Panasonic Mixing Automation Expansion Software Users Guide

							RECENTMIXES
The Recent Mixes sub menu is located in the File menu.
The names of recently saved mixes are displayed here.
Select a recent mix to open it.
In the Preferences dialogue box (Edit Menu), you can set how many recent
mixes will appear in the menu.
To do this, open the Preferences dialogue box, click on the “Backup” folder
tab.
Enter the number in the number field, “Show [#] most recent mixes in
Recent Mixes menu.”
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OPENINGMIXES WITHDIFFERENTMODULES
MAX allows the user to edit the appearance and functionality of its modules.
(Refer to page 161 regarding editing modules.)
Suppose you have Saved a mix. Then suppose you later edit the appearance
or functionality of a module, for example, you have added an extra switch. 
Then you Open the mix that was saved prior to editing the module.
A warning dialogue box will appear as the mix is opening.
This dialogue box lets you know that the mix you are opening has a module
which, though it has the same name as a module in your current mix, it has a
different appearance or different features.
The dialogue box shows you two modules:
On the left is the current appearance of the module, as it is stored in the MAX
preference file.
On the right is a picture of what the older module looks like within the mix
that you are opening.
The dialogue box is alerting you of this difference, and giving you the
opportunity to use the older module or the newer module. 
						

							Don’t Replace
If you click, “Don’t Replace”, the mix file will be opened normally, and no
change will be made to the library of modules or to your preference file.
Replace
If you click “Replace”, the older module within the mix you are opening will
replace the module of the same name in your library of modules stored in the
MAX preference file.
This dialogue box will repeatedly reappear for each individual module that
has the same name but a different appearance or functionality. 
If every module is different, that means that this dialogue box can appear
dozens of times. 
No More Warnings
If you want to Replace or Don’t Replace all the modules at once, without
having to look at the dialogue box for each module, check “No More
Warnings” prior to clicking OK.
The dialogue box will not appear again, until the next time you Open a mix
file which has modules different than your current library of modules.
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Chapter 10
MAX GRAPHICVIEW
The Graphic View displays the mix as curves on a time line.
This allows you to easily see important information about the mix, which
would otherwise not be obvious.
Unlike the Custom View, you can see fader moves “before they happen”, the
fader moves that are coming up later in the mix. You can also look at fader
moves that have already occurred. 
Unlike the Cue List, it is very easy to see how quickly the fader is going to
move, and to detect and correct small irregularities in the mix. 
A fader moving up looks like this:
A fader moving up looks like this:
The “height” of the curve, how far up it goes, represents the fader position.
For example, a fader that has been moved only about half way up looks like
this:
The “slope” of the curve, how steep or gradual it is, represents how fast the
fader is moving.
A fader moving up quickly looks like this:
A fader moving more slowly looks like this:
The Graphic View window is intended mainly for viewing and editing a mix
that has already been written, and not for writing fader moves while time
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Two Key Features of the Graphic View
Most graphics-oriented software requires you to select a drawing tool from a
“tool box” or “palette” prior to editing. MAX does not require this
cumbersome extra step, it is “smart” enough to know when to change the
pointer into the appropriate tool, automatically.
Most software with a “time line” displays some sort of time indicator moving
across the screen from left to right. When the time indicator gets to the
extreme right side of the screen, the whole screen re-draws, and you have to
wait. MAX does not work this way. 
Instead, the current time indicator is a stationary vertical line, and all the mix
graphics move in a smoothly scrolling roll, underneath the stationary time
indicator. The effect looks like a chart recorder. This means that you do not
have to wait for the screen to redraw. 
The time indicator can be re-positioned by you. This allows you to select how
much of the upcoming mix is visible at any time.
Notes: 
• For fader curves of Stereo, only odd number channels represent and
are displayed.
• When inserting an event, for instance Fader moves and Channel
On/Offs, right after the Snapshot Events, you need to take a space of
3 seconds to enter the new event. Sending Snapshot to the DA7
mixer will take time. 
						

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DESCRIPTION OF THEGRAPHICVIEW
On the left side are the numbers and names of the channels.
A pop-up menu for each channel allows you to re-arrange the order of the
channels.
Use the scroll bar on the extreme right hand side of the window to scroll up
or down reveal other channels as necessary.
To the right of the channel name is a SoftGroup member indicator. 
If the channel is part of a SoftGroup, the group master number and color are
indicated. Otherwise, if the channel is not part of a SoftGroup, this area is
gray. 
In this illustration, channels 1 through 3 are part of a SoftGroup.The Soft
Group master is channel 1. 
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To the right of the SoftGroup member indicator is the Fader Edit Mode
Indicator. This tells you if a given channel is in read, write, trim, or manual.
Notice in this illustration channels 10 and 11 are in trim.
Under the Fader Edit Mode indicator is a Channel On/Off Indicator. This tells
you if the state of the channel is on or off. For Stereo channels, only the status
of odd number channel is displayed.
In this illustration, channel 13 is off, while channel 14 is on.
The mix information for each channel is displayed horizontally, like a chart
recorder.
On top is a time line, and there is a user-reposition able current time
indicator.
Above the time line there may be user-reposition able Snapshots (red
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Above the Snapshot and Marker area is a rectangular info box. As the pointer
is moved over the graphic view, information about the mix events under the
pointer is displayed in this area. 
The info box shows Channel Number, Name, Status, that is, Channel On/Off
or In, Fader Level, and Time.
The Fader level may be displayed in either numerical data value (as shown
here) or dB.
Fader moves are displayed for each channel as blue curves. 
Channel On/Off states are represented by horizontal green bars. 
						

							CREATING AFADERMOVE
Use the mouse to position the pointer anywhere within the horizontal region
that corresponds to the desired channel. Click once to highlight (select) the
channel. 
Position the pointer at the desired time within the selected channel. Click and
drag the mouse to draw a fader move. When finished, unclick the mouse.
If you wish to redraw a section of the fader move, simply click and redraw the
move.
Note: Do not create a fader move on a Linked channel, since faders’ offset
may be broken.
CREATING ACHANNELON/OFF
For each channel, above the region where fader moves are displayed, is a
narrow strip for indicating Channel On/Offs. Click in this region and the
pointer becomes a finger tool. 
A small plus sign appears to let you know that you are about to add a new
Channel On/Off. 
Drag to draw a Channel On/Off of the desired duration.
CREATING ANEWMARKER
Click in area directly above timeline to open dialogue box to create a new
marker.
Once in the dialogue box, you may type up to 125 characters. You may also
edit the marker time.
MOVING ASNAPSHOT ORMARKER
Snapshots (red triangles) or Markers (blue triangles) may be simply dragged
to a different time.
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							SHOW ORHIDEMARKER ANDSNAPSHOTNAMES
To show or hide marker names, click on the blue triangles.
To show or hide snapshot names, click on the red triangles.
Show or hide can also be selected from the Graphic Editing menu.
SHOW ORHIDEMARKER ANDSNAPSHOTLINES
To show or hide the vertical lines that extend downward from the markers
and snapshots, select Show Lines or Hide Lines from the Graphic Editing
menu.
SNAP TOMARKER
Snap to Marker, when checked in the Graphic Editing menu, makes it easier
to align events to markers in the Graphic view.
When dragging a selected region of fader moves near a marker, the region
will snap to (align with) the marker.
When extending or moving a Channel On/Off, the start or end of the Channel
On/Off will align to the marker.
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