Panasonic Mixing Automation Expansion Software Users Guide

							for
Macintosh
UsersÕ Guide
Mixing Automation Expansion Software
ModelWR-RC/M 
						

							The product name, RAMSA MAX is the property of Matsushita Communication Industrial Co., Ltd..
All other product names in this manual are the property of their respective holders.
Part number for this manual: YWA8QA5134AN 
						

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CONTENTS
LICENSEAGREEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .VI
READTHISFIRST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .VII
PANASONICTECHNICALSUPPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .VIII
OVERVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .IX
FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .XIII
CHAPTER1 GETTINGSTARTED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Computer Skills Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Computer Requirements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Computer Setup  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
The Chooser and AppleTalk  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Monitor  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Memory  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Software Installation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
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HAPTER2 CONNECTING THESYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Mixer and Computer Communication Hookup  . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Time-Code Sync Hookup  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
MIDI Hookup  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
System Connection Examples  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Setting up the System  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Mixer Setup  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Launching Software to Verify Connections  . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Setting the Communication Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Required Setup for Two Mixers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
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HAPTER3 MAX CONTROLBAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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HAPTER4 CUSTOMVIEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Editing the Custom Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
About the Edit Custom Views Dialogue  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Selection Pop-up Menu  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Standard Fader Module Description  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Getting Info About a Control  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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HAPTER5 INTRODUCTION TOAUTOMATEDMIXING INREALTIME . . . . . . . . . . 27
Building a Mix in Many “Passes”  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Preparing to Write an Automated Mix  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Setting Which Parameters are Write Enabled  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Choosing the Edit Mode  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Edit Modes (Write, Read, Trim, Manual) Defined  . . . . . . . . . . 31
Selecting the Mixer Channels  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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HAPTER6 MAX REALTIMEOPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Overview of First Automation Pass  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
First Automation Pass in Detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Preparing to Mix  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 
						

							Selecting the channels that you wish to write  . . . . . . . . . 39
Perform a Mix  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Writing Channel On/Offs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Writing Faders  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Writing Additional Snapshots  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
More About Snapshots  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Writing Routing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Writing Aux Sends  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Writing Pans  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Writing EQ  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Writing Gain and Phase  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Writing Delay  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Writing Dynamics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Fader Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
The Phantom Faders  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
What is a Null Point?  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Manually Nulling a Fader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Manually Punching In Fader Moves  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Auto Punch In and Auto Punch Out  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
SoftTouch™  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
SoftTouch Time Out  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
SoftTouch In Read Mode  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Important Notes About SoftTouch  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Trimming Fader moves in Trim Mode  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Trim Until End  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Trim Until End Preferences  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Auto Disable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Channel On/Offs and Switch Editing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Pan, Aux Sends, EQ, Gain and Delay Editing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Undo a Pass and Aborting a Pass  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Snapback     . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Solo Mode   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Capturing Markers In Real Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
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HAPTER7 SOFTGROUPS™  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Example of a SoftGroup Assignment  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Rearranging SoftGroup in the Custom View  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Removing SoftGroup Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Important Notes About SoftGroups  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
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HAPTER8 SURROUNDPANNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Surround Panning in Real Time  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Stereo Link  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Panning and SoftGroups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
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							CHAPTER9 DISK ANDFILEOPERATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Auto-Backup  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Auto Backup Numbering  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Auto Backup Example  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Mix Backup Trees  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Mix Backup Tree Example  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Recent Mixes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Opening Mixes with Different Modules   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
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HAPTER10 MAX GRAPHICVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Description of the Graphic View  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Creating a Fader Move  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Creating a Channel On/Off  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Creating a New Marker  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Moving a Snapshot or Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Show or Hide Marker and Snapshot Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Show or Hide Marker and Snapshot Lines  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Snap to Marker  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Graphic Editing of Fader Moves  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Graphic Editing of a Channel On/Off  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
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HAPTER11 MAX OFFLINEOPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Cue List Editing Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
About the Off Line Menu  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
The Cue List and a Single Fader Move  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Scrolling the Cue List  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Clipboard Editing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Selecting Events  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
De-selecting Events  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Edit Bar       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Edit Fields   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Fader Tools  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Move  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Scale  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Crop  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Smooth   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Offset Buttons  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Example of Move with Offset Buttons  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
View “Document” Icon  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
View Events Dialogue  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Example of View Events   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
About the View Events Dialogue
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Performing Cue List Edits with Edit Bar  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
Outline View “Triangles”  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
Creating and Editing Markers Off Line  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
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							Finding Markers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
Creating Automation Events Off Line  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Create Fader Moves  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Create Channel On/Off Events  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Create Surround Pan Events  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
Create Parameter Change  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
Create Switch Events  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Create Snapshots  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Create Library Events (Dynamics, EQ, and Effects) . . . . .140
Create MIDI Events  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
Transition Between Snapshots  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
Merge Mix  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Merge Mix Example  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
Channel Names and Labels Dialogue  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
Printing the Cue List or Track List  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147
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HAPTER12 MAX EDITMODULEDIALOGUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
About Modules  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
Automated Custom Modules  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Non-Automated Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Automated Virtual Modules  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
About the Edit Module Dialogue  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Elements of the Edit Module Dialogue  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152
Procedure for Editing Modules  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
To Place an Item  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154
To Move an Item  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
To Erase an Item  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
To Connect an Item  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
Naming Module Controls  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156
Connecting Labels  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
Calibration Lines and Calibration Labels  . . . . . . . . . . . .158
Examples  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
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HAPTER13 MAX’SAUXILIARYMIDI CONTROL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
Port Setup   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
MIDI Machine Control  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
Real Time MIDI Automation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
Creating MIDI Faders  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
MIDI Faders Dialogue  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
Writing and Editing MIDI Fader Moves  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170
Example  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171
Real Time MIDI Recording  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172
Creating MIDI Events Off Line  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174
MIDI Names and Labels Dialogue  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177
MIDI Applications  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178
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CHAPTER14 MAX PREFERENCES(EDITMENU)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
General       . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
Time Code  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
Faders        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184
Real Time    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186
Backup        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
Port Setup   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188
Machine Control  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
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HAPTER15 MAX SOFTWAREMENUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191
Apple Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191
File Menu    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191
Edit Menu  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
Off Line Menu  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
Real Time Menu  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202
Graphic Editing Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
Windows Menu  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
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HAPTER16 DA7 LIBRARIANSOFTWARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207
Installation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207
Launching Librarian Software  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207
Librarian Window  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
Setting the Port and Communication Speed  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209
To Select and View a Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210
To Edit and Save  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
To Select Library Entries Prior to Editing or Saving  . . . . . . . . .212
Clipboard Editing of Destination  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214
To Change the Name of a Library Entry  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214
Example of Procedure to Save DA7 Library Contents
to Disk   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
Example of Procedure to Open A Previously Saved File  
and Download It to The DA7  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
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PPENDIXMACINTOSHKEYBOARDSHORTCUTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217
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TUDIOVISIONPRO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220 
						

