JLCooper Electronics MixMate, Owner'S Manual

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your "UPDATE reference". When the fader is above the reference, you
are adding gain to the previously recorded moves. When the fader is be-
low the reference, you are subtracting gain from the previously recorded
moves. In UPDATE MODE, the NULL LEDs are lit when the physical fader
is in agreement with the UPDATE reference.
When the update has been completed, be sure to return the fader to the
UPDATE reference point (NULL LED on). This will assure that there is no
jump in level after the update. Then exit UPDATE MODE (Either by stop-
ping the tape or disabling the fader or tapping the MODE key).
Keep in mind that you cannot exceed unity gain. That is, if a track is al-
ready full on you cannot go back and update it any higher. Updates are
generally used sparingly and are less "busy" than moves made in WRITE
MODE. Please note: Even if you now go into MUTE MODE, selected
channels will still be in UPDATE MODE. They will stay in UPDATE MODE
until you exit MUTE MODE and toggle the faders into READ MODE.(EN-
ABLE LEDs off).
Mute editing requires a bit of planning. Once a region has been muted,
there are really only five ways you might want to alter the mute:
(1) Completely remove it. (2) Make it last longer. (3) Make it terminate
earlier. (4) Make it start later. (5) Make it start earlier.
All mute edits will be done in MUTE MODE (MUTE LED on).
(1) To completely remove a mute, first cue up the song to a point several
seconds before the mute happens. Put the
MixMate in UPDATE MODE
and start the tape. Then, do the following in this order: Tap the desired
mute button. You will not see a change of the LED, but you have informed
MixMate that you want to erase any mute events encountered from then
until tape is stopped. Let the song run until you are past the previously
muted region and stop the tape. Then roll back and audit the results.
(2) To make a mute last longer, first cue up the song to a place just past
the beginning of the mute event. Start the song in UPDATE MODE and
press the mute button. Again, notice that there is no change of the the
LED. Go into WRITE MODE. Leave the channel muted until you arrive at
the new desired "mute off" point, then unmute the channel by pressing the
mute button. Roll back to the top and audit the results.
(3) Making a mute terminate earlier is perhaps the simplest edit. With the
song playing back put
MixMate into WRITE MODE. You will see the ENA-
BLE LED turn on, (signifying that the channel is muted), simply turn it off
when desired. The new "mute off" point will be remembered. Let the song
continue to run until it is past the previous "mute off" point for that track,
then stop the tape.
(4) To make a mute start later,first cue up the song to a point several sec-
onds before the mute happens. Put
MixMate into UPDATE MODE and
start the tape. Then, do the following in this order: Press the mute button.
editing in
write mode
editing in
update mode