V6 User Manual 1.00.book - Studio General

Freeze ModeThe Internal Machine also has a Freeze button. When active, as shown here, all External Machines remainwhere they are and the point in time at which Freeze was activated is kept in memory. Pyramix can be freely usedand moved while Freeze is active. When the Freeze button is cancelled, the Pyramix Playhead Cursor jumps tothe point where Freeze was activated and full control is restored.This function has many uses. For example, it can be used to position an out of sync effect, say a car-door slam. Fordetailed instructions please see: Using Freeze Mode on page 349Active MachineEach Machine’s Panel has a Ctrl button which sets it as the Active Machine. The Active Machine receives thefull input of the Active Machine mapped keyboard shortcuts, the Transport Control Bar and input from all availableRemote Controllers.The Machine combo-box in the Transport Control Bar shows the active machine and can be used to switchbetween the installed and enabled machines. Alternatively you can toggle through the currently enabledmachines. Machines > Active Machine > Toggle machinesAuto-chaseIf all enabled machines are set to Auto-Chase, when Ctrl is switched between machines the Active Machine isautomatically taken out of Chase mode and the previously Active Machine automatically enters Chase mode. Toactivate Auto-Chase for all external machines, enable the menu setting:Machines > External Machine > Auto-ChaseAnd, to activate Auto-Chase for the internal machine, enable the menu setting:Machines > Internal machine > Auto-ChaseTimeCode RegistersEach TimeCode reference source has two registers:In register shows show the current TimeCode incoming on the LTC, VITC physical inputs.Out register shows the current TimeCode outgoing on the LTC or VITC physical outputsIn the case of VT, Virtual Transport, the Input Timecode is the VT TimeCode and the Output is the TimeCodereported by Pyramix on the corresponding Pyramix VT client.Controllers SectionControllers Online/OfflineWhen the Controllers buttonPress the button again to toggle tois lit red all connected Controllers are set OfflineOnline.Offline ensures no External Commands can be sent to Pyramix while a maintenance or housekeeping operationis in progress.When performing a Mix-down, Generating a CD image, or during any Surround encoding operation, Pyramixautomatically sets all controllers offline to ensure the operation is not inadvertently interrupted and to preventexaggerated motor fader movements during non real-time processes.Machine Control : Transport Control Panel 21 - 387