Joining Mixes
This feature allows you to join any mix from any Project to the current mix. Selected
automated objects may be chosen from either mix. Stab on Join to Mix from the
MIX-DESK/Automation menu, and this (not surprisingly) will produce the Join to
Mix pop-up (see opposite).
First select the ‘Project’ mix. The box to the right of Disk Project will show the name
of the current project. If the mix is not in this project, stab on the box to reveal a list of
other Project Files. Select the project you want by stabbing on it.
The Automation version box to the right will display the last version number of
automation data saved to the selected project. The mix name and creation date, and
the mix start and end times, are shown on subsequent lines. To change to a different
mix, stab on the version number box and enter the required number on the numerical
pop-up.
Below the And bar you will see start and end times of the current mix.
In the lower half of the pop-up you will see what is effectively a sentence, punctuated
with variables (the yellow boxes), describing the components of the join. The Disk
Project and Current Mix boxes determine which mix you will join from and which
mix you will join to. Stab on either box to toggle between joining selected objects from
the Disk Project mix to the Current Mix or joining selected objects from the Current
mix to the Disk Project mix. If all objects on all channels, all groups and the Master
Fader are to be joined, then this selection becomes immaterial.
The variables can be modified as follows:
“Join all automatable items” – Stab on all to produce a pop-up from which selected
objects can be chosen. Objects highlighted in red will be included in the join; objects in
grey will be excluded. If you select none of the objects, the box will read no.
“on all Channels” – Stab on all and select the required channels from the Channel
Selector.
“, all Groups” – Stab on all and select the required groups from the Group Selector.
“and also the Master Fader” – Stab on the box to toggle between also and not.
Now determine which type of join you require. You have a choice of Butt, Insert or
Timeshift. The selection is toggled by stabbing in the box to the lower left of the
pop-up. Appropriate timecode boxes appear in the lower right of the pop-up,
according to your choice. A Butt join requires a single timecode entry of the join point.
Insert requires the entry of insert from and to times. A Timeshift join is used where
you wish to take a section of automation data from one mix and insert it at a different
start point in the other mix. For example, you might want to take the saved mix data
for the third chorus of a song and insert it in your current mix at the first chorus. Enter
the start and end times of the section to be inserted in the from and to boxes; enter the
insert start point in the at time box (see screen on Page 5-90).
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