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SX-1
Digital Production Environment
SX-1 Version 1.50
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  • Page 1 SX-1 Digital Production Environment SX-1 Version 1.50 Software Release Notes 9101450000...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Loading V1.0 and V1.10 projects in V1.5 ...18 Software reboot was added ...18 HFS drive limit issue...18 Some newer software applications can create CD-ROMS that the SX-1 cannot read ...19 The Time constants for the master dynamics section have changed...19 The Panic button has added features ...19...
  • Page 3 Routing Libraries in surround mode ...20 Changes made to the transport in version 1.50. The SX-1 now has the ability to change the session start time for bars and beats...20 The jog wheel can now be used for sample-accurate scrubbing...21 New mode for nudging the transport ...21...
  • Page 4 The sorting of takes has changed on the LCD Track screen...46 Polypressure events can now be added from the Piano Roll...47 The SX-1 can now handle System Exclusive messages in a more elegant manner...48 Enhanced Program Change functionality ...50 Monitoring with transpose has been enhanced ...51 MIDI meters now show highest value ...51...
  • Page 5 Fourth concept: The Subnet Mask (shown as the Net Mask on the SX-1)...57 Fifth Concept: The Gateway (or Router, as it is sometimes referred)...57 Sixth Concept: Ethernet cable...58 Seventh Concept: FTP...58 SET IT UP ...59 TIPS, HINTS, and INFO..61...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    INTRODUCTION TASCAM is pleased to announce the release of software version 1.50 for the SX-1. A host of new features and enhancements have been added, so please take the time to read this entire manual before installing Version 1.5, to get the most out of your new software.

  • Page 7: The Cue Enable Button Now Adds Momentary Functionality

    you soloed for the Cue buss is not Soloed on the L/R Mix. It would be a good idea to experiment with this new functionality before tracking your next session, so that you are familiar with the way that it works.

  • Page 8: The Default Signal Order Has Been Changed To Dyn-Eq, To Better Reflect Real World Use

    Selecting MONO mode leaves the Aux send under individual control. Each Aux send is controlled individually, and as there is no stereo image, there is no need for a pan control. This was the extent of aux send functionality in version 1.0. STEREO mode links two adjacent aux sends together, in the same manner that tracks are stereo linked (1/2, 3/4, and 5/6).

  • Page 9: Side-Chain Flexibility Has Been Enhanced For The Channel Dynamics

    wah wah pedal sounds drastically different when it is placed before the distortion box as opposed to after it: placed before distortion, the wah sweep changes which frequencies are distorted more than others — having a profound affect on the basic sound. Placed after the distortion, the fundamental frequency content has already been created, and the wah is simply sweeping midrange frequencies without changing the saturation or basic content of the signal.

  • Page 10: Improvements And Changes Were Made In Library Entries

    — meaning that channel 7 can use any of channels 1-16 for it s sidechain input, but not 17-32. The reason for this lies in the fact that the SX-1 s DSP s arrange the mixer in banks of 16 on a chip, and the sidechain can only come from a channel on the same physical DSP.

  • Page 11: Fader Touch-Sensitivity Can Now Be Used To Select The Desired Channel

    Fader touch-sensitivity can now be used to select the desired channel Much like our DM-24 mixing console, the touch circuit can now be used to select a channel on the mixer. To this how this works, navigate to the LCD Preferences MIXER tab. You will notice that in the middle of the page, an option was added to enable or disable fader touch select.

  • Page 12: Solo Safe Operation Is Now Available From The Lcd Screen

    It was previously possible to get into situations where the SX-1 was busy but gave little indication of the fact, which some users thought was freezing. Now, you ll be able to tell when the SX-1 is doing anything that might prevent you from using it momentarily.

  • Page 13: Channel Delay Can Now Be Set In Both Samples And Milliseconds

    SHIFT + CANCEL plus turning an EQ encoder unbypasses and flattens the EQ section. Users have been asking for a surface shortcut to flatten the eq since version 1.0, and here it is. While holding both SHIFT and CANCEL, turn an EQ encoder. The eq is unbypassed, and all of the parameters of the eq are set to default —...

