Every time you finish a pass, you create a new pass which is stored within the active mix memory. At any time, you can create a new mix and store any number of passes within it.
Note that all this data remains in temporary memory, until you either update (or save) a production. The system then stores all the mixes in memory, and the passes within them, into the production on the user data flash card. See What's Stored in a Production.
In addition, the system stores which mix is active, and which pass is the Play pass for each mix. This means that when you load back a production, you will always get back to the last mix and pass you were working on. So:
- to save your automation data, either update or save a production.
- to load a mix stored within the same production, simply load a mix and turn on Automation.
to load a mix from a different production, load the production.
| You can use a single production to store multiple mixes for, say, all the songs on an album.
Within each mix (song), create different passes to manage your mix variations - for example, vocals higher, rhythm section lower, etc. |
Individual mixes or productions can be imported and exported to a USB interface, mxGUI computer or network drive. This allows you to archive or transfer automation data between systems. See File Import/Export for details.