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D8B Manual • Chapter 3 • page 93

Automation…, Delete Global Time, Insert Global
Time, Delete Events, and Modify Levels…
commands are logged as single list items. Each of
these actions is available for Undo, as long as they
remain on the History List.

• Using this list, it is possible to regress to any

point in the mix. If at some point things went in
the wrong direction, it’s easy to go back to where
the mix was on the right track.

• Highlight any item in the list to deactivate all

forthcoming listed actions. When the mix is played,
no actions listed below the selected event will occur.

• If an event is selected in the list, then a change is

made in the Mix Editor, all events following the
selection will be replaced by the new event.

• Use the Undo command from the Edit Menu

(Ctrl+Z) or the control surface to regress through
the History List steps one at a time.

• Use the Clear Edit History command from the Edit

Menu to remove all events from the History List.

This action cannot be undone.

The MIDI Map Window (Ctrl + –)

The MIDI Map window offers setup options

for bidirectional MIDI control of practically the

entire console’s parameter set. The MIDI Map
provides complete parameter access to almost all
channel functions, master fader, channel strip, and
Aux master controls, and all plug-in parameters.
In addition, the Master section and Transport
controls are assignable to MIDI messages.
Additionally, a ‘roving ’ Fat channel map routing
may be added, so that MIDI control may follow the
selected Fat Channel, which is great for external
devices such as a joy stick or X-Y pad controlling
(for example) a channel’s Surround Pan without
hard mapping (and subsequent remapping). MIDI
Maps may be created and saved to disk for
subsequent recall.

MIDI continuous controller, polyphonic

aftertouch, and note on messages are assigned to
the various parameters via the MIDI Map, in a
linear approach of one controller type per param-
eter. Any variable controller may be a continuous
control message or a poly aftertouch message, and
any switch message (on/off or assignment
switches) can be assigned to a note on (or note off
as note on of velocity 0) message.

Messaging may be bidirectional. This means

you can control the console from a sequencer or
control a sequencer from the console. Note that
MIDI program changes may also be used to
trigger D8B snapshots. Snapshot program change
messages may occur simultaneously with MIDI
Map control messaging. The shorter length MIDI
program change messages allow for much greater
MIDI bandwidth utilization, and in some cases can
accomplish the required control without totally
mapping the console via the MIDI Map. Snapshot
triggering via MIDI is not enabled in the MIDI
Map, but is set via the GUI Setup>Mix Options
window, by checking the MIDI Snapshot box.

A listing of D8B console parameters is found

in the MIDI Implementation Chart at the end of
this document. The off, minimum, and maximum
values are listed with the associated MIDI control-
ler values to aid in setting up a remote control
map. Note that many of the console’s values are
8-bit resolution (255 values). Since MIDI conven-
tionally sends only 128 values (two byte MSB/LSB
precision is not supported by the D8B), intermedi-
ate steps will be interpolated by the D8B.

Applications for the MIDI Map include remote

transport control from MIDI applications that
don’t support MMC or the HUI protocol (but do
allow their own internal parameter mapping),
surround joystick control, or any continuous
controller or two-state switch application (light-
ing, remote mixing, show controls, etc.). Any
mapped control information may be transmitted
via manual adjustment on the console, snapshot
recall, and/or automation playback (which may
include snapshot or other Event track playback).