Writing ("Recording") Session Files
Writing ("Recording") Session Files
To write a session file the tab must be pressed, displaying the
RECORD COMMAND FILES
menu
shown below.
Pressing the button will start the session file. Thereafter, all commands (except those in the session/playback windows) are saved in an internal scratch file. In order to save these commands to disk they must be written explicitly using the button. They can then be read back in and replayed
A variety of features are available to help move around the file. These are shown in the FILE POSITION AND CONTROL area of the panel. The file can be indexed at particular user defined points using the INDEX MARKS menu is accessed by pressing the button. These may be used as targets of a search and also to control recording.
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records all your commands when running plays back your recorded commands |
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A command file can be stepped through or run backwards or forwards. It may also be searched for a particular command. As with a real tape recorder, if the pointer is moved backwards and recording continued the commands that were previously stored will be overwritten from that point. The session file recording and command file playback operations are totally separate: they can be thought of as two separate tape recorders. As a consequence it is possible to record commands that are being played back: in effect it is possible to edit and combine files.
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