What Is The Automix Function - Yamaha O2R Owner's Manual

138 Automix
02R User's Guide

What is the Automix Function?

One of the most demanding jobs of the recording engineer is taking all
the raw material produced during a multitrack recording session and
mixing it all together into an artistically satisfying master recording. The
ability to setup portions of the mix and then have them playback
automatically as you work on other portions is probably the most
important feature of any digital recording studio.
The 02R has an on-board automix system that memorizes fader positions,
switches individual channels on or off, adjusts the equalization or pan
positions, and changes the auxiliary sends—all based on timecode. It can
record and execute scene memory changes, also determined by timecode.
This allows you to perform an entire mixing session, and then edit
individual channel settings until you have achieved a perfect mix.
What is Stored in an AUTOMIX Memory?
An AUTOMIX memory starts with a scene memory and a start time. As
each parameter is adjusted, the adjustment and the associated time is
recorded in memory. The following parameters can be recorded in an
automix. Some parameters can only be recorded when the corresponding
overwrite check box is checked on the AUTOMIX 1/7 page. Other
parameters can be recorded at any time.
• FADER—Input and output level events (faders/rotary encoders)
(FADER overwrite check box)
• CH ON—Channel on/off (mute) events (CH ON overwrite check box)
• PAN—pan events (PAN overwrite check box)
• EQ—EQ events (EQ overwrite check box)
• SCENE—Scene memory recall events
• AUX 1–8—Channel aux send events (faders/rotary encoders) (FADER
overwrite check box)