Text Conventions; Pile-On Convention - ETC Expression 2.0 User Manual

Chapter 1 Introduction

Text conventions

In this manual, console keys are indicated by square brackets, such as
[Enter] . System messages are printed in boldface, such as Select
channel . References to other sections of the manual are printed in italic,
such as Chapter 1, Introduction.

Pile-on convention

Expression uses a pile-on convention rather than last-action convention
to determine levels for channels that are acted on by several outputs .
Expression reads all output levels it receives for a specific channel and
sets that channel to the highest of these .
For example, assume a channel is included in a submaster . If a channel
is also included in a cue that has played back and is in a fader, Expres-
sion sets the channel at the greater of the two settings.
The two exceptions to Expression's pile-on convention are channels
captured by the keyboard or wheel and inhibitive submasters .
Captured channel settings override submaster and fader pair outputs .
When you release captured channels, they return to their pile-on level .
The other exception to pile-on convention, inhibitive submasters, limit
output levels from other submasters and timed fader pairs. Inhibitive
submasters do not affect captured channel levels.
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