The
DSP7000
Family Operating Manual - Index
Manual Release 1.1
The DSP7000 Family Operating Manual
Page 59
2000 Eventide Inc.
Comparing a Currently Loaded Program With The Original (Saved) Version
Are you a pathological tweaker? Yeah, I know the story, first you started tweaking only at large social gather-
ings - when the whole band was in the control room tweaking away. But then it became a little more serious:
you started tweaking in the evenings after the band had gone home. Now you even tweak in the mornings!
When confronted you say, “I just need to adjust the threshold
one more time.
Then I’ll stop. I swear!” You’re
only kidding yourself...
To keep you honest, the DSP7000 comes with a “compare” feature. It allows you to compare your tweaks
with the original, saved program. You can then determine if your tweaks are helping or, God forbid, hurting
the situation.
Press the
PROGRAM
key a few times until you see the
<compare>
SOFT KEY
. Then press it. Notice that the cursor does
not need to be highlighting the program you wish to compare
(i.e., the program that is loaded -
Angelic Echos
).
Once you’ve pressed the
<compare>
SOFT KEY
, the DSP7000
will be running the original, saved version of the program. Notice
that the upper left-hand side of the display reads “
ORIGINAL-
PROGRAM
.”
To return to your tweaked version, simply press
<compare>
again. You may have noticed that the first time
you compare, the DSP7000 displays the message: “
Any changes to original will be lost if not
<save>d
." This is a warning. You can, if the spirit moves you, make changes to parameters in the
ORIGINAL-PROGRAM
. However, when you press
<compare>
again to return to the tweaked version, those
changes will be lost. If you want to avoid losing those changes, you must
<save>
the
ORIGINAL-PROGRAM
before pressing
<compare>
again. But the Eventide Department of Sociology suggests a better solution:
“Scientific studies reveal that the primary reason DSP7000 users feel compelled to change parameters on the
ORIGINAL-PROGRAM
is because their 'tweaked' version was heading down the wrong path. If you compare
your tweaked version to the original and find that the original is better, simply reload the program before you
resume your tweaking. That way, the
<compare>
function will still be open to you!”
-EDS
