Sony MVS-8000X User Manual page 439

e Macro editing candidate list
Shows the list of editing candidates for the selection from
the editing button group.
f Insert Before button
Inserts immediately before the event selected in the macro
listing.
g Append button
Adds an empty row at the end of the macro listing.
h Delete button
Deletes the event selected in the macro listing.
i Set button
Reflects the item selected in the macro editing candidate
list, in the macro listing and editing buttons.
j Store button
Saves the results of the macro register or macro file
editing.
k Exit button
Closes the Off Line Edit menu without saving the results
of the macro register or macro file editing, and returns to
the File Edit menu.
Carrying out offline editing of macro
events
In the Off Line Edit menu, you can carry out the following
editing operations on the events in the macro register or
macro file.
• Insert: Insert a macro event.
• Add: Add a macro event.
• Delete: Delete a macro event.
You can also create a new macro.
To insert an event
1
In the macro listing, select the event immediately after
the position where you want to insert an event.
2
Press [Insert Before].
This inserts a blank row before the event selected in
step 1.
3
Press [Contents] in the editing button group.
The following event types appear in the macro editing
candidate list.
• Event: Event
• Continue: Event continuation
• #: Comment
For details of the items, see "Macro File Editing
Rules" (page 578).
4
Select the desired item from the macro editing
candidate list, and press [Set].
The selected item appears at the event insertion
position in the macro listing, as an event component.
Additionally, in the leftmost blank position of the
editing button group (to the right of [Contents]), a
button appears, corresponding to the item in the macro
editing candidate list. For example, if "Event" is
selected, an [EVNT] button appears.
5
In the editing button group, press the button that has
just appeared.
The item corresponding to the button appears in the
macro editing candidate list.
If you press the [EVNT] button, the symbol indicating
the event contents appears (see page 580).
6
Select the desired item from the macro editing
candidate list, and press [Set].
At the event insertion position of the macro listing, the
selected item is added as an event component.
Additionally, in the next blank position of the editing
button group, a button appears, corresponding to the
item in the macro editing candidate list. For example,
if "MEAutoTransition" is selected, a button for the
parameters and data for the MEAutoTransition
appears.
Notes
If you select an item from the macro editing candidate
list, be sure to press [Set]. If [Set] is not pressed, the
selection is not confirmed.
7
Repeat steps 5 and 6, to edit the event components.
At the event insertion position of the macro listing, the
confirmed item is added as an event component.
To further add an event, repeat steps 1 to 7.
To close the Off Line Edit menu without saving the
editing results
Press [Exit] to return to the menu that was on the
screen immediately before the offline editing.
8
Press [Store].
The numeric keypad window appears.
9
Enter the register number as required, and press
[Enter].
The current macro is stored in the register.
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