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Track Enabling Using the CL-9
From the CL-9 the user can quickly enable any Track for recording. See CL-9 Linear Fader Controller
section for more details.
Track Status Indication
Track status is indicated by the blue Track LEDs located on the 788T front panel and by the asterisks
in the Track Setup Window. The LED and asterisks are solid when a track is ready to record (Armed).
The LED and asterisks fl ash to indicate that the track is record enabled but no active input is routed
to it and therefore will not record. The Track LED remains off and the asterisks disappears when the
Track is disabled.
The fl ashing behavior of the Track LED’s can be disabled by setting the menu option
METER: TRACK ARM LEDS
to Show Arm Status Only.
Track LED/
Asterisk
Status
Track Status Description
Off Track is disabled and will not be recorded. Track has been disabled in the Track Setup Window or by
pressing the CL-9 Track Button. This is useful when using a
track as an output or monitoring bus.
Flashing Track is enabled but will not be recorded. Track has been enabled in the Track Setup Window or by
pressing the CL-9 Track Button but the track is not armed for
any one of the following reasons:
• No inputs are routed to the track
• Inputs routed to the track are not turned on
• Track is not routed to a media in the Track-to-Media menu.
Solid Track is Armed, enabled and will be
recorded. Track has been enabled in the Track Setup Window or by
pressing the CL-9 Track Button and there is one or more ac-
tive inputs routed to it.
Track-to-Media Routing
From the Track-to-Media View, tracks are individually assigned to CompactFlash, Internal Drive, or
External media. This is extremely useful for those recording to a deliverable media, but only select
tracks need to be delivered. For Example, the specifi c application may require ten-track recordings,
two-track stereo mix and eight isolated tracks. Instead of recording ten tracks to all three media, the
user can select which tracks are written to each media. The user may opt to record all ten tracks to
internal drive, eight isolated tracks to CompactFlash, and the two-track stereo mix to DVD-RAM.
The media status on the Main Display toggles between Remaining Time and Track Count when the
given media is set to receive less than the full amount of armed tracks.
By default, all tracks are assigned to all available media. Tracks will only be written to a given media
if the media is selected in the Setup Menu option
REC: MEDIA SELECT
, regardless of it’s Track-to-
Media routing status. See Media Select.
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