Macro Operations In The Multifunction Flexi Pad Control Block; Recalling A Macro Register And Executing A Macro - Sony MVS-8000X User Manual

Macro Operations in the
Multifunction Flexi Pad
Control Block
This section describes macro operations carried out in the
Multifunction Flexi Pad control block.
Use the following buttons.
Numeric keypad buttons
MCRO button
Recalling a Macro Register and
Executing a Macro
1
Press the [MCRO] mode selection button, turning it
on.
This switches the Multifunction Flexi Pad control
block to macro operation mode.
2
Enter the register number with the numeric keypad
buttons, and press the [ENTR] button to recall the
register.
3
Press the [DRCT MODE] button to switch to the direct
recall mode in which a macro can be recalled with the
buttons in the memory recall section.
The button indications in the memory recall section
change as shown in the following illustration.
4
5
DRCT MODE button
Notes
• You can only execute one macro at a time.
• If the same register is recalled again during macro
• The individual events registered in the macro are
• During macro execution, if you switch the control panel
• It is not possible to execute a macro during macro
• While executing a macro with the Flexi Pad control
Macro execution modes
You can execute a macro in normal execution mode or step
execution mode.
Normal execution mode: In this mode the macro events
Step execution mode: The macro events are executed one
Use one of the following operations to select the bank.
To select bank 0: Press the [BANK0] button.
To select bank 1: Press the [BANK1] button.
To select any of banks 0 to 9: Press the [BANK SEL]
button, then press the desired bank button (any of
[0] to [9]).
This selects the bank, and the buttons in the memory
recall section show the macro register state as follows.
Lit yellow: Last recalled register
Lit orange: Register holding macro data
Off: Empty register
Press the button for the number of the register to be
recalled.
The button you pressed lights yellow, and the macro
held in the corresponding register is recalled and
executed.
The button you pressed flashes yellow as the macro
execution starts, and returns to constantly lit yellow
when the execution ends.
The alphanumeric display shows the number of the
selected register.
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).
executed according to the setup settings. If you change
the settings in setup, the registered content may not be
reproduced.
to macro editing mode, this stops the executing macro.
editing.
block, or with a button with a macro attachment set if
you recall another macro with the Multifunction Flexi
Pad control block, the following operation depends on a
setting in setup (see page 201).
are automatically executed in sequence. However, if
there is a pause event set at some point, execution
pauses at that point. Then pressing the [TAKE] button
in the memory recall section resumes execution.
at a time with pauses in between. Execute the events in
sequence by repeatedly pressing the [TAKE] button.

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