CM Labs Workstation Console Owner's Manual

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  • Page 1 Workstation Console Owner’s Manual http://www.cmlabs.net...
  • Page 2 Greetings Friends, CM Labs shall not be liable for loss of use of the product or other incidental or consequential costs, Thank you very much for expenses or damages incurred by the consumer or buying MotorMate ! Motor- any other user. Some states do not allow the exclusion...
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Flipping Sends to Faders....14 Fine Scrubbing ........22 Send Mutes ........14 Shuttle ..........22 Send Pre/Post ........14 Defaulting Sends to Unity ....15 Send Buss Assignment ..... 15 Channel IN/OUT Assignment ....15 CM Labs MotorMate Owner’s Manual Page 3...
  • Page 4 Set Level to Unity ....32 PUNCH ..........27 Set Level to Off ....32 END ..........27 Setting Surround Levels ..32 LOCATE ........... 27 Surround Channel Offsets ..32 Return To Zero ........27 Page 4 CM Labs MotorMate Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 5 Installation and Connections MotorMate Monitor Interface Module SixtyFour MP-8 CM Labs MotorMate Owner’s Manual Page 5...
  • Page 6: Installation And Connections

    Connect the RS-232 connector on MotorMate to either a Step 1.) Install your MIDI interface as per the installation CM Labs SixtyFour Studio Router or an MP-8 Eight directions of the MIDI interface manufacturer. Make a Channel Mic Preamp. This allows MotorMate to control note of which MIDI port you connected MotorMate to on all the features in those products.
  • Page 7: Protools Setup

    “Setups” tab. Open the “Peripherals” menu and click on and running. the MIDI Controllers tab. Note: CM Labs maintains the MotorMix plug-in for Digital Step 2.) Click on the small box just below “Type” and Performer. Please check our website for updates to the select “MotorMix”.
  • Page 8: Multiple Unit Configurations

    The position should go If you wish to physically connect MotorMate and Motor- from 3F to 00. Mix together, see page 9. If the self test fails, then contact CM Labs at Troubleshooting techsupport@cmlabs.net. Problems can occur in 3 areas.
  • Page 9: Multi Unit Assembly

    Repeat for all units. Note that the LCD contrast controls Side Cheek from one, and the Right Side panel from should be adjusted until all units have same contrast. another, and both Side panels from the remaining Motor Mix units. CM Labs MotorMate Owner’s Manual Page 9...
  • Page 10 With enough input from our customers, it is very possible to continue to increase support. Thank you for your patience. Page 10 CM Labs MotorMate Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 11: Upper And Lower Panel Uses

    MotorMate and surround monitoring by connecting a CM Labs SixtyFour Studio Router. The SixtyFour and the CM Labs MP-8 Mic Preamps are also controlled from the upper panel of MotorMate. The LCD display is indispensable. It shows all track names, parameter settings and operator messages.
  • Page 12: Lcd Display And Select Switches

    5.) Input/Output and Send Buss Assignments. 5.) Plug-in continuous parameter names (text) and settings (numeric). Top Row Use for CM Labs SixtyFour studio router 6.) Channel automation mode (text). 1.) A shortened version (4 characters) of the source and 7.) Group ID.
  • Page 13: Channel Level Meters

    Press ENTER to complete, or ESC to abort enables will appear on the bottom row of the LCD. Press the process. a single channel SELECT switch to change its state. CM Labs MotorMate Owner’s Manual Page 13...
  • Page 14: Suspend Groups

    To set all channel pans to center, hold down the ALL switch (fourth switch up to the left of the faders), then press and hold down the DEFAULT switch and press any of the MULTI switches below the rotaries. Page 14 CM Labs MotorMate Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 15: Defaulting Sends To Unity

    If you are done assigning altogether, either press the “assign”, ESC, or the SHIFT switch on the MotorMate lower panel. The “assign” and SHIFT LED’s will go out. CM Labs MotorMate Owner’s Manual Page 15...
  • Page 16: Plug-In Operations

    The channel Pushing the View Stick up goes up through the pages, SELECT will light solid to indicate it is locked in. and pushing it down goes down through the pages. Page 16 CM Labs MotorMate Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 17: Other Multi Switch Functions

