Cadac SAM - Manual (Page 57)

Opening and Saving shows 6-9
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When working in SAM, it may seem as though the show constitutes just one file,
since most of SAM’s functions treat it as such. From a technical point of view how-
ever, a show is a directory with many files in it, so when saving a show, SAM creates
a directory and saves various files into it. The simplest show has at least two files:
Showname.Cue and Sam.Cfg.
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This file holds the list of static cues. A static cue is a cue that acts instantaneously;,
fader snap shots, MIDI, EVENTS etc. Backup-files are saved as *.BAK files.
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All show files contains this file. SAM uses it to distinguish between directories, so
that a certain directory can be recognised as being a show. The file contains general
configuration data, for example console size, MIDI and Event names.
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Files containing information about dynamic mixes are stored as *.MIX files. The con-
tents of these files can be viewed using the DOS-utility WALK.EXE.
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CGC-shows are saved in DOS-format and therefore have to be translated into an
appropriate form before SAM, operating under Windows®, can open them. In some
cases, this may result in an incomplete translation, which therefore requires the show
to be remapped for setup (see
6.8 Re-mapper ).
FIG 6-12. Translation report.