New Auto-Pan Effect Plug-In; Automatic Clock Loop Detection; Routing Screens No Longer Mult By Default; Mute Led On Midi Channel Strips Has Added Functionality - Tascam SX-1 Release Note

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24. New Auto-Pan effect plug-in

As a bonus, the version 1.5 installer also includes the new Auto-pan plugin.

Navigate to the Effect screen, and open the plugin entitled Auto Pan in one of the quadrants.

You can choose different wave shapes for modulation: Sine, Square, Triangle, Sawtooth Up, and

Sawtooth Down. Try experimenting with different settings on a sound source you re familiar with — if

you find one that you like, save it as a library entry.

The Settings screens contain a parameter called Auto retry , that forces the SX-1 to continue looking

at a port that has been dropped because of faulty or non-existent clock. In very rare cases it was

possible to get into a clock loop, where the SX-1 would continue to try and re-clock to the port in

question (even as that port was receiving bad clock).

The behavior of Auto Retry has been changed. Now the SX-1 will keep track of how many clock

switches occur, and if more than 6 occur in twenty seconds, the clock will be switched to internal, and

an error message will be posted saying unstable clock, auto-retry now off . Thus, it is impossible to

get into a potentially dangerous clock loop condition.

It was decided that the Routing screens should not select multiple choices by default (this is counter to

the way that many other machines work). Instead of automatically allowing multiple selections,

selecting another destination will de-select the previous choice. If you do wish to send a signal to

multiple places at once, simply hold down the SHIFT key while making your selections with the

mouse.

The SX-1 has a channel strip on the MIXER screens for each MIDI channel the machine uses, meaning

that there are 64 channel strips (16 channels per port, 4 ports = 64 channels). In version 1.0, muting any

MIDI track on the Track screen would cause the MUTE LED to light on the channel strip it was

assigned to. This could create confusion, as the other track still active for that MIDI channel would still

play.

This behavior has been changed in V 1.5. Now, the MUTE LED lightly dims until every track assigned

to it is muted, at which time it lights up solid. This should help in determining whether or not a given

MIDI channel is transmitting data.

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