208 Chapter 23: Crossfades (Automation)
PRO6 Live Audio System
Owner’s Manual
>> To quickly adjust the time and travel of the faders up/down
You can quickly adjust the % of Time and % of Travel parameters by dragging the
graph. Click anywhere on the line of the graph in the Edit Event window and drag to
where the parameters are as desired. Clicking while pressing the left button adjusts the
up travel, and doing the same with the right button adjusts the down travel.
>> To create a crossfade event
1 Open the Edit Event window.
2 If you want to disable this event, select the Disable Event option.
3 In the When... section, select the parameters that will trigger the event.
4 If you want to incorporate a time offset delay between the event being triggered
and the start of the event, set a time in the Time Offset section.
5 In the Then do this... drop-down list, select the X-Fade Event option.
6 Do one of the following:
• Select a crossfade group from the Crossfade Group drop-down list.
• Create a new crossfade group. Click the Crossfade Group Edit button to
open the Crossfade Groups screen and then follow the instructions in the
“Crossfade groups” on page A-209.
7 In the Parameters section, select the level control on which you want the
crossfade event to occur (see “Programming events” on page 201). For example,
a fader.
8 In the crossfade set up section (see Figure 24 “Crossfade set up section” on page
A-207), set up the crossfade parameters, such as time, % of travel etc.
9 Click CLOSE.
To set up a crossfade to have a constant rate across its full travel, set both the
%ofTime and % of Travel fields to 50%.
How a crossfade operates
When the crossfade event is triggered, the time offset (if configured) will start. Its
progress is shown by a blue bar underneath the event’s time offset value (in cue list) as
shown in the following diagram.