Tascam SX1OS User Manual

SX1OS V1.50 Final Release Notes

This document contains additional information and corrections that did not make it into the manual in time.

Manual corrections

Mixer 13:

The SX-1 does not post the progress bar for single
undo and redo operations, only for multiple
operations, like when an item in the VGA history
list is double clicked on directly.

VGA 11:

The MIDI Activity described, where the MIDI icon
blinks the keyboard note, is only active when the
slot Input Monitor is ON.

VGA 13:

Note that the SX-1 does not support double
clicking on MIDI events in the upper track region
to open the event editor, only MIDI events in the
piano roll. Audio events can be double clicked on
in the upper track region or the waveform tab.

VGA 16:

The name of the new Edit Operation was changed
from "Level" to "Gain" after the manual was
printed.

VGA 17:

The Gain/Fade Edit Operation is no longer in the
SX-1OS, the audio event shapes allow you to do
the same thing in a non-destructive way. The Level
edit-op is now called "Gain" in the UI.

VGA 18:

Note that the selection mode must be Event
Selection for shift+alt+M to toggle the mute status
of the selected events.

Transport 6:

The description of the Re-lock threshold parameter
omits an explanation of the "Automatic" setting.
This corresponds to 1/3 frame when the timecode
source is LTC, and 10 frames when the timecode
source is MTC.

Additions

Selecting everything between two points.

It is now possible to select a region of time across all
tracks, including Audio, MIDI and Automation. This
allows the user to easily do block copy and paste
operations on whole sections of a project or song.
First Select a region of time, the begin and end
registers are used for this operation.
>From the keyboard, press alt+shift+S.
or From the VGA, click on the Edit Menu, "Select
Time" entry.
or From the front surface, press and hold SHIFT, then
press SELECT in the EDITING section.

New Front surface shortcut.

Pressing and holding the front panel CANCEL button
followed by the SELECT button in the EDITING
section will unselect all events and tracks. If SHIFT
and CANCEL are both pressed, then the above
"Select Time" function will still be invoked.

Clip duration display

On the VGA display on the track screen clip browser
and clip import panes, the SX-1 shows detailed
information about the currently selected clip. Prior to
V1.50, the "Length" time field was calculated from
the clip length and the current project sample rate.
There is also a field that shows the original sample
rate of the clip, so in V1.50 the Length field has been
split into two items, one where the time duration is
calculated from the clip's original sample rate -> "Clip
Length", and one where the time duration is
calculated from the current project's sample rate ->
"Project Length".
These values will only differ when the clip's sample
rate is different from the current project's rate.

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Tips and Hints

Sync Point Editing

The V1.00 Reference manual does not give a full
explanation of the uses for the sync point.
The Sync Point belongs in the set of region selection
registers, which are Begin, End and Sync.
When a region of time is first selected, the sync point
is set to be the same as the begin point.
Whenever the selected data is pasted, the data is
placed so that the sync point of the data on the
clipboard is positioned at the currently marked begin
point.
In most cases, the sync point is the same as begin
point, so the pasted data appears to the right of the
current begin point.
Changing the sync point to the end of the selection
before pressing COPY or CUT allows the user to
paste the data so that it ends at the currently marked
begin point.
Or, any point in-between or even outside the selection
can be marked as the SYNC point. For example, this
is especially useful for post-production and audio-for­video editing where an explosion must be moved to
line up with a given frame location, but the selection
must start from before the explosion starts.

In that case, the whole region containing the
explosion would be marked, then the waveform tab
could be used to zoom in on the start of the explosion.
Pressing ctrl+mouse click allows the sync point to be
changed without affecting the currently selected begin
and end points.
Then the region is CUT or COPYed, the new paste
time is selected by a simple capture of the Begin
register or clicking in region selection mode, then a
PASTE will place the data so the start of the
explosion is at the selected position, with the
clipboard data spanning on either side.
The VGA time ruler shows the currently selected
region as a yellow highlight, and the triangle pointing
down icon is the sync point. The user can click and
drag on this directly as well without affecting the
begin and end points.

Known issues

While every effort has been made to fix problems found with this new version of the SX1OS, some issues
remain.

Interaction between option cards and P2 remote
control

If 2 or more of the option slots are filled with IF­AD/DM option cards, the P2 remote control function
may stop working.
Workaround: This does not affect all users in this
situation, but if it does occur, then no workaround has
been found.

"Incorrect OS for this Hardware" error message

If an SX-1 displays this message on startup, this
indicates a hardware incompatibility with the new
OS.
Workaround: Contact Tascam to have your SX-1
serviced.

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