Tascam Digital Audio Production Environment SX-1 Reference Manual

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LCD CHANNEL screen
This screen is the equivalent of the upper left corner 
of the VGA screen, where the same choices are also 
available.
On this screen you can define the type of automation 
assigned to each controller of your selected mixer 
channel. This screen also comes in handy as an over-
view of a channel’s automation state.Here the numerical keypads cursor keys are used to 
move the cursor to the various choices. Pressing the 
numerical...

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NOTE
If a faders (or other continuous controllers) Initial 
Value is modified in this way, an Initial Event Ramp 
Time will not be applied. Unlike an Init Edit, controls 
that have had their Initial Value modified in this way 
can have that modification reversed by the Undo 
command.
Move Allows you to nudge, by the amount into the 
Amount field, the selected automation events.
Render Library Recalls This allows the parame-
ter changes which will be...

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All Safe Enables the automation All Safe mode, 
where no auto data is generated. See the definition 
“Safe” on page 81.
Init Edit After dynamic automation is already 
recorded, check this box to enable changing the ini-
tial value of the automation data. For example, to 
change the initial start position of a fader before the 
first automation move.
Write Enables Global Write mode.
Tr i m  Enables Global Trim mode.
Rehearse Enables Global Rehearse...

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LCD GLOBAL Screen
This screen mirrors the GLOBAL automation tab of the 
VGA 
Automation tracks screen. Most of the parameters 
found on this screen are identical to the parameters 
found in the VGA 
Global automation tab and are 
explained on the previous pages. Only those parame-
ters that are unique to this LCD screen are explained 
here.From the 
MAIN DISPLAY MODES section, press 
AUTO M AT IO N and then the GLOBAL soft key to 
reach this screen...

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Operations Examples
The following examples and explanations are 
intended to help you better understand the SX-1’s 
automation protocols. In each case of an operation, a brief explanation is given on how the SX-1’s automa-
tion engine will respond.
Writing Mix Moves
Before or after pressing PLAY, press WRITE (in the 
AU TOM AT IO N section) so that its indicator lights. 
Perform your desired mix moves.
With the console in Global Write mode, any...

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Auto Revert Choices With AUTO REVERT Write 
(or Trim) enabled, the automation system stops writ-
ing mix moves automatically on a per control basis 
without the need to end writing manually. That is, 
controls stop writing mix moves at different times, 
depending on when they were released (faders) or 
when movement ended (soft knob controls).
In the case of touch-sensitive faders, reverting begins 
when the fader is released. In the case of soft...

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Below is an example of writing a soft knob (labeled 
POD) move over a previous static position with Auto 
Revert enabled:
Below is an example of writing a new fader move 
over a previous Dynamic fader move with Auto 
Revert enabled:
8 sec
8 sec
Control
Sense
Timeout
+12
+6
+3
0
-3
-6
-12
+12
+6
+3
0
-3
-6
-121 sec
2 sec 3 sec
4 sec5 sec
6 sec7 sec
1 sec
2 sec 3 sec
4 sec5 sec
6 sec7 sec
-9
Existing Static POD Position
Mix Move
Move POD Release...

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This is an example of writing a new soft knob 
(labeled POD) move over a previous Dynamic soft 
knob move with Auto Revert enabled:
Disabling Auto Revert  allows you to manually 
stop writing mix moves, either by stopping the trans-
port, or by pressing the 
REVERT/ AUTO FADE key. 
In this situation, all controls that are writing mix 
moves will stop writing simultaneously when 
REVERT/ AUTO FADE is pressed or play stops.When a Revert is triggered by...

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Below is an example of writing a new fader move 
over a previous Static fader position with Auto 
Revert disabled:
Below is an example of writing a new fader move 
over previous Dynamic fader moves with Auto 
Revert disabled:
8 sec
8 sec+12
+6
+3
0
-3
-6
-12
+12
+6
+3
0
-3
-6
-121 sec
2 sec 3 sec
4 sec5 sec
6 sec7 sec
1 sec
2 sec 3 sec
4 sec5 sec
6 sec7 sec
-9
Existing Static Fader Position
Mix Move
Touch Fader Release Fader Press REVERT
or stop...

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Write to End When the Infinite checkbox is 
checked (VGA), or the 
Write Revert Time is set to Inf. 
(LCD), you are essentially telling the automation 
system to maintain a control’s last setting from the 
point where the automation recording ends, all the 
way to the end of the program. This is called Write to End. In this case, any mix moves existing in the time 
between the end of automation recording and the end 
of the program will be erased....