  • Page 14: Routing Is Now Possible In Groups Of Up To 16 Channels

    To change one channel s delay units using the LCD screen, press and hold the Delay Units soft button and move one of the soft knobs at the bottom of the LCD screen. You will notice that the units field in the channel corresponding to the knob you moved changed from sam to ms .

  • Page 15: New Footswitch Functionality

    RECORD, and depress once more to exit RECORD. PLAY/STOP - If the transport is stopped, pressing the pedal will cause the SX-1 to enter PLAY. If the transport is in any other state (FF or RW, for example), pressing the pedal will emulate pressing the STOP key in the transport.

  • Page 16: New Talkback Mic Options

    LCD screen. By selecting Toggle the Slate routing will toggle back and forth between the active selection and the selected choice in the pulldown menu. Our example shows the SX-1 toggling between the HDR inputs and Dig Out 2 (D2).

  • Page 17: New Summing Busses

    To see this in action, navigate to the LCD Preferences screen, METER page. At the bottom of the screen, an item was added that allows the operation of the panel meter to be modified. If Follow CR is selected in the Panel Meter field, the stereo meter on the slanted front panel will always display the level of the source chosen in the Control Room monitor section.

  • Page 18: New Auto-Pan Effect Plug-In

    In very rare cases it was possible to get into a clock loop, where the SX-1 would continue to try and re-clock to the port in question (even as that port was receiving bad clock).

  • Page 19: Projects Can Now Be Overwritten With The Same Name

    30. Software reboot was added For users who have installed the SX-1 in a desk or in a tight space, rebooting the machine could be a pain, as the power button is located on the back panel. As well, the SX-1 requires a reboot when switching between SCSI drives (SE model).

  • Page 20: Some Newer Software Applications Can Create Cd-Roms That The Sx-1 Cannot Read

    CD s you use in the SX-1. This means roughly Mac OS 9.1 and later (including all versions of OSX).

  • Page 21: Routing Libraries In Surround Mode

    The user may notice that the routing libraries are somewhat incompatible with the surround panning modes of the SX-1. All of the routing libraries were created with Stereo buss applications in mind, so if they are recalled when in surround mode, the hardware I/O assignments will be re-arranged for the stereo buss case.

  • Page 22: The Jog Wheel Can Now Be Used For Sample-Accurate Scrubbing

    NOTE: if the SX-1 is slaving to P2/9-pin this will not work, unless you first press HDR Solo in the Transport Solo section. As with regular jog, this function is disabled while the SX-1 is in RECORD.

  • Page 23: New Timecode Output Muting Options

    Mute After Stop — The SX-1 will stop sending timecode immediately after Stop is pressed. Mute Faster Than 1x — The SX-1 will not output timecode if the transport moves any faster than play speed. Timecode will still be sent if the transport is moving slower than play speed.

  • Page 24: Added Variable Ltc Flywheel

    23.976 and 24.975. PLEASE NOTE: As a reminder, remember that the SX-1 will always generate timecode based upon the original sample rate of the project. This means that a project started at 44.1 will still generate timecode based upon that sample rate —...

  • Page 25: Added More Visual Feedback Via The Lock Led

    (which is referred to as drift — as in boats and water current). If the amount of variance between the master and the SX-1 grows larger than the value set in the Re-lock Threshold, the SX-1 takes the action determined by the Chase Re-lock parameter.

  • Page 26: Even More Feedback Of The Transport State

    Even more feedback of the transport state In such an event as the SX-1 performs a re-chase, an entry will be made in the error log. Selecting the error log from either the VGA or LCD screen will display this information, as the log will not pop up.

