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System 5 Digital Audio Mixing System User Guide104
Entering and Modifying Time Displays
There are three ways to enter a time into the Locate Time Display:
Numeric Keypad: Use the numbers along the left of the Machine Control Panel to enter a time. To enter 5 seconds, press 5, 0,
0, Enter. It is not necessary to enter leading zeros.
Transfer Current Time to Locate Time: Press the downward arrow to the right of the Current Time Display to transfer it to the
Locate Time Display.
Recall Key: Press the Recall key (it flashes), then press Pre-Roll, Post-Roll, Rollback, T/Start, T/End, R/Start or R/End in the Locate
Registers Panel to transfer its value to the Locate Time Display.
There are two ways to modify the Locate Time:
•Press the Trim + and Trim - keys to add or subtract one frame to or from the Locate Time.
Press the Trim key (it flashes). Use the SpinKnob to modify the Locate Time. Press the Trim key again (stops flashing) when finished.
Note that this is different than Trim +/Trim - keys.
Store Locate Value to a Register
Press the Store Locate key (it flashes until destination key pressed) followed by the Pre-Roll, Post-Roll, Rollback, T/Start, T/End,
R/Start or R/End keys to store the Locate Time to that register.
Store Current Value to a Register
Press the Store Current key (it flashes until the destination key is pressed) followed by the Pre-Roll, Post-Roll, Rollback, T/Start,
T/End, R/Start or R/End keys to store the Current Time to that register.
Mark In/Mark Out
Press Mark In or Mark Out to capture the Current Time into the R/Start or R/End parameters, respectively.
Press the Store Locate key before pressing Mark In or Mark Out, to capture the Locate Time instead of the Current Time.
Press the Recall key and then Mark In or Mark Out to recall the stored R/Start or R/End time to the Locate Time display.
Locate Key
Press the Loc key to move the transport to the value in the Locate Time Register.
Return Key
Press the Return key to cycle the transport between the R/Start and R/End locations (pre- or post-roll times are observed).
Title Start
Press the Title Start key (see figure above) to locate to the T/Start time set in the Locate Registers Panel.
See page 103 to see how to store to the FF o-set key.
See page 103 to see how to store a value for the FF o-set key.