    OUT point on the fly. POST Press the POST switch to play from the end of the edit selection and play the length of the pre-roll. This mimics the command - right arrow on the keyboard. CM Labs MotorMate Owner’s Manual Page 17...
  • Page 18: The Burn Section

    Record Enable switch to clear or set safe status on all selected channels. MotorMate can also be put in Record Safe mode by entering UTILITY mode. See page 26 for details. Page 18 CM Labs MotorMate Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 19: Automation Enables

    “susp” switch in the PUNCH mode for the MULTI row of switches on MotorMate. All channel mixer settings are left in their current state and the channel automation mode is unchanged, but “dormant”. CM Labs MotorMate Owner’s Manual Page 19...
  • Page 20: Mute And Solo

    When you touch the fader knob, the motor is disengaged to allow you to make changes without fighting the motor. Page 20 CM Labs MotorMate Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 21: Operations: Transport Controls

    Transport Controls Time Code Display Adding Locate Points to Memory Locate points can be entered to memory by pressing ENTER as the transport is running (it uses the next free location). Press ENTER a second time to add the point to the list, or press ESC to cancel without entering it.
  • Page 22: Enter Pre Roll, In, Out, Or Post Roll (2)

    (the ALL switch) and you can enter values into the big counter by the same two methods just described. Additionally, shuttling with the SHIFT switch down will make a region selection. Page 22 CM Labs MotorMate Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 23: Zoom And Navigator Section

    Pressing the DELETE switch removes the currently point. Press and hold SHIFT first, and then these selected edit region, but does not place it in the clip- switches will select regions forward or backward. board. CM Labs MotorMate Owner’s Manual Page 23...
  • Page 24: Mode

    SAVE LED will light solid again. DEFAULT When the lower panel “default” switch is active, the SELECT switches are used to set faders, pans and sends to their default values. Page 24 CM Labs MotorMate Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 25: System Controls

    See Page 16 for Plug-in operation. at the same time. COMPARE This switch will allow the comparison of the present plug- in parameter settings to the previous settings. CM Labs MotorMate Owner’s Manual Page 25 Page 26 CM Labs MotorMate Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 26: Enable

    Press END and the play pointer will move to the end of new state will NOT be stored in nonvolatile memory, so the session time line. the motors will be ON at power up. Page 26 CM Labs MotorMate Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 27: Monitor

    This switch is convenient to turn off the auxiliary control room speakers or studio speakers during tracking over- dubs. The Phones pot controls the volume of the headphone jack on the front edge of MotorMate. CM Labs MotorMate Owner’s Manual Page 27...
  • Page 28: Installation And Connections

    MotorMate, you must check to see that each one is set to RS-232 Connections SLAVE mode. Use a CM Labs CAB912 cable or a standard 9 pin male to female cable. The cable has a 1 to 1 pinout. Connect Step 1.) With the SixtyFour unlocked (Save and Route the cable from the MotorMate rear panel RS-232 connec- LED’s not blinking) push in the Level and Meter switches...
  • Page 29: Mono Connections

    8 BURN switches will be used to control signal routing, track naming, and many other operations. 1.) The CM Labs DB-8 terminal strip adaptor. Wire up the DB-8 up according to the pin connections given on it.
  • Page 30: Creating Lcd Channel Labels

    Step 1. Press the ROUTERS: switch until the “destin” that channel will appear on the top row of the LCD. LED is lit. Step 2. Press the “VIEW” switches until Destination 25 (shown as DE25) is on the LCD. Page 30 CM Labs MotorMate Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 31: Memory Operations

    When the memory number begins to flash, push in the selected on the SixtyFour. This number View Stick a second time, and the original memory will also appears on the SixtyFour display. be recalled and the decimal point will stop flashing. CM Labs MotorMate Owner’s Manual Page 31...
  • Page 32: Source Controls

    Setting Destination Levels Rotate a channel rotary pot to change a Destination level. Destination levels can be changed independently of which source is selected and whether the Destination has been routed or not. Page 32 CM Labs MotorMate Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 33: Setting Surround Levels

    Defaulting Surround Master Level to Unity confusion. Press and hold DEFAULT, and then press SELECT 1 to set the Surround master to unity. CM Labs MotorMate Owner’s Manual Page 33...
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