To make a dme wipe, save a 1 channel move between 101-199, 2 channel between 201-299, 3 channel 301-399 Once you have it saved, double press dme button in an ME and select # of channels and user program to find what you built. If you don't want to program a snapshot or effect to call up your dme, you can save the DME to a DME wipe snapshot (10 per ME) You can then build a macro that calls up that DME snapshot and then selects DME on the trans module and hits auto trans. Puts it back to mix when done So a blurr on pgm becomes a one button press. If you build your own and you have more then 4 channels of DME you can build your effect so that it will call up the effect into either of the two DME frames DME 1-8. When you build it just build dme 1 and 5 together and 2 and 6 together. And save the effect with those 4 channels in the effect.

[quote="Melissa E."]This is probably a really basic question for most of you but I'm still a little new to DME links and am kind of confused. What exactly is a DME link? I get the basic concept but I've been trying to find an actual definition to help me fully wrap my brain around them. If someone could give me a description and even a basic how to for an 8000 switcher I would be forever grateful!! Thanks![/quote] DME Wipes are basically the ability to use the A & B busses of an M/E to do a digital effect transition. Normally, to do a simple slide-over with two pieces of video you would have to get on an M/E bank, put the video you wanted to slide-over into a DVE (whether internal or external). You'd then have to key that channel of DVE (again, doesn't matter whether it's an internal channel or external). Then you'd have to create a timeline with two (or more) keyframes to make the effect. To save time, etc, etc, etc.... we all know how to key a DVE and do an effect. DME Wipe handles all this for you. All you do is set the transition type to DME and the Sony grabs available channels of 3D DME, and uses the current DME wipe as a transition from the A Bus to the B Bus. You're not using any keyers at all. And all you're doing is an AUTOTRAN or using the fader arm to do the effect. It's as simple (and the same exact procedure) as doing a standard switcher wipe. You have a ton of 1-channel and 2-channel pre-built effects to choose from (there are also 3-channel effects but the selection is limited). But in addition, you can build your own 1,2, or 3 channel effects and have 99 registers of each. Sony's had this on their switchers since the early 1990's. It is one of the defining items on a Sony switcher. You'll love it. RE