Peterson AutoStrobe 490ST - Manual (Page 21)

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A comprehensive flowchart at the end of this instruction manual shows ALL possible paths through the stretch menus and
provides a good reference once the fundamental concept of the these menus is understood. You may note that at almost every
point, there is a button function (like BACK or REDO) which jumps to a logical earlier step of the current activity or a button
function (like RUN or CNCL—short for “cancel”) which jumps out of the current activity with no changes made.
Let’s run through one of the examples in detail. To create a new stretch file from scratch, follow the steps already outlined
above to enter the STRCH menu. This takes us to the second screen shown on the flowcharts. For this example, we will
be following along on the second stretch example flowchart entitled: EXAMPLE—CREATING A NEW STRETCH. We
see from that flowchart that the next step is to press “1” which is, at this point, labeled START-EDIT:
STRETCH MENU
PLEASE SELECT MODE
START COPY
–EDIT –DEL RUN STOP
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1
SELECT STRETCH=
CNGD STGD AVRG SMGD
UPRT VERT CNSL SPNT
NEW CNCL START
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Accessing the Stretch Select Screen
At this point we are given the choice of selecting from among the preset Stretch Files in the tuner or selecting more options
with the Function buttons below the screen. In this example, we intend to create a new stretch, and, thus, we press the “1”
button labeled “NEW”:
SELECT STRETCH=
CNGD STGD AVRG SMGD
UPRT VERT CNSL SPNT
NEW CNCL START
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1
PICK NAME = ABCDEFGH
I JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01
23456789 STRCH=_ _ _ _
< — — — — > BKSP
CNCL
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Accessing the PICK NAME Screen
Notice upon entering the PICK NAME screen that the cursor (underline) is positioned under the “A” in the selection string.
While this screen is active, hitting the front panel ENTER button will cause whatever character is underlined to be added
to the STRETCH FILE name shown on the third screen line (after “STRCH=”). The underlines here are simply place-holders
that are replaced by selected characters. To select a different character to enter into the name, the “1” or “2” buttons will
retreat or advance, respectively, the current cursor position (i.e., the character selection underline) as indicated by the back-
arrow and forward-arrow over these buttons on the screen..
NOTE: Hitting the “1” button while the cursor is on “A” will cause the cursor to “wrap around” to the last selection
character—the “blank” after “9” on the third screen line—to reduce the time it would take to scroll from a character at the
beginning of the selections to one near the end. Similarly, hitting the “2” (advance or — — >) button while the current
cursor selection is this last “blank” character will cause the cursor position to “wrap around” to the top (or “A”).
Since we are beginning on the very first selection character, “A”, we would now press the “2” button to move the cursor
forward under the “B” (in anticipation of naming our Stretch File: “BG 1”, i.e., “B”, “G”, “blank”, “1”).