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# Timeline Navigation and TimelineFX

Use the Artist Color to jog, zoom, and navigate timelines and clips.

You can also access timelineFX using the Artist Color. Video timelineFX are available when a video segment is selected. Audio timelineFX are available when an audio segment is selected.

The displays located at the top of the Artist Color only display six timelineFX at a time. Use the Page buttons to display additional timelineFX.

To display additional timelineFX:

1. Use the Page buttons and navigate the available timelineFX.

   (a) Page buttons

To enable a softFX:

1. Enable the NAV and Shift keys on the Artist Color.
2. Lightly touch the softFX’s corresponding Soft Knob.

To mute a softFX:

1. Enable the NAV and Shift keys on the Artist Color.
2. Lightly touch the softFX’s corresponding Soft Knob.

To delete a softFX:

1. Enable the NAV and Shift keys on the Artist Color.
2. Press the softFX’s corresponding Soft Knob.

To edit a softFX from the EditDesk:

1. Enable the NAV key on the Artist Color.
2. Lightly touch the softFX’s corresponding Soft Knob.
3. Disable the NAV key on the Artist Color, and then edit the softFX.

To enter a softFX’s editor:

1. Enable the NAV key on the Artist Color.
2. Press the softFX’s Soft Knob.

Main Timeline navigation controls

Alternate timeline navigation controls accessed using the Shift key.

Use the CG to cut and the associated PG buttons to paste timelineFX form one selected segment to another selected segment. Only the active softFX is copied. Shift key + CG key to clear out the stored softFX.

To cut and paste timelineFX between segments:

1. Select the timeline segment with the softFX to copy.
2. Press one of the Copy Grade keys, identified as CG1 through CG4.
3. Select the timeline to which you want to apply the copied softFX.
4. Press the matching Paste Grade key to paste the softFX, such as PG1 for a softFX stored in CG1.