Matt, I have used macros to change source patching as well. Bob E has posted about some limitations in previous threads but so far I haven't noticed anything evil about using a macro to control a menu function. Bob's quote below: [quote]If you're going to build a macro that will change all of the parameters, remember that macros won't recognize a double-press of any button. Therefore doing a double-MOD won't be recognized as a Mod All. However, in the Timeline Edit menu, there is a menu button for Mod All, both as a relative change and as an absolute change.[/quote]

[quote="Matt Saplin"]Been a while since I've been on a Kalypso, so I thought I'd ask for a refresher: can you macro menu functions, or just panel functions?[/quote] Yep. It will press the same buttons, enter the same values you do on the menu as it does on the panel (as far as I've tried).

Been a while since I've been on a Kalypso, so I thought I'd ask for a refresher: can you macro menu functions, or just panel functions?

[quote="Mike Cumbo"]Mongo, there is only the clean feed off Pgm/Pst. The show was not graphics intensive so all I did was was to use the DSK's for my Duet.[/quote] Cheater. ; )

Mongo, there is only the clean feed off Pgm/Pst. The show was not graphics intensive so all I did was was to use the DSK's for my Duet.

I'm pretty sure you can't get a clean feed out of a Zodiak the same way you'd get one out of a Kalypso. A crude way to do it would be to bus link your M/E PGM's to aux's and then re-enter those aux's into the switcher (the EIC would need to do this for you I believe). So what I've done is linked M/E 1 A to aux 7, M/E 2 A to aux 8, and PGM (M/E 3 I guess it would be) to aux 9 (your clean feed). On the PGM bus link, set substitutions so when you punch M/E 1 on line, it punches the aux 7 re-entry down aux 9 and when M/E 2 is online, it punches the aux 8 re-entry down aux 9. Yes you don't get a dissolve but it's down and dirty and it works.

[quote="Mike Cumbo"]I did a show on a Zodiak that needed a clean feed. Not knowing if I would need to replay with or without graphics I did what Mongo described. It was almost like using a Kayak.[/quote] How did you set that up? I use a Zodiak a lot, and I've never found a good way to get a clean feed out of it.

I did a show on a Zodiak that needed a clean feed. Not knowing if I would need to replay with or without graphics I did what Mongo described. It was almost like using a Kayak.

Thanks, Mongo. That should have been obvious since I play it from that menu...

In the PBus menu, enter the number of the register you want in the register recall area, then hit "Test Recall". Pause a second or so, then have it play.