Allen&Heath GS3000 - Manual (Page 33)

GS3000 U SER G UIDE 33
MIDI M
ACHINE
C
ONTROL
(MMC)
The transport controls located in the automation channel of the GS3000 enables your
multitrack tape machine, hard disk recorder, VTR or MIDI sequencer to be stopped,
started, fast forwarded, rewound, marked and located and to record/replay from the
console. The GS3000 uses MIDI machine control via the MIDI connection.
M ARK AND LOCATE
The mark and locate switches enable you to electronically mark a specific point on the
tape or sequencer track and to quickly return to that position at the press of a switch.
To mark and locate a tape position.
Position the tape at the required point to be ‘marked’.
Press the MARK switch to register the specific location on the tape e.g. a “drop in”
point.
When the tape has moved to a different position, press the LOCATE switch to move
the tape to the ‘marked’ position on the tape.
LOC 0 Locate 0, press and hold the SHIFT switch and then press the LOCATE
switch to rewind the tape to the 0 position of the tape i.e. usually the start of the tape.
R ECORD READY
Individual tape tracks on the multitrack recorder or sequencer can be set into record
ready state from the GS3000 console.
To set tape tracks in record ready state.
Press and hold the RECORD switch.
Press the MUTE switch on the required channel corresponding to the tape track
e.g. press channel mute switches 1-8 to set tape tracks 1-8 in record ready state.
The STATUS LED indicator on each channel will illuminate to indicate the
corresponding tape track is set record ready. Note; pressing either mute in the monitor
or channel path will set the corresponding tape track in record ready state. The audio
mutes are unaffected.
Release the RECORD switch when all required tape tracks have been set.
To deselect tape tracks in record ready state, press and hold the RECORD switch and
press the MUTE switch to deselect the tape track corresponding to the console
channel.
To record tape tracks.
Having set all the required tracks in record ready mode, press and hold the RECORD
switch and then press the PLAY switch.
To stop recording, press the STOP switch.
If the PLAY switch is pressed again during a record sequence, the tape machine will
immediately dropped out of record and into play.
PATCH CHANNEL
AUTO
MIDI ACTIVE
AUTO
MIDI CH
CLR ALL
DUMP
SHIFT
INCREMENT
HOLD FOR SHIFT FUNCTION
LOC 0
HOLD +
PRESS MUTE