API Audio 1608 Automation - Manual (Page 56)

7.5 MUTE WRITE
The “MUTE WRITE” mode allows mutes and inserts to be changed without affecting the fader.
The MUTE WRITE provides a quick way to over-write mute and insert positions without
overwriting the fader moves.
MUTE WRITE is only available on the fader and can only be assigned momentarily… that is as long
as its button is held down.
7.6 Automation Sub-mode Assignment
Automation sub-modes can be assigned to channels in the same manner as modes are assigned
using the channel grid on the Status Page, the mode buttons, and navigation tools on the
Automation Controller. Using this method, modes can be assigned to individual channels, a subset
of channels, or all channels.
With the exception of MUTE WRITE, sub-modes cannot be assigned from the fader. STATIC,
LATCH, and TOUCH WRITE can only be assigned from the Status Page. MUTE WRITE can only be
assigned from the fader.
7.7 Online Fader Trim
Online Fader Trim is used in a similar way as the Offline Trim function (described in section
8.3.6). Online Fader Trim allows you to apply an offset value to fader moves while maintaining
the moves that have already been written. Activate Online Fader Trim by putting the fader into
UPDATE mode, then hold the “Update” button (on the desired channel) for 2 seconds, until the
red null LED’s begin flashing rapidly. The fader will continue to track any existing moves as it
normally would in UPDATE mode.
If you touch the fader, however, the automation system will keep track of the cumulative
displacement of the fader from the moment that you touched it. When the fader is released, that
offset will be tentatively applied to that fader, and may be adjusted by moving the fader again.
Pressing “Kill Mix” or changing the automation mode of the fader while timecode is running will
discard any of the changes that have been made. Stopping timecode while the fader is still in
Online Fader Trim mode will cause the established offset value to be applied to the existing
moves.
Again, Online Fader Trim does not replace fader moves, but simply modifies them with the
established offset value. By default, Online Fader Trim will only affect the range of timecode that
was played through on the last pass. If the Static sub-mode is active on the fader in question,
however, then the Online Fader Trim offset will be applied to all timecode values.
Online Fader Trim can only be activated by the buttons on the fader. It cannot be activated from
the ACM keypad.
MUTE WRITE: Puts the mute and insert in WRITE mode when held:
 Holding down the MUTE WRITE button on the fader, will replace all existing
mute and insert moves for that channel while the button is held down
 Previously recorded moves will be erased
 MUTE WRITE is only effective when used in UPDATE mode
 MUTE WRITE has no effect when used in MANUAL, READ, or WRITE modes
 Section safes are respected by the MUTE WRITE function
 The MUTE WRITE function is only available from the fader
 Both the MUTE WRITE button and the yellow SUB-MODE LED on the fader
illuminate while MUTE WRITE is held down