Macro Operations (Flexi Pad Control Block); Creating And Editing A Macro - Sony XVS-G1 User Manual

Macro Operations (Flexi
Pad Control Block)
You can create and edit a macro on the Flexi Pad control
block in macro operation mode.
Notes
• Menu operation events cannot be registered using the
Flexi Pad control block.
• A macro cannot be created/edited using the Flexi Pad
control block when the menu is in macro edit mode.
• When executing a macro, if you switch to macro edit
mode, the macro currently being executed stops.
• A macro cannot be executed while creating/editing a
macro.

Creating and Editing a Macro

Memory recall section in macro operation
mode
Pressing the [MCRO] button in the Flexi Pad control
block, turning it on amber, switches the memory recall
section to macro operation mode.
You select registers (1 to 250) and execute take operations
using the buttons in the memory recall section.
To allow operations on the 250 macro registers, the Flexi
Pad control block groups the registers. A register group is
called a bank.
There are 26 banks (0 to 25) and you display and select the
bank corresponding to the target register.
Ten registers are displayed in each bank. Bank 0 displays
register numbers 1 to 9, bank 1 displays register numbers
10 to 19, and so on. Bank 25 displays register number 250.
The currently selected bank number and register number
are displayed on the top right button in the memory recall
section.
The number of executed events and total number of events
are displayed on the bottom center button in the memory
recall section.
Note
A register number is not assigned to the bottom left button
of bank 0. You can assign any register number.
For details, see "Assigning a register to bottom left button
of bank 0" (page 326).
Selecting a bank
You can switch banks using the following buttons.
To select bank 0: Press the [BANK0] button.
To select bank 1: Press the [BANK1] button.
To select bank 2: Press the [BANK2] button.
To select bank 0 to 25: Press the [BANK SEL] button and
enter a bank number (0 to 25) using the numeric
keypad buttons in the memory recall section.
To select the previous bank, press the [PREV BANK]
button in the memory recall section.
To select the next bank, press the [NEXT BANK] button
in the memory recall section.
Selecting a register
The selected bank register is displayed in the memory
recall section. Press the button for the target register to
select it.
The register name is displayed on buttons for registers with
a registered macro.
The button color varies as follows, according to the
register state.
Gray characters: Register not containing a registered
macro
White characters: Register containing a registered macro
Lit orange: Last recalled register
Edit mode
When you press and hold the [MCRO] button and press a
register button in macro operation mode, the [MCRO]
button is lit red and the memory recall section switches to
edit mode.
In edit mode, you can insert, modify, and delete events
using the memory recall section buttons and then save the
macro in a macro register.
The current event number and total number of events are
displayed on the top right button.
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