Expression 3 - ETC

Sorting/recording events
Events are recorded when sorting is done. Sorting is done when you leave
the Time Code Events display or you end the time code Learn Mode. You
can also force sorting without leaving the Time Code Events display.
A reason for sorting before leaving the Time Code Events display arises
when you are playing the program you are currently editing. If the program
has not yet come to the place where you made the edits, those edits will
be effective on that pass. If, however, the program has already passed the
place where you made the edits, those edits will not be effective until the
next pass of the program. In some cases, you may want to reset the event
list pointer, which is explained below.
To sort, note if your softkeys show Sort at softkey [S8]. If not, press [S7],
More Softkeys, one or two times until that softkey appears. Then press
[S8], Sort.
Editing time code programs
Edit time code programs in the Time Code Events display. While editing a
time code program, you can run it simultaneously because the editing
procedure is buffered in memory. Your edits, however, may not be
effective immediately upon leaving the Time Code Events display
because the program is controlled by the events list pointer. If that pointer
has already passed an event you edited, the edits don’t take effect until
the event list pointer is reset to the beginning of the program.
Re-setting the event list pointer
The event list pointer jumps through time code events regardless of what
the time code signal is doing. For example, if the program’s next event is
100 frames away, the event list pointer resets immediately to that frame
while a steady time code signal moves to it uniformly, frame by frame.
You can interrupt the program by interrupting the time code signal that
drives it. If you are using the console's internal clock, you only need to
disable that. Likewise, if you are driving the program with an external time
code clock, you need only disable the external clock. If using both clocks,
you need to interrupt both the internal and the external time code signals
to interrupt the program.
Please note that when you disable an external clock while relying on the
internal clock for backup, the resynchronization of the clocks cannot occur
in less than five seconds after the external signal is restored. Any events
scheduled during that resynchronization period will be missed on that
pass but will be picked up on the next pass of the program.
If you have been editing the program, the events list pointer may need to
be reset. Without leaving the Time Code Event Display and without
disabling the clock, you can force the event pointer to reset with the Learn
Mode softkey. This works because when you leave Learn Mode by
pressing softkey [S6] a second time, you force a resorting of time code
events in the program and a reset of the event pointer. There is no need
to actually use Learn Mode—just press the Learn Mode softkey twice in
succession to do the job.
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