Panasonic Mixing Automation Expansion Software Users Guide

Close 
Closes currently select mix, does not quit application. 
Gives you dialogue “Don’t save, cancel, and close”
Save 
Standard Macintosh dialogue box. 
Saves currently open mix to disk.
Save As...
Standard Macintosh dialogue box. Saves currently open mix to disk, under a
new name or to a different folder.
Merge Mix 
When the Cue List is open, Merge Mix opens a previously saved mix and
merges it into the currently opened mix.
Revert 
Closes currently selected mix without saving. Opens last saved...

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EDITMENU
Undo [last operation] 
Standard Macintosh interface Command Z, which permits
you to undo the last operation. 
Typing Command Z a second time Redoes the last
operation.
Cut
Cuts selected events from Cue List and pastes them on the
Clipboard. Also cuts text.
Copy 
Copies selected events from Cue List and pastes them on the Clipboard. Also
copies text. 
Paste 
Pastes Clipboard into Cue List.
If no event is selected in the Cue List, Clipboard events are pasted preserving
their...

Module 
Opens the Edit Module dialogue box. Allows user to design custom modules,
by placing faders, knobs, switches, and labels. These modules can then be
placed anywhere in a Custom View.
Edit Custom Views
Allows you to name the Custom Views, edit the Custom Views one row at a
time, and also restore the original Custom Views.
Channel Names and Labels... 
Opens Names and Labels dialogue box. Names (text) may be applied to each
channel of automation events. Names appear in the Cue List, and also in...

OFFLINEMENU
The Off Line menu contains items relating to the
Cue List.
View the Cue List by selecting Cue List (Command
0) from the Windows menu. 
If the Cue List is not opened, most of the Off Line
items are dimmed (not available).
[Move] Now 
or Scale Now, Smooth Now, Crop Now 
Has the same effect as the Enter key. 
Applies an Edit to selected fader moves.
Tools 
Select one of these tools before editing a fader move. The tools are Move,
Scale, Crop, and Smooth. 
You select them either of two ways:...

Smooth 
The software automatically smoothes the move by changing the level on a
frame by frame basis, and eliminating any irregularities.
Create [event] 
Automation events may be manually created Off Line, by simply choosing the
channels and typing the start and end times. This is especially useful for post
production work where exact start and end points in terms of SMPTE have
been provided for a project, such as a spot for a motion picture or other
commercial jingle.
Create Fader Moves 
Opens a...

Create Surround Pan Events 
Opens a dialogue box to allow off line creation of
Surround Pan events in the Cue List. 
The current mix name is displayed.
Select Channels
In the right of the dialogue is the channel selection
list. Click to select which channels will have
Surround Events created. Shift-click to select a
continuous range of channels.
Command-click to select or de-select multiple
discontinuous channels.
Enter the Start and End times.
Select Position (From and To)
You can set the pan position...

Create DA7 Parameter Change 
Opens a dialogue box to allow off line creation of other parameters in the
Cue List, such as Pan and Aux send levels.
Enter the Level Range. The Send levels are entered either as a dB value or as a
numerical value from 0 to 255. (dB or numerical entries are selected in the
Preferences dialogue box.) Enter the Start and End times. Select the channel
numbers that the moves will appear on. To the right of the dialogue is the
channel selection list. Click to select which channels...

Create MIDI Events 
Opens a dialogue box to allow off line creation of
MIDI Events in the Cue List. Select the type of MIDI
command, the MIDI channel, the Start time, and
any other parameter related to the MIDI event,
such as Controllers, Program Changes, etc.
Create Marker 
Opens the Create Marker dialogue. 
(Click the MARK button in Custom View, or type
Command ;).
Markers are simply text inserted into the Cue List at
a specific SMPTE time. 
Markers help you to locate and edit significant
places within...

Create Library Events 
Opens a dialogue box to allow off line creation of Library Events in the Cue
List. After opening the dialogue box, first select from the Library menu either
EQ, Dynamics, or Effects.
The names of the Library entries are displayed in the left column. Click to
select the desired Library name.
Then click to select the channel or channels which will be affected by the
Library event. Shift-click to select a contiguous range of channels, command-
click to select any combination of...

View Events
Opens a dialogue box that lets you specify what
events in the Cue List may be viewed. Events not
viewed are still part of the mix, but are “filtered”
out of the Cue: List so that they may not be seen or
selected.
Useful for shortening the Cue List to include only
certain events prior to printing or editing. 
Find (Command F) 
Opens Find dialogue. Searches for text in the Cue
List. For example, you can find a Marker called, say, “Second Chorus”, by
typing “Second” and the Return key.
You need...