Teac SX-1 Reference Manual - Manual (Page 81)

Part IV–Mixer Controls
TASCAM SX-1 Reference Manual
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Trim
During a mix there may be sections where there are
good mix moves on a control but the overall level of
that control needs to be raised or lowered while pre-
serving the existing moves. Trim mode is used to make such relative offsets to
existing mix moves for the duration of the Trim oper-
ation.
Safe
Any control in Safe will only read existing static or
dynamic automation, regardless of the Global Mode.
Moving a control in Safe will not write any automa- tion data nor affect the audio passing through that
control.
Off
Use this selection to turn a control’s automation
functionality off. A control that is Off will neither
write nor play back automation data, regardless of
the Global Mode. However, moving a control that is
Off will affect its audio. Similarly to the Static Con- troller State, the new, final resting position of the
control is in the project file, separate from the con-
trol’s static position as stored in an individual mix
file.
Global Modes
There are three different Global Modes:
Global Write
Think of this mode as “automation-record-ready”.
When Global Write is enabled, and the transport is
moving, all the controls that are in Auto will read
pre-existing automation data until they are moved. As soon as you move a control, automation will
begin writing for that control, overwriting any pre-
existing data.
Trim
During a mix, sometimes there are sections when a
control’s mix moves are perfect but the overall level
needs to be raised or lowered. To change such a section’s level without affecting its
contours (the peaks and valleys of the automation
data), use Global Trim Mode. The diagram below
illustrates how Trim will affect the pre-existing auto-
mation data when the controller’s State is in Auto.
Before Trim
After Trim Revert time