Trim Faders - Akai DPS24 Operator's Manual

AUTOMATION
When using the DPS24's automation, it is important to understand the importance of Scene 00, the Initial Scene.
Scene 00 holds the initial state of the mixer for the project and is recalled whenever a project is loaded or an
automation pass is started. This means that when the dynamic automation is ON, scene 00 will be automatically
recalled whenever PLAY is pressed to ensure that all the controls, including those which are not dynamically
automated, are set to the correct value in relation to the current playback time. It is therefore important to ensure
that you store the required mixer state to scene 00 before starting to use the dynamic automation and update it
whenever you want to change the initial state of a control during automation playback.
As an example, Scene 00 in your project has all channels' EQ set 'flat' (i.e. no EQ applied). Some way through
the project, however, you adjust one channel's EQ. When you press PLAY, that channel's EQ will be reset to the
settings stored in Scene 00. Another example is that you set a pair of channels to be linked as a stereo pair at
some point and set each channel's pan position to hard left and right respectively - when you press PLAY, if that
link and the pan positions have not been saved into Scene 00, they will be reset.
In other words, if you make a change that you like to any parameters that are not dynamically automated, ensure
that you store the changes in Scene 00 so that they are recalled with the dynamic automation.

TRIM FADERS

Another way to edit automation data is to use TRIM FADERS. This allows you to add or subtract values to previ-
ously recorded automation data. For example, you may have recorded a perfect set of fader movements only to find
the whole thing needs to be 3dB higher. Rather than re-record the whole thing again, you can use TRIM to add 3dB
to that channel.
Pressing TRIM snaps all the faders to midway position, switches the fader motors off and shows the following
screen:
Initially, the AUTOMATION TRIM window is blank - you can adjust the fader positions at this point. Simply
move a fader (or faders) and they will be shown in the AUTOMATION TRIM window:
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IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT SCENE 00 : INITIAL SCENE