Mixer
amount of time until gain reduction is fully-functional, and
Soft
applies a soft knee
for extreme ratio settings.
On
turns the effect on and off and
Gain
is a post-
compressor makeup stage.
• The
Equalizer
section houses a four-band full-parametric EQ section. The
On
button
at the top-right corner of this panel switches the EQ on, and the
On
button above
each band switches that band on. (Note that you need to press two On buttons to hear
EQ, the master ON button and one band’s ON button.) The
Type
pulldown menu
gives you a choice of Low Shelf, High Shelf, Peaking, Low Pass and High Pass for
each band. You can use the
Gain
,
Frequency
and
Q
knobs to change EQ, or grab the
dots in the graphic display.
Mixer Tabs
There are five tabs at the bottom of the VGA display:
•
Tracks
is the track/waveform view (or press F1)
•
Ch. 1-24
jumps to the first 24 channels of the mixer (or press F2)
•
Ch. 25-48
jumps to the second 24 channels of the mixer (or press F3)
•
Groups
jumps to the subgroups and aux returns (or press F4)
•
Masters
jumps to the Master output (or press F5)
All of the mixer channels, groups and masters are located in one large window, so you can
see channels 12-35 if necessary.
Automation
To display automation, click the button pictured above or press Alt-A. You can automate the
level of a track using this automation, and also play back automation from imported
projects. The edit tools change in this mode:
• Use
the
Cursor tool
(click the "+" button or press F8) to write automation. Click and
drag on a track to write new automation points.
•
If you mouse over one of the automation points with the Cursor tool, your cursor
turns into the
Finger
tool. Click and drag any automation point to change its level or
time position.
•
In automation mode, the Smart tool becomes an
Eraser
so that you can delete
automation entries.
• Use
the
I-beam
tool to select automation. You can cut, copy, paste or delete
automation from the keyboard or Edit menu.
External Control
The X-48 supports the TASCAM US-2400 as a mixing control surface. Connect the US-
2400 to the USB input and set its control mode to
Native
by holding
Select
and
Channel
during power up. The US-2400 controls the X-48’s transport, fader levels, pan, aux sends,
bank select channels, and more.
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