API Audio 1608 Automation User Manual
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Channel Status and Selection Grid:
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Indicates the current automation mode and sub-mode for each fader
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Works with the navigation tools to allow selection of channels to which
modes and sub-modes will be assigned
Global Automation Functions:
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Auto Safe: Sets all channels in WRITE to UPDATE when timecode is stopped.
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Bridge Gaps: Applies automation data over a span of time code addresses
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Auto Takeover: Automatic change of automation mode at a user defined
time code address
Function Enables:
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Timecode: Enables the Automation Controller to chase Timecode
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Group: Enables Group functions through automation
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Switch: Enables automation control of mutes and inserts
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Fader: Enables automation control of faders
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Leave Write: Enables the position-data matching mode
When a fader is touched, its level is displayed on the Status Page.
The various areas of the Status Page will be explained in detail in the following sections of
this manual.
3.4.3 Select All Button
The SELECT ALL button is used to select or deselect all channels when selecting channels in
the Status Page channel grid. This feature is useful when applying automation modes and
sub-modes on a console wide basis. Similarly, all channels can be deselected so individual
channels can be selected.
Channel selection from the Status Page is covered in detail in section 6.5.1 Status Page
Mode Assignment.
3.4.4
Main
Menu
To open the Main Menu, open the
Status Page and press the MENU
button.
Use the Jog-Wheel to highlight the
needed menu item.
Press SEL (Select) to open the dialog
box for that item.
The fader level display indicates the
fader being touched and its level in
decibels.
The display above shows that the
Program Master Fader is set to
0.00dB (unity gain).
SELECT ALL: Pressing this button will select all channels in the channel grid
on the Status Page.
If all channels are already selected, pressing SELECT ALL will
deselect all channels
This button only applies to the channel grid on the Status Page