User manual TASCAM SX-1 RELEASE NOTES

[. . . ] SX-1 Digital Production Environment SX-1 Version 1. 50 Software Release Notes 9101450000 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Installing Version 1. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Changes made to the MIXER in version 1. 50. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1. The Cue Layer now has separate Mutes and Solos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 The Cue enable button now adds momentary functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 The mixer now supports stereo aux send grouping and panning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 The default signal order has been changed to Dyn-EQ, to better reflect real world use . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Side-chain flexibility has been enhanced for the channel dynamics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Improvements and changes were made in library entries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Fader touch-sensitivity can now be used to select the desired channel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Selecting SOLO from the LCD or VGA screen will now put the surface into Solo mode . . . . . . . 10 Group Master solo behavior change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 The Mute-state is now shown when the master Solo key is first pressed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 New Mute key functionality: momentary mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Solo safe operation is now available from the LCD screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 New progress bar display of the SX-1 s busy state. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 New MIDI operation at creation of New Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 A number of new mixer channel shortcuts were added. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Channel delay can now be set in both samples and milliseconds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Routing is now possible in groups of up to 16 channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 New Footswitch functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 New Talkback mic options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 New Slate routing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 New options for the stereo meter on the front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 New summing busses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Test tone plug in improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 New Auto-Pan effect plug-in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Automatic clock loop detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Routing screens no longer mult by default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Mute LED on MIDI channel strips has added functionality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Projects can now be overwritten with the same name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Loading V1. 0 and V1. 10 projects in V1. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Software reboot was added . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 HFS drive limit issue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Some newer software applications can create CD-ROMS that the SX-1 cannot read . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 The Time constants for the master dynamics section have changed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 The Panic button has added features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 1 35. 37. In-place Solo Operation changed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Track screen now reverts to top position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Virtual Channel EQ pods now disable themselves when not applicable to the current EQ curve type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 38. Routing Libraries in surround mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Changes made to the transport in version 1. 50. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 1. [. . . ] The displayed track in the waveform tab follows a selection made in the top of the screen If the waveform tab is open, a selection made in the top half of the screen will cause the view in the tab below to change accordingly. For instance, if track seven were selected in the waveform tab, dragging a selection with the Region tool in track five would cause the waveform tab to change the display to track five. Sample accurate waveform editing -- de-clicking With version 1. 5, the SX-1 is able to use the pencil tool on audio waveforms. This is a very effective way to get rid of clicks and pops caused by clock irregularities, wet-mouthed vocalists and the cat bumping the mic stand. Here s how it works: Select the pencil tool Select the Waveform tab view on the bottom half of the Track screen. Using whichever method you desire, horizontally zoom in as far as the view will go, as this is required for pencil-tool editing on audio waveforms (however, note that pencil edits can be performed at any vertical zoom level). Find a transient in the audio track you ve selected that s relatively loud --or at least one that has a shape that is not flat -- example uses a click from digital clock glitch. our 37 Using the pencil tool, draw a new shape. This technique is almost exclusively used for repair of audio anomalies --the idea is to correct a problem by drawing a smoother, less jagged waveform than the original. In our example, the click is drawn nearly flat to get rid of the sound almost entirely. And so the click has been removed. NOTE: This repair technique depends on the very nature of waveform drawing. The taller the waveform, the louder the sound it represents, thus the shorter the waveform (the nearer to the middle line --which is zero) the quieter the sound. With the click example, the idea is to draw the new shape nearly flat and on the middle line, so that it has almost no amplitude or loudness at all. If the click exists in the middle of a smooth curve, try redrawing the curve so that the click is smoothed out. ADDITIONAL NOTES: The pencil tool cannot be used when the SX-1 is externally synchronized. This is due to the fact that mouse edit operations can cause the transport to locate in some situations. Instead of getting the machine into a mode where a possible problem could ensue (due to locate commands from the external mas ter and th e p en cil to ol fi gh ti ng each o ther) , thi s o per at ion w as dis al lo wed . It is not possible to perform pencil edits at the extreme edges of a file, during the fade in/fade out area. This means that the pencil tool can only modify existing data --it cannot create data where none previously existed. New Level edit operation for simple gain changes The original Gain/Fade edit op has a beginning value and an end value --designed for quickly creating linear fade ins and fade outs. The side effect of having separate beginning and ending values was that it took a moment or two to get both values the same, if all you wanted to do was raise or lower the level for the entire event. Hence, a new edit op named Level was added to give you a simple way to change the volume in events. It has one parameter -- Gain -- which it will apply to the region selected with the mouse. 38 To see this in action, navigate to the Waveform tab on the Track screen, and select a track with audio from the pulldown menu at the left. Using the Region tool, click and drag a selection of audio with the mouse. Select the Level Edit Op from the Edit Operation pulldown menu. [. . . ] (1) Normal, all slot controls are visible. (2) Expanded (left to first position), the Source and Destination fields disappear. (3) Double Height (left to second position), the Source and Destination fields re-appear underneath the controls for that slot, making each slot double height. Main Display Mode and Fader layer, Cue layer interaction The Cue layer function behaves differently than the other fader layer functionality with respect to the Main Display Mode setting. [. . . ]