Regions and Registers

Regions

The term “region” refers to some sort of functional block of the system. When saving or recalling snapshot registers and effect registers, or creating or editing effects, you first select the region to which the operation applies. You can also select multiple regions simultaneously.

Classification of the regions

The regions are classified as follows.

•Master region

•The following 36 regions

–Switcher: M/E1 to M/E3, PGM/PST, User1 to User8

–DME: DME ch1 to DME ch8 (inclusive of Global)

–External devices: P-Bus, Router, Device 1 to Device 12, GPI, Macro Only the regions assigned to the region selection buttons of the numeric keypad control block can be used simultaneously.

For details of the region assignment to the region selection buttons, see “Overall Control Panel Settings (Config Menu)” in Chapter 16 (Volume 2).

Regions applicable to keyframe operations

Thirty-five regions, that is, the above 36 regions less the Router region.

Regions applicable to snapshot operations

Twenty-one regions, that is, the above regions less the external devices’ regions (P-Bus, Device 1 to Device 12, and GPI) and the Macro region.

“User” regions

You can optionally assign the following regions to the regions User1 to User8. The User regions shown in parenthesis are the default assignments.

•Color backgrounds 1 and 2 (User1)

•AUX1 to AUX48 (User2)

•Monitor 1 to 8 (User3)

•Frame Memory 1 to 8 (User4)

•Color correctors 1 and 2

For details of the User1 to User8 region assignment, see “Overall Control Panel Settings (Config Menu)” in Chapter 16 (Volume 2).

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