Panasonic Mixing Automation Expansion Software Users Guide

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Custom View
GETTINGINFOABOUT ACONTROL
It is sometimes helpful to find out specific information about a control
displayed in the Custom View. 
For example, you may wish to know a control’s exact value.
In addition, if you have designed or edited the module yourself using the
module editor, you may wish to confirm that the control is assigned to the
intended mixer function.
To get info about a control, position the pointer over the control. Hold down
the Macintosh Control key while clicking on the...

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Chapter  5
INTRODUCTION TOAUTOMATED
MIXING INREALTIME
This section introduces important concepts relating to writing and editing
fader moves, channel on/offs, and other automated mix events in Real Time
(that is, while the program material is playing, and time code is being
received.) This is the most natural way to mix, because you are mixing while
actually listening to the program material (that is, the music or dialogue).
Later sections of this manual discuss mixing and editing “Off Line”. The...

The automation system records the fact that the knob was turned. Rewind the
program material. The next time you play the program material, the fader
levels and pan position change together. You performed the mix, but the
computer helped you do more than you could by yourself. 
The important concept to be aware of is that the mix is built in several
“passes”: 
Rewinding, playing, mixing and editing the mix, rewinding, etc., until you
have perefcted your mix.
By the time you are finishing the mix, the...

PREPARING TOWRITE ANAUTOMATEDMIX
When preparing to write an automated mix, (that is to say, perform a mix
“pass”), you first need to decide three things:
(1) What kind of mix parameters do you wish to be written
during this pass?
For example, you might decide to write and edit only faders, or channel
on/offs only, or EQ only. 
Or you might decide you want every change you make to the mix to be
written.
(2) What kind of edit are you going to perform? 
For example, suppose you have already written some...

SETTINGWHICHPARAMETERS AREOVERWRITEENABLED
In a given pass, you may decide to edit some parameters and not others. 
The mixer allows automation of Faders, Channel On/Off, EQ, Aux, Pan,
Dynamics On/Off, and Routing.
These parameters must be individually Overwrite Enabled prior to writing an
automated mix.
Click on the Overwrite button in the Control Bar.
Or, select Overwrite... from the Real Time menu.
This opens the Overwrite dialogue box.
Enable each parameter that you intend to edit in the next pass....

EDITMODES(READ, WRITE, MANUAL, & TRIM) DEFINED
Generally speaking, getting MAX to remember your automated mix is called
“Writing”an automated mix.
When MAX is playing back the automated mix it is called “Reading”the mix. 
Its possible to play the program material and mix without having the
computer remember your moves. This is called “Manual”mixing. 
After an automated fader or channel on/off has been written, there are two
main ways to edit them while the mix is playing. The fader or channel on/off
can...

Write Mode
When the Edit Mode menu indicates WRITE, selecting channels puts them
into Write mode.
Channels in Write are “armed” and ready to write automation moves.
Select Write Mode from the Edit Mode menu by typing “w”.
Trim Mode
When the Edit Mode menu indicates TRIM, selecting channels puts them into
Trim mode.
Channels in Trim are “armed” and ready to Trim automation moves.
In Trim mode, fader moves that you have previously written will not replaced. 
The moves will be left intact but the overall...

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Introduction to Automated mixing in Real Time
Manual Mode
When the Edit Mode menu indicates MANUAL, selecting channels puts them
into Manual mode.
Moving the faders will change the sound of the mix, but the changes will not
be written or saved.
De-selected channels go into Read. At the moment they are de-selected, they
will snap to their last automated level, and then play back any previously
written fader moves.
To de-select a channel, press the select button above each individual fader
that you want...

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Chapter  6
MAX REALTIMEOPERATION
OVERVIEW OFFIRSTAUTOMATIONPASS
These are very basic instructions for starting a new mix session. 
sTurn Receive Time Code Off.
sPlay the program material. Decide how you want the faders and
channel on/offs to be initially set.
sTurn Receive Time Code On.
sEnable Fader and Channel On Overwrite.
sSet Edit Mode menu to Write.
sClear Memory.
sPlay program material.
sSelect the Channels that you wish to Write.
sPerform a mix, then stop the program material.
sSave the mix....

FIRSTAUTOMATIONPASSINDETAIL
Preparing to Mix
tTurn Receive Time Code Off.
Receive Time Code is turned on and off by clicking on the T.C. button in the
Control Bar.
This allows you to freely move faders and listen to the mix. The MAX will
neither write nor read moves.
When beginning a new session, turning Receive Time Code Off is easier than
using Manual mode, because it makes the Edit Mode irrelevant. Also, when no
time code is being received, you can more freely explore the software, label
tracks, etc....