Creating And Editing A Macro - Sony MVS-8000X User Manual

Lit yellow: last recalled register
Off: empty register
2
Press the button in the memory recall section showing
the register to be recalled.
The button you pressed lights yellow, the macro
register is recalled, and the macro is executed.
During the macro execution, the button pressed
remains yellow, but flashes, and when the macro
execution completes it changes to permanently lit.
The numeric display shows the selected register
number.
Notes
• Only one macro can be executed at a time.
• If the same register is recalled again during macro
execution or when the macro is paused, the
following operation depends on a setting in setup.
For details of the settings, see "Setting the Macro
Execution Mode" (page 201)
• Individual events registered in a macro are executed
according to the setup settings. If you change the
setup settings, the content of the macro may not be
played back.
• During macro execution, if you switch the control
panel to macro editing mode, the macro currently
being executed stops.
• It is not possible to execute a macro during macro
editing.
Executing a macro in normal execution
mode (with pause events set)
When the macro execution is paused, the [TAKE] button
is assigned to the simple type Flexi Pad memory recall
section.
Press the button to restart macro execution.
Executing a macro in step execution mode
After recalling the macro register, to execute a macro in
step execution mode (see page 167), use the following
procedure.
1
In the simple type Flexi Pad control block, press the
[MCRO] button, turning it on.
This assigns the Flexi Pad control block to macro
operation.
2
Press the button in the memory recall section showing
the register to be recalled.
3
Press the [TAKE] button.
This executes one event within the macro, then stops.
The number of events executed, as shown in the
memory recall section status display, is incremented
by one.
4
Repeat step 3, executing the macro event by event.
When all events in the macro have been executed, the
[TAKE] button goes off.

Creating and Editing a Macro

Creating a macro
1
In the simple type Flexi Pad control block, press the
[MCRO] button, turning it on.
This assigns the Flexi Pad control block to macro
operation.
2
While holding down the [MCRO] button in the Flexi
Pad control block, press the button in the memory
recall section showing the desired register name.
This assigns the Flexi Pad control block to macro
editing.
As an example, when register 1 is specified, the
memory recall section buttons appear as in the
following figure.
3
Carry out the control panel operation to be registered
as an event in the macro.
For details of the events that can be registered, see
"Events" (page 91).
Notes
In the Flexi Pad control block, it is not possible to set
a pause event. To set a pause event, use the numeric
keypad control block.
4
Press the [INS] button.
This registers the operation carried out in step 3 as an
event within the macro.
Macro Operations in the Simple Type Flexi Pad Control Block
"1" is register number
103