360 Systems DigiCart/EX - Manual (Page 62)

Saving a Playlist
After you have built a Quickstack you may store it as a Playlist. To save a Quickstack:
• Press the
ENTER
button before releasing the
PAUSE
(or
MAKE PLAYLIST
) button.
• Select either Linear or Rotating Playlist type with the navigation controls.
• Press the
ENTER
button to confirm the selection. DigiCart/EX will assign the next available
ID and name.
Use CHANGE NAME in the UTILITY MENU to give the Playlist a new name if desired. The
Playlist will be saved on the drive that contains the first event in the Playlist. Use COPY
ORIGINAL to place it on another drive, if desired.
P LAYING A P LAYLIST
Playing a Linear Playlist
Linear Playlist IDs are followed by an " L " in the display. All items in a Linear Playlist will play
in sequence without interruption.
Once you begin playback of a Linear Playlist, the current selection and its playing time will be
shown on the bottom line of the display.
Rotating cuts in a Linear Playlist will play only the next single event in rotation then wait for
another PLAY command before continuing.
Events in a Linear Playlist may be looped. By pressing
LOOP
during a particular event, that
event (only) will loop until looping is disabled, then the playlist will continue normally. (To
loop an entire list, APPEND the list to itself using the Edit Menu. See page 51.
To cancel a playlist, press the
STOP
button once. The
PLAY
button will stop flashing, indicating
that cuts in the queue have been cancelled; the STOP button will remain lit. The current cut will
continue to play to its end, then stop.
Press the
STOP
button again to immediately cancel playback of the current cut.
Playing a Rotating Playlist
Rotating Playlist IDs are followed by the letter " R " in the display. Each time a Rotating Playlist
receives a PLAY command, it will play the next event in the list, then stop. If the Restart Mode
is set to IMMEDIATE, then subsequent PLAY commands will interrupt the current event and
begin to play immediately. The list remembers the next element to play until power is turned
off, on restart all lists start from the first element.
When playback of a Rotating Playlist begins, the current selection and its playing time will be
shown on the bottom line of the display.
Events in a Rotating Playlist may be looped. By pressing
LOOP
during a particular event, that
event (only) will loop until looping is disabled, then the playlist will continue normally. Rotating
lists loop as a whole by their nature; when the last element has played the list starts over when
the next Play command is received.
To reset the Playlist to any other event, edit the Playlist and select the desired event. Press
ENTER
to index to the currently selected event, then
EXIT
Edit mode and select Save Changes.
You can use the Edit mode for normal playout activity. This allows rapid selection within a
particular group of cuts. You also have control over the order in which they are selected by
defining the playlist order. Simply dial to the desired event and Play.
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