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Page 13 CM Automation Motor Mix Operations Manual v 2.0 2/00

Specifications

Motor Mix Specifications:

• 8 100 millimeter long-life Motion Sensing motorized faders for channel

level control and for channel volume indication.

• 8 Quality continuous high resolution rotary pots to control of PAN, Aux

Sends, EQ, Time Delay, Dynamics and other Plug-ins. These are not
cheapie selectors that you have to rotate 27 times to pan from left to
right. They feel and act exactly like the pots you are familiar with except
that they are endless (no end stops).

• 2 Seven segment displays to display rotary pot function (scribble strip).

• 1 Detented 24 pulse rotary selector with push to control rotary

pot functionality.

• 1 40 x 2 Backlit LCD with contrast control to display Channel Labels,

PAN, Aux Send Level, effect parameters, input/output assignments,
channel level meter, and soft key control.

• 4 View Control Switches to quickly navigate Motor Mix through any

number of channels. Motor Mix can be set to view individual channels,
banks of 8 channels or groups of up to 8 channels. All by 2 simple
key strokes.

• 8 "MUTE" Switches with red LED status indicator.

• 8 "SOLO" Switches with green LED status indicator.

• 8 "Burn" Switches (5 alternate functions) with red LED status indicator to

control channel audio recording, automation enables, or other
commands you can embed into project files.

• 8 Multi Switches (8 functions) with green LED status indicator for channel

eq, dynamics, delay and 5 other Multi control choices.

• 8 Channel Select Switches. These switches are used to make channel

specific choices like applying a Plug-in.

• 16 System Keys for disk operations, window control, channel label setup,

transport, and input/output assignments. CM Automation will provide
application specific overlays for the Left and Right function switches.

• Easy communications setup.

• Accessory Serial Port for Edit /Transport Controller.

• MIDI In and Out ports for full bidirectional communications with DAW.

• Small Size (10 

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 inches deep).

• Attractive dual slope chassis design for best viewing and ergonomic feel.

• Built in Low Noise Power Supply.

Summary of Contents for MotorMix

Page 1: ...r s Manual Version 2 0 Before you call us with your questions please read the manual at least once This way we can improve the quality of our customer support and create better manuals The manual prov...

Page 2: ...m you of all product updates as well as new product developments Some of these updates will be free so please send the card in CM Automation reserves the right to make improvements or changes at any t...

Page 3: ...Pro Tools Operations Set Up Quickstart 1 Troubleshooting 2 Operation 3 6 Multi Unit Benefits 7 Standard Operations Set Up Troubleshooting 8 Operations 9 11 Multi Unit Benefits Standard Operations 12 M...

Page 4: ...but create a unique name for each unit like Motor Mix 1 Motor Mix 2 etc 6 If you are using Pro Tools 5 xx pull down the MIDI menu and select MIDI Input Devices Click on each Motor Mix listed This will...

Page 5: ...ms elsewhere Contacting Technical Support For questions related to setting up and using Motor Mix with Pro Tools or if you feel that Motor Mix needs to be repaired contact the Digidesign technical sup...

Page 6: ...ots or Selector Usage with Pro Tools Fader Input Moving a fader on Motor Mix actually moves the Pro Tools on screen fader When Pro Tools Automation is moving the faders on Motor Mix you can still make...

Page 7: ...gn switch again to complete assignments for that insert 6 Repeat steps 3 5 to add more plug ins to that channel PLUG IN Control Use the SELECT switch to select a channel with a Plug in assigned Press...

Page 8: ...l be lit to indicate Pro Tools is in fast foreword monitor With SHIFT pressed down press the monitor switch The bottom row of the LCD will show 5 punch monitor controls and the current time code bars...

Page 9: ...o Tools supports up to 4 Motor Mixes Each Motor Mix uses one MIDI IN OUT port When you have three Motor Mixes joined together and you bank switch the bank is 24 channels wide You can combine them in t...

Page 10: ...tware support manual provided by the software company We will post software installation procedures on our web site cmautomation com as they become available Troubleshooting If Motor Mix does not resp...

Page 11: ...will extinguish If the transport is playing pressing Stop PLAY FFWD or REW will also punch out the faders If a fader is being moved by the computer press a burn button to punch the fader in and it wi...

Page 12: ...The LCD has only 5 characters per channel so use 5 characters or less when you create your channel names 2 With the BANK switch on you see channels 1 8 Press the right arrow and you advance immediatel...

Page 13: ...te is engaged the red LED is lit Left and Right Function Switches These are the switches to the left and right of the faders on Motor Mix All 16 of these switches have a green LED The SHIFT switch at...

Page 14: ...ustom console tailored to the way you work Some DAW software supports multiple Motor Mixes Each Motor Mix uses one MIDI IN OUT port You can combine them in two basic ways 1 In line configuaration 2 Sp...

Page 15: ...face also needs to be light and mobile so it can be easily moved about the workspace 5 The worksurface must NOT limit the number of available channels even thought it only has eight faders The process...

Page 16: ...els Motor Mix can be set to view individual channels banks of 8 channels or groups of up to 8 channels All by 2 simple key strokes 8 MUTE Switches with red LED status indicator 8 SOLO Switches with gr...

Page 17: ...CM Automation Motor Mix Operations Manual v 2 0 2 00 Page 14 Worksurface Layout...

Page 18: ...Page 15 CM Automation Motor Mix Operations Manual v 2 0 2 00 Back Panel Layout...

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