ChamSys MagicQ Software Change Log - Manual (Page 59)

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Table 23.1: (continued)
Product
name Date OS S/W Proc O/S disc
upgrade to
1.6.5.0? Pro 2014 h/w
upgrade
possible?
MQ100 Pro Nov 2008 to
Oct 2009 Non-X .cde 8310 Y Y
MQ100 Pro
2010 Oct 2009 to
Mar 2013 Pro2010 .cdx 8310 N Y
MQ100 Pro
2014 Mar 2013
onwards Pro2014 .cdc A50 N n/a
Table 23.2: Expert upgrades
Product
name Date OS S/W Proc O/S disc
upgrade to
1.6.5.0? Pro 2014 h/w
upgrade
possible?
MQ100
Expert Oct 2007 to
Nov 2008 Non-X .cde 6310 Y N
MQ100
Expert Nov 2008 to
Oct 2009 Non-X .cde 8310 Y N
MQ100
Expert Oct 2009 to
Mar 2013 Non-X .cde 8310 Y N
MQ100 Pro-E Mar 2013
onwards Pro2014 .cdc A50 N N
Note Pro 2014 h/w upgrades do not include illuminated soft buttons
Pro 2010 consoles continue to use the .cdx software, but this now includes the new graphical toolkit.
Software 1.6.5.0 is not supported on older products such as MQ50, Architectural controller, rack mount PC.
23.1.2 MagicHD
MagicHD now supports playback of media with audio. Please note that this feature is a beta release, and is limited to Windows
platforms only. Playback works for media played forwards at 1x speed: it is not possible to speed up, slow down, or reverse the
audio.
The Media Layer and Output Layer personalities have been updated to include audio parameters. The output layer has a Volume
channel which controls the overall volume of all layers. Fading the output layer also fades the volume. Each media layer has an
Audio Gain and Audio Pan channel. Gain is for equalising quiet clips. Pan moves the sound to the left or right channel. The
layer’s intensity also fades its audio. Audio settings are in the Intensity Window.
Audio playback requires the media’s audio format to be 16 bit PCM. The media conversion process has been updated to include
audio (previously audio was stripped to reduce file size). You are strongly advised to convert media before playing. If the format
is not acceptable the audio will not play and error message(s) will be written to the log file.
The HUD has been updated to add audio level meters on top of the layer intensity bar, next to each layer’s preview thumbnail.
Note that the HUD no longer displays the Blend and Transition channels for each media layer. (These parameters are not fully
supported anyway). They have made room for the two audio control channels.