Sony DMX-R100 - Manual (Page 18)

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Automation Operation
Automation Operation
Automating Fader Cut Switches
General
Before using the automation for cuts or other switches
for the first time, clear automation data which may be
resident in memory if the system has been in use by
others. Clearing automation data is described at the
beginning of the section ‘Automating Faders’.
To Automate One or More Cut Switches
The setting up for automating cut switches works on
exactly the same principles as for faders. There are
differences in actual operation which relate to the
physical differences between faders and switches.
1
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.
2
Make sure the defaults ‘BUTT’ and ‘NORMAL’
are displayed in the AUTO button. If not touch it
for a pop-down, which requires an individual
operation for each selection.
3
Touch {READY SETUP} to the right of the AUTO
button and it highlights.
4
Press each {CUT} button to be automated and note
that they do not change state. Their channel
{WRITE} buttons flash on and off red with a fast
double flash in the red part of the cycle. This
indicates that the cuts are ready to have any switch
operations recorded by the automation system.
The fast double flash serves as a reminder that
{READY SETUP} is selected.
The ready status of any switch is also 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. A yellow bar,
indicating automation ready status, will appear
beneath the fader cut switch situated above the
fader icon to the right in the GUI.
The {CUT} button in the READY SETUP column
will also highlight orange when the cut is ready.
Touching this {CUT} button is another way of
setting a fader cuts in and out of automation ready.
But please note that touching {CUT} in the GUI sets
both the channel and multrack cut buttons into
automation ready mode simultaneously.
will glide back to the 0dB marker according to the
Ramp Time setting.
6
If a mistake is made or changes are required to
what has just been recorded, the situation may be
tackled in one of several ways:
• Press {SAFE} before pressing the p transport key
to stop the material rolling. Release {SAFE}
afterwards. In this case, the new automation data
is not stored, so rewind and start again.
• Simply wind back the material and re-trim by
touching and moving faders. But remember that
this method causes trim data to be further modified
in trim mode.
• Copy the ‘safe’ mix from the ‘B’ buffer into ‘A’
in order to redo the trim operation completely. In
this case, press and hold { B }, under the TC
AUTOMATION heading, until it flashes, then
press { A }. A pop-up will appear requiring
confirmation before the copy operation can be
completed. Then continue to work on the restored
‘safe’ mix in the ‘A’ buffer, which stays lit.
7
If the work is complete, touch {READY SETUP} to
highlight it, and then {OPTIONS} next to it for a
pop-down. Touch {CANCEL ALL} in the pop-down
and {CLOSE} to finish with the pop-down menu.
All ready indications will cease. Finally touch
{READY SETUP} once more to turn it off. The
system is now completely ‘safe’ and automation
data cannot be overwritten.
Note
Fader moves can be viewed on the AUDIO FADER GUI,
including trim offsets. Touch {AUDIO} at the lower left of
the LCD screen for its pop-up, and then touch {FADER} to
view all faders.