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SUPERSLIDE INSTRUCTION MANUAL Page 8 of 19
A looping record clip is always used and is set to the duration set in the RECORD DURATION menu; default is 30
minutes. Looping record means that after the record duration has been recorded, the system then begins to
release and reuse disk space. As child clips are made, their disk space is protected and will not be reused until
they are deleted. When restarting a recording, a new record clip is made for each record enabled channel, with a
unique name created by incrementing the fourth character. This means that each new recording session will
consume another 30 minutes (default) of disk space per record enabled channel! It is best, therefore, to leave the
record channels in record, and make child clips to preserve any recorded material that you wish to save. Parent
clips cannot be deleted, but the disk space occupied by them that is not preserved by child clips can be released
using a VR300 workstation. A shorter record duration saves disk usage, but reduces the time you have to make a
child.
Hold the REC key in to view the free disk space and the current record clip name on the status display (the fourth
character will be incremented before a new recording is begun). Also, the enabled record channels are indicated
while holding REC by the red LED lighting above their F-keys. A flashing red LED indicates a record enabled
channel that is not responding or connected. To enable/disable record channels, tap F-keys while holding the REC
key. Recording is commenced on all record enabled channels exactly three seconds after REC is held and PLAY
is tapped, regardless of which channels are selected for playback. Channels that are in record are indicated by a
lighted red LED above their F-keys. If TIME OF DAY REC is enabled (the default), an internal clock sets the
starting timecode of the record clips to the time of day which is set in the MISCELLANEOUS MENU ITEMS, SET
TIME OF DAY menu. The time of day clock is NOT maintained while power is off and must be reset each time the
SUPERSLIDE is restarted.
All recording channels may be taken out of record mode at any time by holding REC and tapping STOP. A warning
message (STOP RECORD ALL CHANNELS? ENTER) is displayed and must be responded to by the ENTER key
to stop recording, or any other key will cancel the operation.
CHILD CLIPS
Child clips, or subclips, are portions of parent clips, can be loaded and played by the SUPERSLIDE just as any
other clip, and are available to VR300 workstations. Whenever a child clip is shown on the menu display and the
system is in gang mode, siblings are searched for and are loaded into the same channels that created them. This
allows simultaneous loading of different views of the same action. Siblings are child clips that have the same first
seven characters of their names; the last character identifies the channel that made the parent, the first four
characters are the same as the parent’s name, and characters 5-7 are the child sequence number. When child
clips are created by the SUPERSLIDE, an “owner” character is stored in the VR300 with each child clip that
controls which channel each sibling will load into when in gang mode. When not in gang mode (solid, not flashing,
green LED), the child shown will be loaded into the selected channel; this allows cross-channel loading of clips.
Child clips are indicated on the menu display by a trailing period character after the clip name. Parent clips (clips
that have one or more children), are indicated by a trailing colon. Whenever a child or parent is shown on the
display, a double-tap of the HOME key enters the child mode where clip selection is limited to only the parent and
its children. This makes it easy to step up and down through successive replay clips. The child mode is indicated
by a child shaped icon in the upper right corner of the menu display. While in the child mode, randomly selecting
clips with the numeric keypad and ENTER key select the clip with the sequence number (characters 5-7) that
matches the number entered. Zero followed by ENTER selects the parent. Another double-tap of HOME exits the
child mode. To reenter the last used child mode at any time, tap HOME, zero, ENTER, and double-tap HOME.
Tap the MAKE CHILD key to create one or more child clips (subclips). If in gang mode, a child clip is made for
each enabled channel; these are called siblings. Normally, the child clips for playback channels are made from
each matching record channel’s in-record clip. The CHILD SETTINGS, MAKE CHILD FROM menu changes which
channel’s clip each channel will use for the parent clip when making children. A child clip can be made from the
currently loaded clip on the same channel by holding ENTER while tapping MAKE CHILD. If a child is made from
another child, it will actually be made from the parent of the child; it will not be a grandchild.
If multiple channels are in record, and MAKE CHILD is tapped while in the gang mode with matching playback
channels enabled, child clips will be made for each camera angle being recorded. The LOAD CLIP key then loads
all these sibling clips into their respective channels, which all park at the first frame. Turn the KNOB to jog and tap