Panasonic Mixing Automation Expansion Software Users Guide

							About the View Events Dialogue
Check All 
If the desired view of the Cue List has only a few events filtered out, first
Check All, then proceed to filter out the unwanted events.
Check None 
If the desired view of the Cue List has most events filtered out, first Check
None, then proceed to add back in the events that you want to view.
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							Check Which Event Type you Want to View: 
• Fader Moves 
• Channel On/Offs
• Snapshots 
• Markers 
• MIDI (Select the Command and MIDI Channel)
Select a Range of Time.
Type the start and end time of the region of the mix that you wish to view.
Select Channels
Click to select specific channels. 
Shift-click to select a sequential range of channels. 
Command-click to select or de-select any combination of channels.
Scroll to reveal more channels.
Channels are listed first, followed by MIDI faders, SoftGroups, and the Stereo
Master.
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							PERFORMINGCUELISTEDITS WITHEDITBAR
Here is a brief summary of the procedures involved in editing a mix in the
Cue List using the Edit Bar.
Select Events
Click, Shift-click, or Command-click to select the event or events that you
want to edit.
The View Events dialogue may be used to shorten the Cue List and assist in
selecting specific events.
Select a Tool and Offset Button
By default, Move is selected. 
By default, Equals is selected.
Edit the Event
Click on an edit field. 
Type to change the time, level, or channel.
Apply the Edit
The edit takes place when you press Enter, or when you tab away to the next
field, or when you click on another event, or when you select the [Move,
Scale, Crop, Smooth] Now from the Off Line menu. 
To Undo the Edit
Select Undo from the Edit menu, or type Command Z.
After an edit, Move and Equals are automatically re-selected, unless you first
“lock-down” one of the other buttons down by double-clicking on it. 
A locked button will unlock if you single click on it or any other button.
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							OUTLINEVIEW“TRIANGLES”
If an event in the Cue List contains sub events, there is a Macintosh System 7-
style triangle to the left of the event. 
Clicking on the triangle reveals the sub events. 
Typing Command left arrow or Command right arrow also shows or hides the
sub events.
Snapshot sub events may be selected and edited in the edit fields.
Fader sub events are dimmed, since they can be observed only and are non
editable.
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							CREATING ANDEDITINGMARKERSOFFLINE
A Marker is simply text that you type, inserted into the Cue List at a selected
time. 
In the “Real Time” section of this manual it was shown how Markers can be
captured on the fly and inserted into the Cue List while time code is being
received.
Markers are useful for marking significant sections of the mix, such as, ‘First
Chorus”, “Third Verse”. 
Markers may also be used as notes to remind you of important edits that may
need to be made to the mix later, such as, “Vocal Overdub Needs Pitch Shift
Here”, or, “Scene Changes to Train Station, remember to insert a Program
Change to the digital delay unit which is inserted on the dialogue tracks.
Which Effect sounds best?”
Open the Create Marker dialogue box by selecting Create Marker from the Off
Line menu.
Alternately, you may type Command-; or click the MARK button in the Control
Bar.
In the Create Marker dialogue box, you type in the desired text up to 125
characters, and specify a time. Press Enter or click Create to insert the Marker
into the Cue List.
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							Markers in the Cue List that have been “captured” in Real Time are simply
called Marker. 
They do not have any special text associated with them yet.
When a Marker is selected in the Cue List, only part of its text is displayed in
the edit field.
Markers may have their text added or edited by the Edit Marker dialogue box.
To edit a Marker in the Cue List, double click on it to open the Edit Marker
dialogue box. Then you can simply text-edit the Marker, by typing or deleting
text.
You may also convert the Marker into some other kind of automation event,
either a Snapshot, Fader move, Channel On/Off, or MIDI Event.
If a Marker is changed into a fader move or channel on/off, it loses its
associated text.
Markers may be found quickly by using the Find and Find Again commands in
the Off Line menu.
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							FINDINGMARKERS
Markers help you quickly locate a specific section of the Cue List without
having to manually scroll.
You can find Markers using the Find Dialogue.
Type Command F to open the Find dialogue. 
You need not type the whole word. 
Just type enough of the first letters to distinguish the text. 
For example, if there is only one Marker that begins with the letter F (such as
First Verse), simply typing the letter “F” and the Return key is enough to find
the marker.
The Find dialogue box permits search from beginning of Cue List, from the
end of the Cue List, or within the current selection.
A search may be made of Markers, Snapshots, or both.
Clicking Previous searches back in Cue List for the previous occurrence of
text.
Type Command G to search for the next occurrence of the text which had
previously been selected using Find. This is a shortcut method for searching
in that it does not open the Find dialogue box again.
Type Shift Command G to find the previous occurrence of the text, searching
back up through earlier events.
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							CREATINGAUTOMATIONEVENTSOFFLINE
The Create dialogues in the Off Line menu allows you to insert new events
into the Cue List.
This is very useful in post production, because it allows you to create
precision fade-ins and fade-outs simply by specifying a start and end time,
(just as you would specify an “In point” and an “Out point” in an Edit
Decision List).
In the Create dialogues, the current mix name is displayed. If you have
multiple mixes open, this will help you keep track of which Cue List will
receive created events.
In the Create dialogues, when selecting a Channel from a scrolling list, the
channel names and numbers will appear if names have been previously
entered in the Names and Labels dialogue box. 
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							Create Fader Moves 
Level Range 
Specifies the starting and ending levels for the fader move.
Fader levels may be entered either in dB or a number from 0 to 255.
To edit in dB, open the Preferences dialogue box (in Edit menu.) Click to
select Faders. 
Check the box “Edit Fader Positions in dB.”
When you enter a dB value, the closest actual allowable value will be
substituted.
To enter the minimum level in dB mode, type Option 5, which is the °sign.
Click on “At this time” for the start level of the move, and 
MAX will automatically find the level of the fader at the specified time and use
it as the level at the start of the move. 
Click on “At this time” for the end level of the move, and 
MAX will automatically find the level of the fader at the specified time and use
it as the level at the end of the move. 
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							Time Range 
Enter the times when the fade starts and ends.
Select Channels 
To the right of the dialogue box is the channel selection list. 
Click to select which channels will have fader moves created. Shift-click to
select a continuous range of channels. Command click to select or de-select
multiple discontinuous channels.
Press Enter or click Create to create the Fades.
Example 
To create an 8 second fade-out on channels 1 through 16, except channel 3:
Click on channel 1. Scroll down to reveal channel 16. Shift-click on channel
16. 
This selects channels 1 through 16. 
Command click on channel 3 to de-select it.
Enter the start and end times of the fade. 
For the start level, Click on “At this time”. 
For the end level, type 0 if working in numbers 0-255. 
For the end level, type °(option 5) if working in dB. 
Press Enter or click Create to create the Fades. Observe the created fades in
the Cue List.
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