API Audio 1608 Automation User Manual
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Use UPDATE to record changes over a short period of time or to touch-up existing moves.
UPDATE can also be used as a “Record Ready” mode to prepare selected channels to enter WRITE
mode.
6.4 WRITE
Use WRITE mode to write initial moves and record new positions over longer periods of time. It
also provides an easy way to erase unwanted moves during a certain time window.
Whenever a channel is in WRITE while timecode is running, existing data is being erased and new
data is being recorded. Changing modes from UPDATE to WRITE allows the operator to “punch-
in” to the automation data on the selected channels. Changing modes from WRITE to READ
allows the operator to “punch-out” and stop recording new automation data on the selected
channels.
WRITE mode can be very destructive to your mix, so there is a safety interlock for entering WRITE
globally from the Automation Controller. Any channels
commanded to enter WRITE via the
Automation Controller will not do so unless they are already in UPDATE mode.
This allows you to
“record-enable” a selection of channels using UPDATE, start playback, and punch the selected
channels into WRITE mode using the global WRITE button on the Automation Controller.
WRITE: Current positions and moves will be recorded over any existing moves:
Previously recorded moves are not played back
Existing moves overwritten
Fader and switch positions are recorded at all times, even when faders are
not touched
Recording will continue until timecode is stopped or the mode/sub-mode is
changed
WRITE can be engaged at any time
WRITE can be engaged from the Automation Controller only if UPDATE or
STATIC is engaged first
WRITE can be engaged from MANUAL or READ without being in UPDATE
using the WRITE button on the fader
When WRITE is engaged on at least one channel:
o
The WRITE button on the Automation Controller illuminates
o
Channels are red in the Status Page channel grid
o
The red WRITE LED on the fader will illuminate
Pressing the WRITE button will put individual channels directly in WRITE mode from
any other mode.