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Appendix: Glossary of Terms
Alpha Display
The term alpha, or alpha display, refers to the alphanumeric digital displays used on the
console surface. Alpha displays use LED arrays to show text and numbers. For example the
Assignable and Pan Logicators on the fader strips each have an associated eight character
alpha display.
Automation Mode
This refers to the states of controls that are used to record and re-play control moves against
timecode. The two basic Automation Modes are Record and Play, and variations on these are
used to perform different functions. Controls can also be in Isolate mode which is used to
exclude them from the automation system.
Button
This is used throughout this manual to refer to buttons on the Encore Plus screen that can be
clicked for different functions within dialogue boxes (e.g. Help buttons). The only exception is
the trackball buttons. This is to avoid confusion with keys on the console surface. Some
people prefer to describe keys on the console surface as buttons. If you see the term button
in this manual it will only refer to the Encore Plus screen or the trackball.
Events
Events are changes to control settings that are recorded against timecode by the automation
system. They are recorded in timecode order to make the Event List. When a Mix/Pass is
played back, it is the settings in the Event List that are used to automate the controls. Events
make up the majority of the data stored by a Mix/Pass. Individual Events can be manipulated
directly using the Event List functions. Events are also manipulated using the offline
automation functions.
Electronic Scribble Strip
The electronic scribble strips are the alpha displays just above the Access keys on the fader
strips that show the name of the path currently assigned to the fader. They also show the
fader level when the fader is touched. Dependent on preferences.
Encore Plus
Encore Plus is a module within 88D that is used in conjunction with the console surface to
provide functions for configuring and setting up the console, using snapshots and automating
the console. Configuration functions include setting the tone (slate) frequency and volume,
selecting the internal sample rate, deciding how the solo system operates and so on. Console
set up functions include rapid port routing (similar to using a patch bay only much faster),
setting how
many paths of each type are to be used, applying the same signal processing functions to
multiple paths, etc. Snapshots are used to record the settings of controls for later recall. The
number of controls affected by a Snapshot can be changed with Snapshot Scope. Encore
Plus is used to store multiple lists of Snapshots. Encore Plus provides management of
automation data and a automation functions such as labelling user selected timecode points,
mix conforming and event list editing.
Glide
Glide is an automation function. This is when a continuously variable control (fader, Logicator
controlling frequency, etc.) moves or is moved smoothly to match the Play Pass.
There are three types of Glide: Manual Glide, Auto Glide and Manual Match.
Manual Glide
This is when the GLIDE key for a control is pressed while the control is recording automation.
The control matches back to the play pass using the Manual Glide time.
Auto Glide
This is when a control matches back to the play pass automatically when it is released. The
Auto Glide time is used.