SoundCraft DC 2020, User Manual

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Cue Points
The Cue Points for a Mix are stored under the Title name: therefore if you change,
add or delete Cue Points the old set of cues cannot be recalled even if you load an
earlier mix pass which was done with the old Cue Point values. The following
diagram shows this concept. Note that you do not need to use Cue Points to do a
mix, they will, however, make the mix easier to do.
In the diagram above, the Title is shown as the piece of tape with which it is
associated: the tape has 3 verses, each followed by the chorus. At the time that the
first mix was done only 3 cues were used. The movement of one fader is shown
against the mix. Suppose that the tape was stopped at the end of the first chorus: the
dotted line running to the end of the title shows that the fader would stay in this
position if the tape was later run for the whole of the title. Similarly, the dotted line
to the left of the fader’s movement indicates that the fader would go to this position
if the tape were subsequently played from a position before the start of verse 1.
Now suppose that you wanted to start again with a new mix (mix 2). This time you
run the whole tape and put in more Cue Points and edit one of the old ones. You
also have different fader movements on the channel in question.
Finally, you decide that mix 1 shows more promise and you want to edit it. You can
see from the final part of the diagram above that the old fader movements are
reloaded but that the original Cue Points are not.
How To Insert Cue Points
Whilst the tape is running you may insert Cue Points at musically significant
moments: this is done by pressing the TRANSFER button on the Control Panel.
The mix automation does not need to be on to do this. It may be convenient therefore
to run the tape through with the console in manual mode and put the required cues
in. You may edit the cues later if they are, say, a few frames out.
The Automation will accept up to 50 Cue Points per Title. Before any mixing has
been done for a Title there are 50 unused Cue Points listed. Every time you press
the TRANSFER button a numbered cue is inserted into the list in timecode order.
You may edit the cue name for convenience.
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