Setup For The Next Transition; Performing The Next Transition - Videonics MX-1 Instruction Manual

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To change the speed, press the SPEED button. The number will increase by
1 with each press. Continue pressing until the speed is set to the desired
number.
Hint: Press SHIFT and SPEED at the same time to decrease the number.
You can change the speed anytime before you execute the effect. The new
speed remains in effect for all future transitions, until you change the speed
again.
Advanced hint: You can also choose a speed by simultaneously pressing the
SPEED button and a number key, 0 through 9.
Manual Execution
Most of the time, you will probably use automatic transitions because they
are smooth and consistent. When you want to exercise additional control (or
you just want the satisfaction of doing it yourself), you can use the "T-bar" to
manually execute the transition. (The name "T-bar" is short for "Take-bar,"
and also because it's shaped like a T).
The T-bar must be at one end of its swing or the other to begin the
transition. Nothing will happen until the bar is all the way up or all the way
down.
The direction of the T-bar's motion does not matter: Moving it up from the
bottom or down from the top does the same thing.
Once a manual transition has started, you can move the T-bar back and
forth, making the transition move in and out. The effect ends once you reach
the end of the bar's motion. Moving it from the end of its travel will begin a
new transition.

Setup for the Next Transition

When a transition has ended, the Mixer automatically swaps the CUR-
RENT and the NEXT sources. That is, what had been the CURRENT source
becomes the NEXT source and what was the NEXT source becomes the
CURRENT source.
This makes it very easy to go back and forth between two sources: Simply
set up the first transition, then press PLAY (or move the T-bar) over and over.
The transition will alternate between the two sources.
Example: We wipe from A to C (A is the CURRENT source, C is the NEXT
source). At the end of the wipe, C (the ending source) automatically becomes
the CURRENT source and A automatically becomes the NEXT source. So,
simply pressing PLAY repeatedly will give you a wipe back and forth, from
A to C to A to C, etc.
Of course, you don't have to alternate: The NEXT source and the effect can
be changed at any time, changing the results of the next transition.

Performing the Next Transition

At the end of each transition, the ending source is held on the screen for a
moment before the PREVIEW screen returns. You can start the next transition
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