Macro Operations (Utility/Shotbox Control Block And Numeric Keypad Control Block) - Sony MLS-X1 User Manual

Macro Operations
(Utility/Shotbox Control
Block and Numeric
Keypad Control Block)
You can edit a macro in the utility/shotbox control block
by recalling a macro register in the numeric keypad
control block.
Notes
• Menu operation events cannot be registered using the
utility/shotbox control block.
• A macro cannot be created/edited using the utility/
shotbox control block when the Flexi Pad control block
or 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.
Macro operation mode (numeric keypad
control block)
MCRO button
UNDO button
STORE STATS button
STORE button
Press the [MCRO] button in the numeric keypad control
block, turning the [MCRO] button and [RCALL] button
on amber, to switch to macro operation mode.
Enter a register number in the numeric keypad area to
select a register. The number of the selected register is
displayed at the bottom of the display on the right side.
Display
Numeric keypad
RCALL button
For details about selecting a register, see "Selecting a
register" (page 256).
Note
Displaying the [Edit Macro Event] window using the
menu switches the numeric keypad control block to
macro operation mode.
Edit mode
Press and hold the [MCRO] button and press the
[STORE] button to switch to macro edit mode.
In edit mode, the [MCRO] button is lit red and the
[STORE] button flashes red.
Alternatively, recalling an empty register in macro
operation mode automatically activates macro edit mode.
Effect timeline/macro edit mode (utility/
shotbox control block)
EDIT ENBL button
Edit buttons
Pressing the [KF MCRO EDIT] button in the utility/
shotbox control block, turning the [KF MCRO EDIT]
button on amber, switches the memory recall section to
effect timeline/macro edit mode.
Switching the numeric keypad control block to macro edit
mode automatically activates macro edit mode in the
utility/shotbox control block. You can create and edit a
macro when the [EDIT ENBL] button is lit red.
Note
Creating/editing a macro is supported only when a macro
register is recalled in macro operation mode in the
numeric keypad control block.
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KF MCRO EDIT button
Edit point selection buttons
AUTO INS button