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Miscellaneous Enhancements
New Menu 000 "Theatre Play" mode
The MX-2424 can now be set to a special mode where it steps through location points as a series
of "cues". This can be useful when triggering material and sound effects for Theatre, Radio
Stations, etc.
To enter this mode, access Menu 000 "Control Mode", press TRIM, and scroll to "Theatre Play"
then press STORE.
In this mode, it is possible to play and navigate through a series of "cues". Each cue is defined by
the times contained in a pair of memory locations. Cue number 1 starts at the time in Memory
location #00, and finishes at the time specified by Memory #01. Cue #2 goes from Memory #02
to Memory #03, and so on.
The desired locate points must already exist in the project before using Theatre Play mode.
To begin, select "Theatre Play" mode then load the appropriate project (with the desired locate
points already stored within that project). Theatre Play mode may be selected after loading the
desired project.
These actions will result in the MX-2424 locating automatically to the start of the first cue, the
location contained in Memory #00. The project must contain an even number of memory
locations, ie. #00 through #07 (#00 counts as one). If the project contains an odd number of
memory locations, a “Loop Points Inverted” message will be displayed when attempting to play
the last cue.
Once the project has been loaded the lower line of the display will show: "CUE 01 [Mem00-
01]". This indicates that "cue" number 1 is ready to play and will play from Mem00 to Mem01.
NOTE: If a project is loaded that has no memory locations stored, with Theatre Play mode
enabled, a “No cues” message will be displayed in the LCD.
Pressing PLAY will cause the MX to play from the start of the first cue (Memory #00) to its end
(Memory #01), and then immediately locate to the beginning of the next cue and stop, (Memory
#02) awaiting another Play command.
When a footswitch is inserted into the back panel "Footswitch" jack, each cue can be triggered,
one at a time, by pressing on the footswitch. In other words, in "Theatre Play" mode, a
footswitch is another PLAY key.
When there are no more cues to be played, the lower line of the LCD will display:
"CUE End of cues"
The Rewind and Fast Forward buttons may be used to locate to the next or previous cue, much
like on a CD player. The usual double-hit "Head" and "Tail" functions of these keys are disabled.
The LOCATE key is used to return to the beginning of Cue #1.