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9. FILE MANAGEMENT................................................................................................ 37
9.1 Saving/loading files to/from a computer.......................................................................................................... 37
9.1.1 Communications setup .................................................................................................................... 37
9.1.2 File management .............................................................................................................................. 37
9.2 Using a PC card .............................................................................................................................................. 38
9.2.1 Formatting a PC card ........................................................................................................................ 38
9.2.2 Saving files to a PC card ................................................................................................................... 38
9.2.3 Loading files from a PC card ............................................................................................................ 38
9.2.4 Loading snapshot and library files ................................................................................................... 38
9.2.5 Loading ALL files............................................................................................................................... 38
9.2.6 Deleting snapshot or library presets ................................................................................................ 38
10. SNAPSHOT AUTOMATION.................................................................................... 38
10.1 Memory contents of a snapshot preset......................................................................................................... 39
10.2 Snapshot automation control elements ....................................................................................................... 39
10.3 Loading snapshots ....................................................................................................................................... 39
10.4 Snapshot Safe function ................................................................................................................................. 39
10.5 Saving snapshots.......................................................................................................................................... 39
11. DYNAMIC AUTOMATION ....................................................................................... 39
11.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................... 39
11.2 Overview ......................................................................................................................................................... 40
11.2.1 Absolute mode ................................................................................................................................ 40
11.2.2 Relative mode.................................................................................................................................. 40
11.2.3 Various operating modes ................................................................................................................ 40
11.2.4 Snapshots and dynamic automation .............................................................................................. 41
11.2.5 Global automation switches ........................................................................................................... 41
11.2.6 AUTO/REC switches in the channel strips ..................................................................................... 41
11.3 DYNAMIC AUTOMATION menu ...................................................................................................................... 41
11.3.1 AUTOM. page ................................................................................................................................... 41
11.3.2 SETUP page .................................................................................................................................... 42
11.3.3 RECORD page ................................................................................................................................ 42
11.4 Dynamic automation in practice .................................................................................................................... 42
11.4.1 Starting a project.............................................................................................................................. 42
11.4.2 Perfecting a mix ............................................................................................................................... 43
11.4.3 Disabling RECORD—FADEBACK, OFFSET and WR TO END ...................................................... 43
12. SETUP .................................................................................................................... 44
12.1 FS CLOCK page ............................................................................................................................................ 44
12.2 Test oscillator................................................................................................................................................. 44
12.3 PREFS page .................................................................................................................................................. 44
12.3.1 CONFIRMATION ON OVERWRITE.................................................................................................. 44
12.3.2 CHANNEL MUTE AFTER FADER .................................................................................................... 44
12.3.3 AUTOMATION AUTO SAVE .............................................................................................................. 45
12.3.4 MAIN CONTROL AS AUX/FX MASTER ............................................................................................ 45
12.3.5 DISPLAY FOLLOWS CHANNEL CONTROL ................................................................................... 45
12.3.6 DISPLAY FOLLOWS AUTOMATION SWITCHES ............................................................................. 45
12.3.7 ONLY ODD-EVEN PAIRING ............................................................................................................. 45
12.3.8 GROUPS FADERPAGE BOUND ..................................................................................................... 45
12.3.9 AUTO CHANNEL SELECT .............................................................................................................. 45
13. MIDI CONTROL ......................................................................................................45
13.1 SETUP page in the MIDI menu...................................................................................................................... 45
13.1.1 Timecode ........................................................................................................................................ 45
13.2 MACHINE CONTROL page in MIDI menu ..................................................................................................... 45
13.2.1 MIDI machine control ...................................................................................................................... 45
13.3 RX/TX page in MIDI menu.............................................................................................................................. 46
14. EXPANSIONS .........................................................................................................46
14.1 AES/EBU ........................................................................................................................................................ 47
14.2 ADAT
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14.3 TDIF-1 ............................................................................................................................................................ 47