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Digital x bus – MACKIE DIGITALXBUS X.200 User Manual

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X.200

Digital X Bus

You can select multiple non-contiguous channels or

parameters by pressing the Ctrl key on the keyboard
(or on the console) while clicking on track names.

Pencil Tool (Hand Tool)

Use this tool to enter new data nodes and to
alter existing ones.

The Pencil tool can create and move new or cur-
rent automation nodes while time code is being
received (on the fl y editing—before or to the
left of the current time) or while time code isn’t
being received (at any point on the timeline).

Eraser Tool

Use this tool to remove automation data. Click
on a node to remove it.

Magnify Tool

Use this tool to select specifi c data lengths and
to expand the data time to fi ll the screen.

Click and drag with the Magnify tool to zoom
into a specifi c area.

Hold the Ctrl key while in magnify mode to
zoom out.

Auto Scroll

The right pointing arrow button next to the
Magnify tool toggles Auto Scroll on and off.

You can toggle Auto Scroll while time code is
running.

Nudge Arrows

Click the Nudge Arrows button to open the
NUDGE window.

You can move, or nudge, a selected region by an
amount indicated in the NUDGE window.

You can select the nudge time (horizontal axis)
for nudging a selected region left and right by
entering a value in the box between the Left
and Right buttons. Click the box to open the
numeric entry window.

You can select the nudge amount (vertical axis)
for nudging a selected region up and down by
entering a value in the box between the Up and
Down buttons. Click the + and – buttons to
change the nudge amount, or click the box to
open the numeric entry window. You can enter a
value from 1 to 100.

Delete, Cut, Copy, Paste Buttons

These buttons perform the same editing func-
tions that appear in the Mix Editor menu.

The editing function are applied to a selected
region, highlighted between the Edit In and Edit
Out markers.