Panasonic Mixing Automation Expansion Software Users Guide

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MAX Real Time Operation
In addition, even if the motors are on, there are times when
you can be manually moving a fader to a position other than
the actual automated audio level.
Note:Phantom faders are operative only from the DA7 mixer.
What is a Null Point?
When MAX is receiving time code, and an automated mix is
playing back, the faders on the computer monitor are moving.
As stated previously, there can be times when the position of
the fader on the mixer is different than the actual audio level...

Manually Punching In Fader Moves
In Write Mode you may selectively rewrite (that is, replace) any fader moves in
any part of the mix. 
Simply fast wind the program material to a place a few seconds before the
fader moves that you wish to replace. 
Make sure that faders are Overwrite Enabled.
Check that the Edit Mode is set to Write.
Start the program material, and use the Select button to toggle the fader from
Read to Write.
If motors are turned off (using the Motors button), use the Phantom Faders to...

MAX Real Time Operation
Auto Punch In and Auto Punch Out 
Auto Punch In and Out make editing easier by automatically switching any
selected fader from Read into Write mode when the fader is moved across its
null point. 
Auto Punch Inlets you arm the fader before writing fader moves. You do not
have to bother about null points or jumps in level. The fader will not actually
start writing moves until you move it to its null point, the level of the channel
from the previous pass.
Likewise, Auto Punch Outlets...

Using Auto Punch In and Write Mode
Check that the Edit Mode menu is set to  “Write”.
The individual channel mode indicators above each fader should say READ.
To re-write only specific channels, press the individual channel’s SEL
Buttons. The individual channel mode indicators flash from Read to Write, alerting
you that the track is armed for writing.
Slowly move the fader. This fader movement is not written into memory yet.
The channel status will automatically “Punch In”, changing from a flashing...

Using Auto Punch In and Read Mode
Auto Punch In and Read Mode may be used together to “rehearse” a fader
move.
Remember that in Read, the mix is playing back.
Selecting a fader in Read switches the fader into Manual. That means that the
fader is affecting the audio level, but the fader moves are not being written.
In this scenario, the Edit Mode menu says Read, and most of the faders are in
Read. 
But a few faders have been Selected and are in Manual. This means that you
listen to the mix play back,...

How to Rehearse a Fader Move
Check that the Edit Mode menu is set to  Read. 
The individual channel mode indicators above each fader should say READ.
To rehearse channels, press the individual channel’s SEL Buttons. The
individual channel mode indicators flash from Read to Manual, altering you
that the track is armed for manual mixing. 
Slowly move the fader. This fader movement will not affect the level yet. The
channel status will automatically “Punch In”, changing from a flashing
condition to Manual...

Using Auto Punch Out
When Auto Punch Out is turned on, first write your fader moves as described
above.
When you are ready to punch out, press the channel’s SEL Buttons again. The
fader will not instantly return to Read. 
Instead, a Phantom fader appears. This Phantom fader represents the level of
the fader from the previous pass, so it may be a moving Phantom fader. 
(This is the only circumstance when a Phantom does not represent the
physical position of a hardware fader.) 
Slowly move the fader on the...

Important Notes About Auto Punch In and Out : Auto Punch Out Does
Not Operate with SoftTouch
Auto Punch Out does not operate in conjunction with SoftTouch (next
section.) This is because SoftTouch continues to write fader moves as long as
you are moving the fader, so the punch out occurs when you stop moving the
fader.
If SoftTouch is turned off, clicking on the AUTO button turns both Auto
Punch In and Auto Punch In on or off.
If SoftTouch is turned on, clicking on the AUTO button will only turn Auto...

SoftTouch™ 
When  SoftTouch is turned on, faders on the mixer behave as if they
were touch sensitive, similar to moving fader systems. When the Edit Mode
menu says Write or Trim, simply moving any fader selects it, without pushing
a button. 
There will be no jump in level if  Auto Punch In is also turned on,
because the move will not be written until the null point is crossed. 
In Write mode, with both Auto Punch In and SoftTouch turned on, when a
fader is moved the channel mode indicator will flash...

Important Notes About SoftTouch 
A Fader May Occasionally Arm Itself
Since the fader is being “digitized”, that is, its position is being turned into a
number, occasionally the fader will be “resting” between two numbers. This
means that a slight vibration of the fader will be detected as a fader move, and
arm the fader. 
This is because the software is designed to make the faders very responsive to
the engineer’s touch. The MAX System’s software, however, does detect and
reject such minute changes in...