Description of Controls
When OVERLAY is turned on (its LED lit), Mute Groups can be recalled “on top of one another” instead of canceling each other out. This is handy when you want to independently yet simultaneously control the enabling of multiple groups of channel mutes.
JWhen the Mute Automation is recording Group Mute events, they are treated as single events. instead of many mute events. If OVERLAY was on when you recorded Mute Group events, make sure it is on whenever you are ONLINE (see below).
ONLINE
The term
Once a Sync Source has been determined and the proper connections have been made, the ONLINE button tells the X2 to synchronize its sequencer with the incoming sync source signal. If this is ADAT sync, the ONLINE button’s LED will flash while waiting for sync reference. When the ADAT is put into play, the sync information arrives at the X2 and the ONLINE button stops flashing and remains lit.
Once you are online, the Mute Automation sequencer will play back any stored mute events in the currently selected Song, once valid time code or clock is received.
UPDATE
While online (the ONLINE button on and its LED lit, not flashing), the UPDATE button puts the Mute Automation sequencer into “record.” When the UPDATE button is pressed, its LED will either flash (along with the ONLINE button’s LED indicating that no sync source is present) or will remain lit.
JOn order to record mute events, both the ONLINE and UPDATE buttons must be pressed and a sync source must be present, as indicated by the fact that both the ONLINE and UPDATE buttons’ LEDs are lit but not flashing.
In Update mode, the automation will play back any mute events previously recorded. Presses of any MUTE buttons will be recorded in memory.
UNDO
The UNDO button is used to erase the last mute event recorded. However, repeatedly pressing UNDO keeps “backspacing” through the mute events in the order they were recorded. Therefore, if you accidentally recorded the mutes of five channels because you didn’t realize the UPDATE button was on, simply stop the tape (the one providing the sync source) and press UNDO five times.
JThe UNDO button does not double as a “Redo” button. Whenever the UNDO button is used, its effect cannot be undone.
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