Abekas Dveous/MX-Control Panel
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A number
– this value is waiting to be entered into a parameter by pressing
A,B,C or D.
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The word
Clear
– y
ou pressed Clear in the keypad to erase, or clear, the
value you had entered into the buffer. Or Clear has been used to reset default
values for one or more parameters.
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The word
Align
plus a value
– you pressed Align to set a parameter value.
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The +/- symbol
– displays when inverting a value.
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The message
Set Path
and a list of the motion path types
– you pressed
Path. The motion path types that you can apply to keyframeable effects
appear: JP (jump), LN (linear), SL (smooth linear), T1 (TCB1), T2 (TCB2)
and SM (smooth).
The Workspace Display
The workspace display gives you information about the currently selected
menu effect. Although the appearance of the display can vary from menu to
menu, most are similar to the one in Border/Crop.
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Current Time
– Gives the current position on the effect's timeline, noted in
seconds:frames. Dveous/MX also transmits this timecode value to an edit
controller if Offset (in the
Remote Setup
menu) is set to 0:00
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Current Effect
– Shows the number of the effect that has been copied off the
register and placed into the Workspace for viewing. When you power up or
reboot Dveous/MX, the default effect, Workspace, will show as the current
effect until you recall or save an effect.
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Effect KFs
–
Shows the number of remaining keyframes in use by the current
effect. There is a maximum of 300 keyframes available per effect.
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KF#
– Indicates the keyframe (KF) number in the effect timeline. Up to
seven keyframes can be displayed at a time. Parameter values for each key-
frame are listed in the columns to the right of the KF#. Column headings
echo the Function Parameters in the current menu.
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Editing Commands
– When you press one or more of the TimeFrame Effects
Editor Buttons, you are giving Dveous/MX an editing command.
Dveous/MX prints those commands as a string of text at the bottom of the
Workspace display. If Dveous/MX recognizes the command string, it
confirms by displaying
OK
at the end of the string after you press
ENTER
. If
it does not, an error message appears after the unrecognized sequence.
The Master Channel
The available channels are determined by the Dveous/MX configuration and
mode (SD or HD). In SD mode you will have four (1A, 1B, 2A and 2B) chan-
