Sony DMX-R100 - Manual (Page 15)

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Automation Operation
But please note that touching {FADER} in the GUI
sets both the channel and multrack faders into
automation ready mode simultaneously.
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Then touch {READY SETUP} to de-select it, or roll
the material, when it will be de-selected
automatically. When {READY SETUP} is off, the
{WRITE} buttons will flash regularly without the
double flash. The regular flashing indicates the
normal automation ready mode.
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Then, whilst the material is playing, touch any
fader knob and its {WRITE} button will light
solidly, indicating that automation data is being
recorded. The dB level display above the fader
icon in the CHANNEL GUI will also turn red.
Make some fader moves and the exact fader
positions and moves will be recorded. The dB
level display will indicate changes and moves.
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If a mistake is made or changes are required to
what has just been recorded, simply wind back the
material and overwrite by touching and moving
faders. When overwriting a previous pass, the two
small cyan arrows either side of the fader knob
icon will indicate the last mix settings.
snapshots using AUTOMATION ISOLATE, which is
described later. For now, make sure {TC LINK} under
the SNAPSHOT heading, is turned off.
To Automate Moves on One or More
Faders
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Press {ABS} (short for absolute) on the panel under
the TC AUTOMATION heading above the
timecode display. The AUTO button in the middle
at the top of the GUI turns red and indicates ‘ABS’
at the lower left. In this mode the exact fader
positions and moves will be recorded.
2
Make sure the defaults, ‘BUTT’ and ‘NORMAL’
are displayed in the AUTO button. If not, touch it
for a pop-down, that requires an individual
operation for each selection.
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Touch {READY SETUP} to the right of the AUTO
button and it highlights.
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Touch the knobs of the faders to be automated.
Their {WRITE} buttons flash on and off red with a
fast double flash in the red part of the cycle. This
indicates that the faders are ready to have any
moves recorded by the automation system. The
fast double flash serves as a reminder that
{READY SETUP} is selected. If a fader is moved
when it is touched, it will not matter as, during the
ready set-up mode, faders spring back and the level
setting will remain.
Note
Please note that it takes just one touch to set a fader ready
for automation record, and that a second touch will take it
out of ready mode!
The ready status of any fader is displayed in the
CHANNEL GUI. Either touch {CHANNEL} at the
bottom left of the LCD or press the {ACCESS}
button for the channel to be viewed. The dB level
display above the fader icon, to the right of the
GUI, will change colour from green to yellow to
indicate its automation ready status.
The {FADER} button in the READY SETUP
column will also highlight orange when the fader is
ready. In fact, touching the {FADER} button or the
dB legend is another way of setting a fader in and
out of automation ready.