Tascam MX-2424 Manual Update

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- 18 -Miscellaneous EnhancementsNew Menu 000 "Theatre Play" modeThe MX-2424 can now be set to a special mode where it steps through location points as a seriesof "cues". This can be useful when triggering material and sound effects for Theatre, RadioStations, 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 bythe times contained in a pair of memory locations. Cue number 1 starts at the time in Memorylocation #00, and finishes at the time specified by Memory #01. Cue #2 goes from Memory #02to 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 locatepoints already stored within that project). Theatre Play mode may be selected after loading thedesired project.These actions will result in the MX-2424 locating automatically to the start of the first cue, thelocation contained in Memory #00. The project must contain an even number of memorylocations, ie. #00 through #07 (#00 counts as one). If the project contains an odd number ofmemory locations, a “Loop Points Inverted” message will be displayed when attempting to playthe 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 modeenabled, 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, afootswitch 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, muchlike 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.