Operation Manual

The order of the crate is significant to DDS only in continuous play modes (see “Track Loading” section).

However, you may choose to maintain a play order as an aid to organizing your set. To move a track in

the crate first highlight it then press the Push Select knob. Rotate to move the track through the list to its

new position and press again or select Done to complete the operation. To drop the track back at its

original position select Undo. Note that a track pulled from a deck is always sent to the top of the crate

whereas tracks sent from the library always go to the bottom.

The Clear operation, which completely empties the crate, prompts for confirmation as it could be a little

inconvenient to do this by mistake during a performance!

You may also reorder tracks in the crate by pressing the Push Select knob on a selected track, then

turning the knob to select its new position within the crate. Press the Push Select knob again to move the

track to the selected location. If you are using a keyboard the same operation may be achieved by

pressing the Return key on the highlighted track and using the arrow keys to select its new location.

Pressing Return again will put the selected track at this location.

LOADING AND SAVING THE CRATE

The crate is stored automatically within the library from which its tracks have been sent. Each time a

library is loaded DDS checks whether it previously had tracks in the crate and, if so, offers the option to

restore them.

Select Merge them into the crate to restore a previous

crate in its original order, if the same devices are

attached to the DDS.

Select Put them at the top of the crate to place the

tracks at the top of the crate list.

Select Put them at the end of the crate to put the tracks

at the bottom of the list.

Select Ignore to discard them. Once you have selected Ignore the crate data is lost forever (of course the

tracks are still in the library and can be sent to the crate all over again).

You may be wondering what happens if your crate contains tracks from multiple libraries. In this case

parts of the crate are stored within each library. To fully restore the crate, all of the libraries must be

reloaded by making sure that all the devices used are connected to the DDS. If one library is not

connected, or should you choose to ignore the crate for that library, a partial crate will be restored from the

other libraries. DDS will attempt to recreate the crate in the original order, even if the libraries are loaded

in no particular order. If this all sounds a little confusing then rest assured that, in brief, DDS will simply try

to do the most logical thing!

It is intended that the crate is a somewhat short term entity by nature. If you want to save a more

permanent running order you should consider using playlists which can easily be sent to the crate in one

operation (see “Working With Playlists”).