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System 5 Digital Audio Mixing System User Guide138
Fill Features
To understand the utility of System 5’s Fill features, consider this situation:
Fader automation has been recorded from 00:01:00:00 to 00:02:00:00 and from 00:04:00:00 to 00:05:00:00. What initial fader
value should be used if recording or playback begins at 00:03:00:00? Because there is no automation written at this time, it is
called virgin territory.
System 5 derives a fader value using two methods:
• First, it looks from the current position back to the beginning of the mix for the last value recorded. In the example above, the
last fader value at the punch-out point (00:02:00:00) would be used.
– or –
• Then, it looks from the current position towards the end of the mix for the next recorded fader value.
The Fill features make it unnecessary to do a complete initial pass just to write settings throughout the mix; the engineer can re-
cord only necessary moves.
It is sometimes desirable, though, to write nominal values in all, or selected areas of the mix. System 5’s Fill utilities accomplish
this: AutoFill, Fill Start, Fill End, Fill Region, and Fill to Punch.
Refer to the figure below to locate the Automation Panel keys mentioned in this section.
Center Section Automation Panel
Fader
On
Route
Input
Dyn
EQ
filts
Aux
Pan
All Knobs
ALL
Pass
View
Mix
On
Glid e
Preview
Punch
Preview
Punch
Capture
Join
Fill to
Punch
Save
Mix
Read
Write
Abs
Write
Trim
Fill
Undo
Redo
Fill
Region
Fill
Suspend
Preview
Capture
Auto
Joi n
All
Match
Auto
Match
Read
Isolate