Chapter 2  Menus and Control Panel
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Names and Functions of Parts of the Control Panel
Move the fader lever to the position of 
a particular pattern size, and stop it 
there, then press this button to set the 
pattern limit range.
When the VTR/disk recorder/frame 
memory operation mode is enabled in 
setup, pressing this button stops the 
tape.
g KF (keyframe) button
When the VTR/disk recorder/frame 
memory operation mode is enabled in 
setup, pressing this button cues the tape 
automatically to the start point. When not, 
pressing this button to turn it on allows you 
to use the fader lever as a keyframe fader.
h Key status display
For each of keys 1 to 4, the corresponding 
ON indicator lights when the key is 
inserted. It also shows the priority (1 to 4) 
of each key.
i PRIOR (priority) SET button
While this button is held down, you can set 
the key priority.
The setting mode when this button is 
pressed depends on whether or not the 
[KEY PRIOR] button is lit, as follows.
• When the [KEY PRIOR] button is off, the 
current key priority is set.
• When the [KEY PRIOR] button is lit, the 
key priority after the next transition is set.
Press the [KEY PRIOR] button as required, 
to switch between these two modes.
In either mode, hold down the [PRIOR 
SET] button, and press the button ([KEY1] 
to [KEY4]) corresponding to the key you 
want to bring to the front.
The following controls are used as the 
independent key transition control block.
j Key delegation buttons
These buttons delegate this independent 
key transition control block to a desired 
keyer. Press one of the [KEY1] to [KEY4] 
buttons ([DSK1] to [DSK4] in the PGM/
PST bank), turning it on.
You can press more than one button to 
select two or more keyers.
While these buttons are held down, you can 
select a key source with the cross-point 
buttons for the key bus.
Pressing one of these buttons twice in rapid 
succession changes its state so that you can 
make cross-point selections on the 
corresponding key bus.
a) The key bus selection button [KEY3] in the cross-
point control block goes off.
b) The key bus selection button [KEY4] in the cross-
point control block goes off.
c) The key bus selection button [KEY3] in the cross-
point control block lights.
d) The key bus selection button [KEY4] in the cross-
point control block lights.
k Independent key transition type 
selection buttons
Press one of the following buttons, turning 
it on, to select the independent key 
transition type.
MIX: Faded in or out.
WIPE: Inserted or deleted with a wipe.
DME (DME wipe): Inserted or deleted 
with a DME wipe.
l Independent key transition 
execution section
KEY1 ON to KEY4 ON (DSK1 ON to 
DSK4 ON in the PGM/PST bank) 
buttons: Press the corresponding one 
of these buttons to cut key 1 to key 4 in 
or out instantaneously. When the key 
Key delegation button 
(double press)
Corresponding 
key bus
[KEY1]
key 1
 a)
[KEY2]
key 2
 b)
[KEY3]
key 3
 c)
[KEY4]
key 4
 d)