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RELEASE NOTES
Mackie Digital X Bus X.200 Software Update • May 4, 2005
Build 1.01.027
These release notes describe changes and xes that have
been made in the Digital X Bus X.200 software since
Build 1.01.023.
MANUALS
The Digital X Bus X.200 Quick-Start Guide and X.200
Owner's Manual are posted on the web site as PDF
downloads. Adobe Acrobat Reader is available from Ado-
be’s web site to read the PDF documents.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION
New software releases can be downloaded from Mackie’s
web site by going to the Digital X Bus Product section
and clicking “Software Update.” Installation instruc-
tions for Windows and Macintosh platforms can also be
downloaded there. If you don't know the software ver-
sion you are currently using, you can check your software
version and build number by clicking Windows > About
in the Digital X Bus menu bar.
RELEASE NOTES FOR BUILD 1.01.027
SYSTEM FIXES SINCE BUILD 1.01.023
• Additional testing and xes were made to the con-
sole’s virtual memory usage and management. This
addresses the “Virtual Memory Error” messages that
were being reported to appear on the screen(s) during
operation. Even though this was a x reported in Build
1.01.023, it was discovered again and required this ad-
ditional x to be implemented immediately. These
virtual memory xes address long-term use of the
console between re-boots (over 70-80 hrs) as well as
heavy use of the automation system.
• A large number of session les created on both cur-
rent and older versions of the X.200 software were
used to x a session recall/opening issue. All session
les should now open correctly, regardless of the
software build on which they were originally saved/
stored. This x was implemented in response to some
issues encountered with a similar x that went into
Build 1.01.023.
• Specic console freezes associated with either writ-
ing or reading automation data have been xed. This
includes an intermittent freeze that occurred when
writing automation from the control surface, but with
the Mix Editor window open. As a result, the overall
stability of the automation system has been improved
dramatically.
• If switched to 176.4 kHz or 192 kHz sampling rate,
the console now alerts the user that there are fewer
inputs to work with to accommodate the higher
sampling rate. Specically, the console automatically
“shuts off” card slots 1-4 and marks those slots in the
I/O Conguration Panel as “Disabled.” Users who want
to run the console at 176.4 kHz or 192 kHz will need to
install their I/O Cards into slots 5-8 and will get a total
of 32 channels in and out of the console, plus use of
the Mix Out Card. The console will also disable inputs
and outputs 1-32 from all software assignment pull-
down menus so there is no confusion as to how the
console operates at 192kHz.
• All console automation support for the MIDI Layer has
been removed because that layer is intended only to
provide control for a DAW. You use the MIDI Layer of
the X.200 to automate your DAW and not the console
itself. Any automated moves that appear on that layer
are a direct result of reading automated events that
have been written (or are being written) to the DAW.
This greatly simplies the automation system of the
console and better optimizes the automation func-
tionality to the controls of the console itself, and not
the DAW.
• When changing the DAW Emulation Mode of the
X.200, the MIDI Layer now re-initializes itself to
refresh the communication between the console
and your Mac/PC. This enhances the ability to use
the MIDI Layer to control different audio programs
without having to re-boot the console. This also coun-
teracts some crashing that was resulting from loading
DAW applications with the console connected. Ad-
ditional measures were taken to improve the overall
active sensing protocol of the MIDI Layer to further
stabilize interactivity with a connected DAW.
FIXED OR UPDATED SINCE BUILD 1.01.023
• An issue with soloing and un-soloing grouped chan-
nels along with a group master has been xed.
• The “Launch Executable (.exe)…” selection in the File
Menu now launches pointers/links (.lnk les) to target
executables as well as the executables themselves.
• The “Faders To Tape” feature has been removed be-
cause of redundancy. Users can activate Fader Swap
with “Level to Tape” enabled in the V-Strip to perform
the exact same function.
• Channel Read and Write status are no longer stored
along with Snapshots. This was done to prevent
accidental over-writing of automation data when re-
calling Snapshots.
• All Write Assign buttons are now disabled when
“Stop” is pressed on the transport. This prevents the
accidental overwriting of automation events. With the
Auto Write feature enabled (added in build 1.01.023), it
is not necessary to keep write-enabling channels for
each automation pass.
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