  • Page 27: Changes Made To The Vga Editing Interface In Version 1.50

    If you made your selection on the top portion of the Track screen s waveform view, you will notice that the SX-1 automatically opened the Waveform tab at the bottom of the screen when you selected the Fade option. This was done to ensure that you are looking at the correct interface when you are...
  • Page 28 On the left side of the waveform tab, you ll notice a dialog has opened that offers the ability to change the shape of the Fade Out (Ramp Down Shape) and Fade In (Ramp Up Shape). There are five possible shapes on both the Fade In and Fade Out, but the default (Linear —...
  • Page 29 After selecting the Fade dialog and a linear fade in and fade out, the resulting fade looks like this: Thus the name crossfade . If you push PLAY now, you will hear a smooth transition from one file to the next. The effect is more pronounced the more different the two files are from each other, and the longer the fade actually lasts.

  • Page 30: Audio Clip Preview

    NOTE: Preview cannot be used when the transport is moving. If the SX-1 is in PLAY, the PREVIEW buttons will be greyed out, indicating that this feature is not currently available. Inversely, if the SX-1 is currently previewing audio, the transport will not move.

  • Page 31: The Toolbar Now Shows Locate Points And Their Names, Which Are Also Draggable

    Browser lists now support multiple selection When using any of the SX-1 s browser fields, multiple selection is now supported. This means that you no longer have to import audio files or Takes one at a time, and that you also no longer have to select each file for an ISO 9660 CD ROM individually.

  • Page 32: A Zoom Tool Was Added

    Select IMPORT, and then select All Files to see all of the audio files on the drive. If you hold down the SHIFT key (on your PS/2 keyboard) and click multiple files with the mouse, you will see that multiple files can be selected at once. It is also possible to auto-select all files between two selections, by holding down the Windows key and selecting two files in different locations in the list.

  • Page 33: Entirely New Authoring Page - With New Features

    Entirely new authoring page — with new features It is now possible to save the CD layouts that you create on the SX-1, and load them at a later time. The file filtering has also been improved to locate desired stereo files more easily.
  • Page 34 A browser now takes up the left side of the screen, and it allows you to navigate around the current project and your entire system for authoring files. Pre-existing files can be loaded, renamed, and deleted. To quickly make a new layout, press the NEW button. This dialog pops up: You can now choose which type of CD you would like to create.

  • Page 35: Nudge And Grid Get Triplet And Dotted Values

    After aborting the SX-1 will eject the disc. If the media was a CD-R, the aborted disc is now unusable. If the media was a CDRW, the SX-1 will post a message stating Unknown CDRW when it is re-inserted into the SX-1 s drive. The CDRW disc can be erased and re-used.

  • Page 36: A Selection Can Now Be Made Vertically As Well As Horizontally

    The Nudge and Grid registers now support triplet and dotted note values, which can be a major aid in editing. Now you can use these time values for both nudging and editing to the grid. These new selections are located in the existing Nudge and Grid dropdown menus. They will not be visible until Bars and Beats are selected as the display value.

  • Page 37: Track-Specific Midi Activity Light

    With the mouse in Region mode, a selection can now be made by clicking and dragging to the right and down at the same time. 11. Track-specific MIDI activity light One of the requests we received was to have a track-specific MIDI activity indicator. This was accomplished by using one of the keys on the little keyboard icon to the left side of each MIDI track.

  • Page 38: In Event Mode, Double-Clicking An Audio Event In The Top Portion Of The Track Screen

    15. Sample accurate waveform editing — de-clicking With version 1.5, the SX-1 is able to use the pencil tool on audio waveforms. This is a very effective way to get rid of clicks and pops caused by clock irregularities, wet-mouthed vocalists and the cat bumping the mic stand.

  • Page 39: New Level Edit Operation For Simple Gain Changes

    ADDITIONAL NOTES: The pencil tool cannot be used when the SX-1 is externally synchronized. This is due to the fact that mouse edit operations can cause the transport to locate in some situations. Instead of getting the machine into a mode where a possible problem could ensue (due to locate commands from the external m a s t e r a n d t h e p e n c i l t o o l f i g h t i n g e a c h o t h e r ) , t h i s o p e r a t i o n w a s d i s a l l o w e d .
  • Page 40 To see this in action, navigate to the Waveform tab on the Track screen, and select a track with audio from the pulldown menu at the left. Using the Region tool, click and drag a selection of audio with the mouse. Select the Level Edit Op from the Edit Operation pulldown menu.

