Bus

• All standard surround sound modes are select-

able, including Stereo (no surround), Quad,

LCRS, 5.1, 7.1 (SDDS), and 7.1 (TP).

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Mixing Options

Digital

Several of the Mixing

 

 

 

 

Options are also available

 

 

under the Options menu.

 

 

One Button Record

 

 

• When this option is

 

 

selected, record mode

 

 

is activated by press-

 

 

ing the RECORD

 

 

button in the control

 

 

surface’s transport

 

 

section.

 

 

• When One Button Record is not selected, the

 

 

PLAY button must be held down while pressing

 

 

the RECORD button to engage record mode.

 

 

• To punch out of record mode, simply press

 

 

PLAY, STOP, REWIND, or FAST FWD.

 

 

• One Button Record only affects the punch-in

 

 

procedure. The punch-out procedure is the same

 

 

regardless of the status of One Button Record

 

 

(hit any other transport button to punch out,

 

 

usually STOP).

 

 

Solo Latch

 

 

• When Solo Latch is selected, you can solo more

 

 

than one channel at a time.

 

 

• When Solo Latch is off, only one channel may

 

 

be soloed at a time.

 

 

• You can manually solo more than one channel

 

 

when Solo Latch is off by pressing the Shift key

 

 

while soloing multiple channels.

 

 

Record Safe

 

 

• When Record Safe is selected, the channel

 

 

RECORD buttons will not engage. However,

 

 

automation data can still be written.

 

 

Use Pre-Roll

 

 

• Sets the playback cursor a specified amount

 

 

ahead of the locate point.

 

 

• The amount of Pre-roll is set in the Windows >

 

 

Setup > Mix Options window.

 

 

• Pre-roll is used to provide a set time period for all

 

 

synchronized device transports to lock together.

 

 

• Ideally, Pre-roll is equal to the sync-lock time

 

 

for the recording system’s transports so that

 

 

synchronized playback is a reality by the time

 

 

the devices roll past the locate position.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Song Offset

•Sets the consistent time difference between the record device time code and the Digital X Bus reference time code.

•Generally used to

“zero reference” a song’s starting point in BBT. It’s easier to jump to measure 1 than 2:01:23 (usually).

• Offset can be as little as one frame or as much as 23 hours, 59 min- utes, 59 seconds, and 29 frames.

Pre-Roll

•Sets the time difference between a Locate point and the actual start point.

•Since many record devices require a few sec- onds to synchronize, the Pre-Roll time allows a brief time period in advance of the locate point to ensure transport sync and accuracy.

Meters

These meter options are also available under the Options > Meters submenu.

The Meters drop-down box allows you to select the point in the signal flow where the meters are indicating.

Input

•The meters display the signal at the input, prior to any controls on the Digital X Bus.

Pre-Fader

•The meters display the signal just prior to the fader, post- Digital Trim, EQ, Compressor, Gate, and pre-fader insert.

Post-Fader

•The meters display the signal just after the fader.

Clear Overloads

•If the metered signal reaches 0 dBFS, the clip indicator at the top of the meter bridge blinks to indicate that digital clipping has occurred.

•The clip indicator continues to blink until you manually clear it, either by selecting Clear Overloads in the Options > Meters Submenu, or selecting Clear Overloads in the Windows > Setup > Mix Options window.