“ARM” button 1 M/E panel

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eugenev

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“ARM” button 1 M/E panel

PostFri Jun 21, 2019 11:45 pm

Does anyone know the purpose of that button(it’s right next to the T-bar)? It’s not in the software. Thanks in advance!
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Re: “ARM” button 1 M/E panel

PostMon Jun 24, 2019 10:16 pm

Hello Eugene. That's an excellent question. This button has no purpose now. It may in the future and we will find out then if and what it does.

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Re: “ARM” button 1 M/E panel

PostMon Jun 24, 2019 11:27 pm

I have a suggestion for it.
Make it arm the fader for whatever M/E you have selected.

I quite often make a clean feed for recording on M/E 2, and a IMAG feed on M/E 1.
The IMAG feed will often need to fade to black or fade a key on top, and it can be a hassle to remember to change the active M/E. Plus you can't do anything on M/E 2 while using the fader.
So if you could have the fader control a different M/E via the arm button, that would give some of the functionality normally bestowed to a multiple M/E panel.

When pressing the ARM button on for example M/E1 it could glow red, and when changing for example M/E 2 via the 4 M/E buttons it could blink red to let you know it is active on another M/E. When pressing the ARM button on any M/E it could disengage.

Just an idea that I could really see a use for.

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