  • Page 41: Offline Audio Edit Operations Now Support Db Values

    After a pass like this (where there is an extreme amount of gain), you will likely see an error log message indicating that some clipping may have occurred: It is not recommended that you press PLAY and listen to this until after you have chosen undo , to return your audio to its previous state.

  • Page 42: Project Backup And Restore Are Now Found In The Project Menu At The Top Of The Screen

    Timecode settings Clock source, word clock settings. SPDIF IN/OUT settings TDIF Option card settings MIDI Input/Output Channel User Names MTC Output settings MTC Incoming port setting HDR Record bit depth HDR Gapless punchout HDR Crossfade HDR Volume/Mute Event Playback Non Destructive Quantize settings Non Destructive Transpose settings Metronome/Countdown settings Conductor settings.

  • Page 43: A New Offline Timescale Edit Op Was Added

    Old Duration — the total length of the selection is calculated and displayed here. You can enter the start time first and then the duration if you d like, and the SX-1 will enter the end time for you. New Duration — the total length of the selection after processing is calculated and displayed here.
  • Page 44 Algorithm — This parameter has two options: auto correlation and envelope matching. The program material (music) in some ways determines which one should be used. Auto correlation is well-suited to beat heavy material, where there are a large number of transients present in the music.

  • Page 45: Multiple Take Selection Additions]

    NOTE: For multiple files, the Time Scale edit op can only be used on files of exactly the same length. This is because the length of an audio clip is changed after processing. If a stereo file was chosen, and the lengths were not the same for both channels, the phase relationship between the two files would be broken after processing.

  • Page 46: Normalize Edit Op Improvements

    Changes made to the sequencer in V 1.50 The SX-1 now supports Piano Roll Note event dragging The SX-1 now supports the dragging of individual notes on the Piano Roll. It is thus now possible to drag/copy existing MIDI notes to other locations on the timeline.

  • Page 47: There Is Now A Tap Tempo Feature

    You can use the Tap Tempo soft button to the bottom right, or you can use the ENTER key in the surface keypad. The SX-1 averages out the values between three presses, and posts the value in the tempo area.

  • Page 48: Polypressure Events Can Now Be Added From The Piano Roll

    In version 1.5, this was changed to follow the slot order, whenever possible. This should make it easier to memorize their loaded positions. Polypressure events can now be added from the Piano Roll Polypressure is a type of MIDI data that is similar to Aftertouch, with one major difference. Both types of event are derived from pressure on a key after it is pressed, but while Aftertouch data applies to all of the notes in a held chord, Polypressure applies only to the note it is recorded from.

  • Page 49: The Sx-1 Can Now Handle System Exclusive Messages In A More Elegant Manner

    (known as a bulk dump , in MIDI parlance). In version 1.00, it was not possible to enter or record SysEx data. It could be played back if imported to the SX-1 as an SMF (Standard MIDI File), but that was the only way.
  • Page 50 SysEx in general. Also, the SX-1 will search each new SysEx data string after it is created, and will discard any string that is not at least four characters long (because the minimum for any message is F0 and F7, at the very...

  • Page 51: Enhanced Program Change Functionality

    If these documents are unavailable, you can try this process of elimination: Make sure your synth is connected to the SX-1 as normal, and that the MIDI track in question is being sent to the synth.

  • Page 52: Monitoring With Transpose Has Been Enhanced

    Increment Bank 1. If the synth doesn t change sounds, it probably doesn t use these messages either. You can then disable Bank 1 also. NOTE: In general, earlier synths didn t have as many different patches due to a number of concerns (size of internal memory mainly).

