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In fact a Panasonic WJ-MX50A 4-input vision mixer, is was only the second frame store vision mixer the station has owned, and the first to feature an accessible [[chroma key]] function (there remains some debate as to whether [[Magic DaVE]] can do Chroma Key. Suffice it to say it never has done on air). This meant either that two independent vision mix rigs could be set up without resort to Genlocking inputs to the older vision mixers, or that [[chroma key]] could be used as part of another live show, thus making it much more useful than if the main vision path had to be used for the purpose.
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Being a more mamangeable single unit rather than the separate controller and back end of DaVE, it is regularly used as an outside broadcast mixer as well as on the [[Off The Cuff]] set.
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This broke on transit to Vanbrugh college for Woodstock 2009.  The symptoms of the problem were that it didn't mix, the 7-segment LED digits at the top were at a fixed value and couldn't be changed, the mixing T-bar didn't do anything, various LEDs were always on or always off regardless what buttons you pressed.
 
It turned out to be because two of the ribbon cables inside it had become disconnected at one end.  Reattaching them made it work fine. Note: Panasonic Max has a LOT of screws on the bottom!
 
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Template:HDNO This broke on transit to Vanbrugh college for Woodstock 2009. The symptoms of the problem were that it didn't mix, the 7-segment LED digits at the top were at a fixed value and couldn't be changed, the mixing T-bar didn't do anything, various LEDs were always on or always off regardless what buttons you pressed.

It turned out to be because two of the ribbon cables inside it had become disconnected at one end. Reattaching them made it work fine. Note: Panasonic Max has a LOT of screws on the bottom!

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