Owner`s manual

Upper Panel Controls
Burn Section
The Dashboard BURN section includes the row of 8
switches/red LED’s above the Mute and Solo switches
and the 3 Burn Mode switches and 6 Burn Mode LED’s to
their left.
The Top Burn Mode Switch determines if the you are
going to use the 8 BURN switches for channel record
readies (labelled “record”) or automation controls
(labelled ”write”).
Record Operations.
When the red “record” LED is lit, the 8 BURN switches
operate the channel record enables. They arm the track
for recording. Press a channel BURN switch and its LED
flashes to indicate it is enabled for recording. When
actually recording, the LED will light solid.
Press and hold the OPT switch and press any channel
BURN switch, and all channel record enables will change
to match the new state of the channel that was pressed.
If a selection of channels has been made, press and hold
the OPT switch and SHIFT switch and press any channel
BURN switch, and all selected channels will be armed for
recording.
Automation Write Operations.
Press the switch next to the “record” LED, and the yellow
“write” LED will illuminate. This indicates that the 8
BURN switches operate the channel automation modes.
Automation Modes.
Press and hold a channel BURN switch, and the current
channel automation mode will be displayed on the
bottom row of the LCD. With the switch held down, rotate
the rotary pot in that channel, and the mode will be
changed. As you continue to rotate the pot, all the
various modes will be seen on the LCD. When the
desired mode is selected, release the BURN switch. The
BURN switch LED will remain off for Off and Read
modes, and it will blink if a Touch mode is selected.
Otherwise, the LED stays lit solid. Press and hold the
OPT switch and press and hold a channel BURN switch.
The current channel automation mode will be displayed
on the bottom row of the LCD. With both switches held
down, rotate the rotary pot in that channel, and the mode
will be changed on all session channels.
Automation Enables.
While the yellow “write” LED is lit, press and hold the
SHIFT switch. Press and hold the switch nearest the
“write” LED, and the LCD will display “FADR MUTE
PAN SEND SENDM PLUG IN SUSP”. The SELECT
LED’s will show the current state for these enables, and
the SELECT switches toggle them on and off.
If the FADR LED is on, then fader level changes will be
updated in the automation.
If the MUTE LED is on, then mute changes will be
updated in the automation.
If the PAN LED is on, then pan setting changes will be
updated in the automation.
If the SEND LED is on, then send level changes will be
updated in the automation.
If the SENDM is on, then send mute changes will be
updated in the automation.
If the PLUG IN is on, then plug in parameter changes will
be updated in the automation if the particular plug in
parameter has been automation enabled in the plug in
window.
If the SUSP led is blinking, then automation playback
and updating has been disabled globally. This switch
duplicates the function of the “susp” switch in the MULTI
row of switches on Dashboard. All channel mixer settings
are left in their current state and the channel automation
mode is unchanged, but “dormant”.
Using the Rotary Pots During Automation Passes.
First, put the BURN switches in “write” mode as
described earlier. Then, enable the parameter type for
automation and make sure “Suspend” is off as described
in the “Automation Enables” section on this page. Put the
rotary in the desired mode MIX (fader or pan), SEND
(mute)
Touch Mode.
If a channel is in “touch” mode, rotate the channel
rotary pot, and the parameter change will be punched in.
If you stop moving the pot, it will drop back after the
touch time-out has elapsed (set as an automation
preference in the computer)
BURN Mode Switches
Channel BURN Switches (8)
BURN Mode LED’s (6)
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