  • Page 53: Midi Channel Controller Assignments Changed

    Trim All is now supported The SX-1 now supports Trim All, which allows the tactile global trimming of a parameter. This might be useful after you decide that you like all of the automation moves you made on a fader, but would like the whole thing to be 1db louder.

  • Page 54: Cue Layer Automation Events Now Operate Correctly

    Groups and MIDI maps are now saved per Mix instead of per project This was done to enhance the flexibility of the SX-1 when mixing. Continue to mix as you had been doing previously, but know that you can now store your Groups and MIDI maps at the mix level. This will provide additional flexibility if you wish to change or modify these types of data between Mixes —...

  • Page 55: Insert Position Is Now Automatable

    Automation channel strip LED s now indicate present automation data A feature request, now the SX-1 will show whether or not there is automation data present per channel by dimly lighting the automation LED for that strip. Simply glance at the front panel, and you ll be able to quickly see whether or not you have made any moves on a control for that channel.

  • Page 56: A Whole New Section: The New Ftp Server

    A Whole New Section: The new FTP server: The arrival of version 1.50 brings networking to the SX-1. As an FTP file server, files can be moved to and from the SX-1 using a remote FTP client on the same network. This means that a computer connected to the SX-1 via an ethernet network could access the project-specific files on drives connected to it.

  • Page 57: Third Concept: Static Ip Versus Dhcp Operation

    - meaning that it changes - and thus is not static. When using DHCP, another device assigns the SX-1 an IP number when it boots up. The number assigned is chosen from a range of possible values, and it can change from connection to connection. The device that assigns the number is most...

  • Page 58: Fourth Concept: The Subnet Mask (Shown As The Net Mask On The Sx-1)

    The time and place to use either type depends on what you are connecting the SX-1 to and how you are using it. If you do not have a router or are not connected to a network employing a switch, you will probably be using static addresses.

  • Page 59: Sixth Concept: Ethernet Cable

    As a last comment, FTP uses two commands most often: PUT and GET . If you want to download a file from the SX-1 to your computer, your computer will issue a GET command to the SX-1. If you want to send a file from your computer to the SX-1, your computer will be issuing a PUT command.

  • Page 60: Set It Up

    Net Mask, and a Gateway. The FTP section allows you to define a username and password for the SX-1. In this example, the SX-1 is running in static mode, because it is connected to only one other computer. The username and password are both sx1 to make it easy to remember.
  • Page 61 When connected to the SX-1 via FTP, the entire catalog structure of the audio partition is visible. While you can move any file from the SX-1 to your computer, at default you can only write files to the Import directory on the SX-1 s drive. You can change this in the FTP Write Access field: When you select Import and Project Directories , you gain the ability to put files anywhere you wish in the audio partition.

  • Page 62: Tips, Hints, And Info

    File types that are different from the SX-1 s native file types (basically BWF and SDII - listed in the Tips section under playback types ) must be in the TL_Imports folder for the SX-1 to be able to import them correctly.
  • Page 63 Press F2 to load default values and continue At this point, all you need to do is press F2. The SX-1 is unique, in that it has a custom BIOS whose default values are the correct ones to operate properly — when the battery dies you can simply reload the default BIOS settings and continue working.
  • Page 64 For projects on the internal drive (which is formatted to BFS) and FAT-32 drives. A. Broadcast Wave (referred to as BWF or Bwav) — 16 and 24 bit. B. Wave (WAV) — 16 and 24 bit. These work but are not recommended, as they do not contain timestamp information as Bwav do.
  • Page 65 10. GPL software used in the SX-1 The SX-1 uses 2 utility programs that are licensed for use under the GNU Public License (GPL). The source code to these problems is included on the SX-1 DOCS CD. 11. Recovering Disk space after mixdown In order to recover disk space after a mixdown operation, the user must do several steps.
  • Page 66 When backing up projects, the SX-1 will use a whole CD even for the smallest project. If you have a bunch of template projects that make up your core setup for the SX-1, you can use a PC to burn all the backups onto one single CD for ease of management, and that CD can also have a pool of wave files and MIDI files that you normally import from.

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