “RecMode” tab select Bounce using the CURSOR keys and press [ENTER]. On the “Bounce” tab, select 12Tr->2Tr using the CURSOR keys and press [ENTER]. CURSOR down to RecordVirtualTrack and select virtual track “h” (or any Virtual track that has not been used) by using the DIAL. 2. Set tracks 11-12 to record ready mode by pressing the [TRACK SELECT KEY] for track 11/12 two times (Tracks 11/12 LED should now be red). Now
