SoundCraft DC 2020, User Manual

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Automated Fader and Switch Modes
Each Automated Fader and the Switches can be in one of four modes, which are as
follows:
Manual. The Fader or Switch operates normally as if it were not automated.
Read. Changes to the Fader or Switches which have previously been recorded
against the Timecode are played back, i.e. the changes are read from the Automation.
Armed. This mode is the same as Read mode until you make a change, at which
point the change is written into the Mix Data.
Write. The Fader position and Switch states are written into the Mix Data, writing
over all previous Mix data.
The mode of a Fader or Switch is changed by pressing the appropriate mode switch,
labelled SW for Switches and FDR for the Fader. Pressing the Mode switch causes
the mode to be cycled through in the order shown in the following list.
The WR (Write) and RD (Read) LEDs indicate which mode the Fader and Switches
are currently in. There are separate LEDs on each channel for Fader and Switches.
The modes are indicated as follows:
RD WR
Manual: OFF OFF
Read: ON OFF
Armed: ON ON
Write: OFF ON
When timecode is running and mixing is selected, it is not possible to change mode
to Manual.
The Faders are touch-sensitive, the Automation is able to detect when you are
attempting to move them and it will turn off the drive to the motors to allow you to
do this.
The following faders are Automated:
•
Input Monitor Faders
•
Master Output Fader.
All automated switches have independent modes, however the selected switches on
a particular input strip all have the same mode, i.e. the mode which the LEDs are
displaying. Switches are selected by holding down the SEL switch on a particular
input strip, and then pressing the required switch. A selected switch is indicated by
the adjacent amber LED. Once selected its mode may be changed by pressing the
SW switch. Non-selected switches will be in the default mode which is stored via
the Mode Setup page; if this default mode is Armed then changes may be added into
the mix even though the switch is not selected. If the default mode is Read the
non-selected switches, if pressed, will change to Manual for the rest of the Mix pass.
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