Panasonic Mixing Automation Expansion Software Users Guide

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Trimming Fader Moves in Trim Mode
Trim Mode is used for relatively “offsetting” fader moves without actually
replacing them. Any moves made in Trim Mode will be “added to” or
“subtracted from” previously written moves. Thus the subtle nuances of the
original fader move are preserved, only the overall level of the track is raised
or lowered.
(Trim Mode is also used for editing Channel Ons and other switch
events, this is discussed in the following chapter.)
You can Trim the...

Set the Edit Mode menu to Trim, by typing t on the
Macintosh keyboard.
Press the SEL Buttons to set individual channels into Trim
mode.
Start the program material. 
The Level Fader will play back any previously written moves.
The Phantom Fader will not go away as it did in Write Mode,
rather it will still indicate the position of the physical fader. 
A Trim Reference point will appear for each Selected channel
in Trim Mode. This will help you keep track of the starting
position of the physical fader....

Trim Until End 
Suppose that while you are Trimming a track, you moved the fader up above
the reference point, to add gain to the track. Then suppose you stopped the
program material, without returning the fader to the reference point.
You may choose whether the Trim will affect that track for the rest of the
song, or whether the track will “snap back” to its previous level.
A dialogue box will automatically appear whenever you stop the program
material without having returned the fader to the reference...

Trim Until End Preferences
In the Preferences Dialogue box in the Edit Menu, under “Trim Until End”,
check either Always, Never, or Ask First. 
When Always is selected, the Trim Until End dialogue box will not appear at
the end of the pass. The software Trims the track for the entire mix. 
When Never is selected, the Trim Until End dialogue box will not appear at
the end of the pass. For every pass where a Trim is performed, the Trimmed
tracks snap back to their original levels after the Trim. 
(You...

Auto Disable
When Auto Disable is checked, Selected faders automatically switch to Read
when the program material is stopped.
This prevents accidental writing of fader moves on the playback of the next
pass.
Auto Disable defaults to On (checked). 
There are some circumstances where it might be desirable to turn Auto
Disable off. 
For example, say that you have chosen to select the faders using the SEL
Buttons. Suppose also that you are looping the program material and
continually re-writing the mix....

CHANNELON/OFFS ANDSWITCHEDITING
In addition to the Channel On buttons, other mixer switches can be
automated. These include:
• Aux Send 1 through 8 Pre/Post 
• Aux Send 1 through 8 On/Off
• Bus Assign 1 through 8 
• Master Assign 1 through 8
• Direct Out 1 through 8 
• Gang Select On/Off
• Phase
• Delay On/Off
• EQ On/Off
• Dynamics On/Off
Like faders, channel on/offs and other switches may be edited in either Write
or Trim mode.
Write
Replaces previously written channel on/offs or other switches.
Trim...

Writing Channel On/Offs
Open “Channel On/Off demo 1”
In Write Mode, start time code.
Press channel 1 on button at 00:00:05:15. 
Stop time code at 10 seconds.
The resultant mix will have channel 1 turn on and off every second up to five
seconds.
At 00:00:05:15, the channel will turn on and stay on. 
It will turn off again at 11 seconds.
After 11 seconds, the on and off every second will resume.
Trimming Channel On/Offs
Open “Channel On/Off demo 1”
In Trim Mode, start time code.
Press channel 1 on button...

PAN, AUXSENDS, EQ, GAIN ANDDELAYEDITING
Pan, Aux Sends, EQ, Gain and Delay are generally controlled by the mixer’s
“rotary encoders”. 
(Though the aux send levels can also be controlled by the faders, there is no
special benefit to doing this as far as the automation is concerned. Aux send
levels are only written on channel at a time.)
Parameters controlled by rotary encoders are very easy to edit, because the
rotary encoders are designed to be “self-nulling”. When you edit a level with a
rotary encoder,...

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UNDO APASS ANDABORTING APASS
Undo (Command Z)
As you build a mix, each successive pass becomes part of the mix that is held
in the computer’s RAM and may also be saved to disk.
If you do not wish to keep the last pass, you may Undo the pass by typing
Command Z, or selecting Undo from the Edit Menu. 
The Edit Menu will indicate Undo Write at the end of a pass in Write Mode.
The Edit Menu will indicate Undo Trim at the end of a pass in Trim mode.
If you decide that you want to...

SNAPBACK
Snapback automatically inserts a fader move event at the end of the pass. 
To turn Snapback on or off, open the Preferences dialogue (Edit menu) and
select Real Time.
To understand why this might be useful, let’s first look at an example of what
normally happens, without Snap Back. Suppose that you wrote a fader move
and then stopped the tape after, say, 5 seconds. Refer to the figure.
Notice the level at the end of the pass, which is around +5. 
Now suppose that on the next pass, you write a...