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that is caused or encouraged by your failure to abide by the terms of this Agreement.
4. Permitted Users
The software, user’s manual and documentation are licensed to you only. You may not rent or lease the Product, but you may
transfer the software and accompanying written materials on a permanent basis to a transferee of your Unit provided you retain no
copies and recipient agrees to the terms of this Agreement.
You may not modify, adapt, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or create derivative works based on the Product.
Written materials provided to you may not be modified, adapted, translated or used to create derivative works without the prior
written consent of LICENSOR.
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This Agreement is effective until terminated.
This Agreement will terminate automatically without notice from LICENSOR if you fail to comply with any provision contained
herein. Upon termination, you shall destroy the written materials, the Product, and all copies of them, in part and in whole,
including modified copies, if any.
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This Agreement is governed by the laws of either Japan or the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In the case of a conflict, the law
applies that is more likely to uphold the enforceability of Agreement.
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LICENSOR warrants the disk on which the Product is furnished to be free from defects in materials and workmanship under
normal use for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of delivery to you as evidenced by a copy of your receipt.
LICENSOR’s entire liability and your exclusive remedy as to the disk shall be replacement of the disk that does not meet
LICENSOR’s Limited Warranty and which is returned to LICENSOR with a copy of receipt. If failure of any disk has resulted from
accident, abuse, or misapplication, LICENSOR shall have no responsibility to replace the disk. Any replacement disk will be
warranted for the remainder of the original warranty period.
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“AS IS”. LICENSOR DOES NOT MARK ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING
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The entire risk as to the quality and performance of the Product, user’s manual, and documentation is with you. LICENSOR does
not warrant that the functions contained in the Product will meet your requirements or that the operation of the Product will be
uninterrupted or error free.
LICENSOR SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES
(INCLUDING DAMAGES FROM LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF BUSINESS
INFORMATION, AND THE LIKE) ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE PRODUCT EVEN IF
LICENSOR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. 
						

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READTHISFIRST!
The Panasonic WR-DA7 Mixer be
“Version 1.10” or higher 
to operate with MAX.
You can find out what version your DA7 is 
by looking at the display screen on the mixer.  When the DA7 is
powered up, it displays the current version of software in the
lower right-hand corner of the display.  If you see a V 1.10
displayed, your software is compatible.  If any version displayed
is lower, such as V 1.01 or V1.02, you must upgrade your DA7
operating system in order for MAX to operate.
If your mixer is not Version 1.10 or higher, 
it will not work with MAX.
If you need assistance to upgrade the
operating system in your DA7, please contact
Panasonic Pro Audio Technical Support for
information, or visit our web site at:
www.panasonic.com/proaudio. 
						

							PANASONICTECHNICALSUPPORT
(In the USA)
If you need to contact Technical Support for this or
any other Pro Audio product, 
please call 323 436-3620 Monday through Friday 
from 9am to 5pm Pacific time.
For other Panasonic Broadcast products, 
please call 800-524-1448 Monday through Friday 
9am to 5pm Eastern time.
Panasonic Broadcast & Television Systems Company
Professional Audio Division
3330 Cahuenga Boulevard
Los Angeles CA, 90068
Telephone: 323-436-3500
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