AW2400 Owner’s Manual
Automix Operation
Automix
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• REC button ..........Turning this button on while the
recorder section is stopped engages
the Automix record standby mode.
When the recorder section is run-
ning it is necessary to press the
PLAY button after the REC button to
engage the Automix record standby
mode.
This button is automatically disen-
gaged when recording is completed.
•AUTOREC button
.....................Engages the Automix record
standby mode. Unlike the REC but-
ton, this button remains engaged
after recording is completed and the
record standby mode will remain
engaged until it is manually turned
off.
BCOMMAND field
Allows creation of a new Automix recording, and provides
an undo function.
• NEW button..........Clears the current Automix data to
make way for a new Automix record-
ing.
• UNDO button .......Clears the last recorded Automix
data, returning to the state immedi-
ately before the last Automix record-
ing pass.
COVERWRITE field
Selects the parameters to be recorded (or overwritten) by
Automix recording.
The buttons correspond to the parameters as follows.
• CH ON button ......[ON] key operation for each channel
•FADER button......Fader operation for each channel
•AUX/EFFECT SEND ON button
.....................AUX and effect send operation for
each channel (mute on/off)
•AUX/EFFECT SEND button
.....................AUX and effect send level operation
for each channel
• EQ button.............EQ operation for each channel
•PAN button...........Pan operation for each channel
DFREE
Displays the amount of free Automix memory available in
kilobytes (KB) and as a percentage.
A new Automix recording must be created before actual
Automix recording can occur.
1Use the channel faders, pan controls, EQ,

etc., to set up the mix at the beginning of

the current song, and save the mix as a

scene.

The saved “initial” scene will serve as the starting
point for the Automix recording. To use a different
scene as the starting point for the Automix recording,
recall the desired scene. Refer to “Scene Memory
Operation” on page 159 for details.
2Call the AUTOMIX screen Automix page by

either pressing the [AUTOMIX] key as many

times as necessary, or by pressing the [F1]

key after pressing the [AUTOMIX] key.

3Move the cursor to the NEW button in the

COMMAND field and press the [ENTER]

key.

A confirmation popup window for the new Automix
recording will appear.
4Move the cursor to the OK button and press
the [ENTER] key.
The current Automix data will be erased and a new
Automix recording will be created.
Creation of a new Automix recording can be aborted
by moving the cursor to the CANCEL button and
pressing the [ENTER] key.
• Pressing the [F1]–[F4] keys while holding the Display section
[SHIFT] key has the same effect as the ENABLE/DISABLE ([F1]
key), STOP ([F2] key), PLAY ([F3] key), and REC ([F4] key) but-
tons, respectively.
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• Using the RETURN TIME field to the right of the FADER button
you can specify how long it will take the faders to return to their
original positions when Automix recording is stopped or punched
out (
→
p. 185).
• Scene and library recall operations are always recorded, regard-
less of the OVERWRITE field settings.
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Creating a New Automix

Recording

•The contents of the current Automix recording will be erased when
a new Automix recording is created. To save the current Automix
data refer to “Automix Library Operation” on page 190.
NOTE
•When a new Automix recording is created, a “recall event” for
the last saved or recalled scene is recorded at the very begin-
ning of the Automix recording. This initial scene can be
changed later, as described on page 188.
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