Axial "Secrets & Lies"

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Basic Axial Secrets

ASIDE RECORDER

Description

OK. You can device exchange a source with the master pretty quickly, but when you are laying off a bazillion things you will go NUTS keeping track of where the original master is now. I hate that!

So, why not do some aside recordings?! This way you don't have to do any swapping of machines and you can still have the Axial lay off this one edit to a different recorder.

Intrigued?

Instructions

Here's all you have to do to use an ASIDE RECORDER:

Make an edit in the workspace. You can use multiple lines, too.
Select the source that you wish to use as the aside recorder for this edit.
Press SHIFT + RECORD to begin recording the workspace edit to the aside recorder.

Simple, huh? Actually, it's too simple. Because you can sometimes press SHIFT + RECORD by mistake and then the workspace looks all, uh, odd. Yeah, well, there is a way to get rid of the aside recorder. I will refrain from the long way and cut right to the shortcut.

To reset the workspace so that the edit you have made will be recorded to the master that is currently assigned as the master (sounds weird, but YOU try to explain this...), Press CONTROL + R MARK. This will make things right again.

At least in this particular instance anyway. . .now your personal life, well, I am NOT going to go there.

CHANGING RECORDERS IN THE EDL

Description

Let's pretend that you just finished loading in a list into your Axial session. Whoops, you say you had the wrong machine set up as the recorder and now all your edits in the EDL will be recorder to the wrong reel?

Bummer, dude. Luck for you I have an easy way of changing the recorder for all those edits quickly and painfully, er, uh, make that pain-LESS-ly.

Want to know how?

Instructions

Here's all you have to do to CHANGE RECORDERS IN THE EDL:

Press the WKSP/EDL button to make sure you are in the EDL.
Select the edit or edits that you wish to change the recorder. Remember, you can select only a few edits or the entire EDL if you want.
Press CONTROL + RMARK.

That's it. The record reel for all the edits you had highlighted will now be changed to be the same as what is currently assigned as the master recorder in the workspace. If you are in doubt as to what that will be, you can always press ASSIGN MGR and look in there for the currently assigned recorder.

This way, you will no longer have to delete all the edits and load the EDL back in again. What a pain! And, this is easier than the CHANGE + MASTER way.

Once again, I have saved you hundreds of keystrokes a week thereby staving off the inevitable Carpal-Tunel Syndrome. You're welcome.

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