TEAC DM-3200 DM-3200 Automation Manual - Page 16

4 - Operation Operating the DM-3200's automation system is designed to be intuitive and transparent to the mixing process, while offering power and flexibility previously unavailable on a mixing console. The steps below, combined with an understanding of the information on the previous pages, will have you automating your mixes in no time. Setting Up Your Mix Action: Enable the automation system in the AUTO SETUP display by moving the cursor to the on-screen AUTOMATION ENGINE button and pressing ENTER. Result: The settings of all mixer controls are stored into the current mix memory. Changing any settings will automatically update those settings in the current mix memory. This is just like mixing on an analog console except the system now knows where every Writing Mix Moves control is set. The automation system sees these controls as being in Static mode. Action: Store the mix file in a card memory bank (see "AUTO FILES" on page 14). Result: Until a mix is stored in a memory bank, it only exists in the current mix memory. The current mix memory is erased when the console is powered off, so storing a mix in a memory bank is required for later recall. Action: Press the WRITE key before or after start- ing timecode so that its indicator lights. With timecode running, perform the desired mix move. Result: With the console in Write mode, any move- ment of a control while timecode is running is written to that control by the automation system. In the case of the touch-sensitive faders, writing begins when a fader is touched. Revert Time When a control stops recording mix moves, it "reverts" to the setting that existed before recording the mix move. The previously existing setting could be a dynamic mix move or a static control position. The amount of time it takes to make a smooth match from the end of the recorded mix move to the previously existing setting is called the Revert Time. A Revert Time is applied, even when the timecode is stopped, past the point where the timecode stopped, to ensure a smooth transition between the new mix move and the control's previous setting. Auto Revert Choices With AUTO REVERT - WRITE enabled, the automation system stops writing mix moves automatically on a per control basis without the need to end writing manually. In this case, controls stop writing mix moves at different times, depending on when they were released 16 TASCAM DM-3200 Automation Guide In the case of POD controls, writing will begin when the control is moved. Once dynamic mix moves have been written to a control, the automation system automatically changes that control from Static mode to Dynamic mode, in order to read mix moves. Controls that have not had mix moves written to them remain in Static mode, even if those controls are on the same channel as a control that has had dynamic mix data written to it. (faders) or when movement ended (POD controls and encoders). In the case of touch-sensitive faders, reverting begins when the fader is released. In the case of POD controls and encoders, reverting begins when the CONTROL SENSE TIME OUT value has expired without the control being moved. The CONTROL SENSE TIME OUT value allows the POD controls and encoders to respond as if they are touch-sensitive (even though they are not). When a Revert occurs, the control smoothly matches back to its previous value, based on the set value of the Revert Time. The previous control value could be a control's Static position or a control's Dynamic mix moves. Revert does not apply to switch events, as these become readable following the Control Sense timeout interval has elapsed.