Automatic Level Control is dimmed. how do I activate it?

I noticed right under the menu that has the track effects on the right side, that the Automatic Level Control is dimmed. How do I activate it?

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Automatic Level Control.

I am transferring stereo audio cassettes into GB. I noticed that when I check Automatic Level Control, it always goes to 75%. Does this just start there and manually ride the audio or is it "smarter" in a digital way. I think the results with the auto level "on" sound good so far but I noticed a few sudden volume drops here and there. I am not sure if they came from the Auto Level. It's hard to find the exact spots on tape to compare since I've transferred a few hours worth already. Do I need to go back and just set my own levels? I do want to best possible copy. If so, can let it hit red on the peaks? (I don't hear it distort on the short peaks but I'm monitoring with crummy speakers now) Thanks!

In case anyone is curious, the Auto Level is not for quality recording. It was jumping the volume around after all. Be careful of this. That's how you learn a new program I guess I wanted to redo some other stuff anyway so no big loss.

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I have no idea how, but suddenly the floating Quick Audio control is gone (that normally hovers above your track for quickly raising/lowering audio). I've looked all over on how to reenable it.
I've checked under 'Window', I've checked in settings, I've spent 15 minutes googling it and can't find any solution but I'm assuming it's something simple that's right in front of me.
I found an image online and took a snapshot of what it is incase I'm getting the name wrong

In View menu Show HUD (Head Up Display) or Shift + U keyboard shortcut. There is also a setting in Preferences/General for "Show HUD for selection ranges only" if you only want it to show when you have selected some audio in the Waveform view.

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My ALC setting has changed. It used to be OK but now the check box is unchecked for every recording and the slider is maxed out! from the start My recordings are really too loud! How can I reset GB so that the ALC is on by default as it used to be? I don't know why the setting changed. Please let me know if I should just reinstall GB or what I can do to reset the ALC to "on" as default.
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Auto level control working even though unchecked?

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One of my singers is cutting tracks for me using GB 6.0.5. He has the Automatic Level Control checkbox unchecked, but says that the volume slider is still moving all over the place as he sings. Any idea what could be causing this?
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That slider should indeed only move with " Automatic Level Control" enabled; perhaps the preferences file is corrupted. Try HangTime's cure for "Oddball" problems and remove the GarageBand preferences and repair permissions:
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Automate Process Control to update Review Levels

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Is there a process that can automatically start and promote new members to a specific review level, or the review level that its siblings are currently set to?
Back ground: At the beginning of each period we manually promote all entities to Review Level 1 which allows our data load automation and consolidation to work as expected. As we work toward closing the period new members are added to the metadata. Since these are not at the same review level our automation errors out. We need everything to be at the same level so the next group can promote on up to following review levels. We are currently using the filters in the Data Process Control section, but it is very manual and time consuming. Can automation be created to search through all the affected periods to find any member that is not at Review Level 1 and promote it to that level? If not automation is there a better way to accomplish this?
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Hi Andie
I know you can use Taskflows to automate Process Control actions so may be worth looking into that, but I have not used that option before so can't comment on how effective it is. Hopefully someone who reads this has a more elegant method of doing it!
In terms of finding which members aren't at RL1, it is pretty easy to knock up a report in FR or Smart View which can pull all entities at certain review levels, and you could use conditional formatting/supression options to filter out the ones which need promoting. You could run one of these prior to your loads just to make sure that everything is at the right review level and quickly pick up anything which isn't..
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Hello gurus
1)In the credit management we have credit groups( which enables us to combine different sales
document types for the purposes of credit management).
In the simple credit check also we will assign the doc types to check the credit. Then please tell me why we need credit groups in automatic credit control? Here also we can assign the doc types to check the credit ?then what exactly is the use of credit group ?
2)where will we specify the total credit amount allowed of the credit control area?
3)In the automatic credit control (ova8) against to static check box option we have open orders and open delivers checkboxes. is this two boxes only specific to static or it also belongs to dyanic?
Is it necessary to check this boxes?
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Thank you in advance for all the replies

Hi
For your 1st query , In credit mgmt we assign credit grps to sales document type. So as you said we will assign credit grps at simple credit check and coming to the Automatic credit check we assign credit grp for the sales document type also .But the difference is credit grp can be at order level or Delivery Level or PGI level in OVA8 in Automatic credit check .
Coming to your 2nd Query , we will specify the total credit limit in FD32.
For your 3rd query , In OVA8 apart from the static check we check the boxes open orders and open deliveries also because once you activate Automatic credit check and once you maintain credit limit for any customer then system will check the open orders and open deliveries also of that customer
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Level Control with PID Control & Pulse-Width Modulation

Hi all,
I have attached my program which I'm having trouble wiring up in the block diagram.... I'm fairly new to labview, but basically I have a level control project with an analog input cistern arm turning a pot for my test tank (configured as DAQ assistant voltage analog i/p) and a pump working off a reservoir (configured as DAQ assistant voltage digital o/p). My electrical side of things is working correctly and I have tested both DAQ assistants I/O's successfully off a basic program, minus the PID & PWM... I found a simple PID control subvi which I think I have wired up correctly, apart from the output variable... I also found a bit of code for PWM using the square waveform vi (far right side of the program) which I have tried to include in the program, but I've been unsuccessful with that. The ideal operation i'm looking for with this project is to be able to enter different values for the setpoint, for the PID to kick in to find that setpoint each time using the PWM to drive the pump, which has a flow rate of 13L/min. I have a manual valve to release water from my test tank which I can set accordingly.
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Attachments:
PID-RichLevelControl.vi ‏91 KB

Rich-MechatronicsStudent wrote:My questions are;
- How do I connect the 'output variable' of the PID subvi to my DAQ assistant digital output(both DAQ assistants are set at 1 sample on demand)?
I have a 'number to boolean array' function, but this gives an error saying that the number of tasks generated are not the same...
- How do I wire up the PWM bit of code? Do I need to include the 'error in & out' tabs?
-Am I on the right track with this program or am I way off the mark?!
You're a bit off track. You need the output of the PID to go into the PWM generator, and the output of the PWM to be written to the digital output. Right now you have the output of the PID connected directly to the Digital Output in a way that won't work, and the PWM generator hanging off the side not really connected to anything. Also, the PWM generator isn't really going to work since you're generating it at the same frequency as your PID loop runs. Try a simpler algorithm such as on/off control first and see if that works for your system.

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Hi Everybody,
I am new to Labview so I am looking for your help. I am looking for the most basic control diagram for a PID level control circuit.Thanks.

Moonlight, at it's simplest, PID control works by operating on an error signal,or the difference between the desired output and the current output.
So, in order to implement PID control, the first step is to calculate that process error.
Second, you now need to multiply that process error by a proportional (P) constant, an integration term (I), and a differential term (D). Then add up those products.
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Need a multi-level control break report displaying a cross-tab for each ...

I need a multi-level control break report that displays a cross-tab report for each
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a city cross-tab for the first city in county 1/state 1
a city cross tab for the last city in county 1/state 1
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a city cross tab for the first city in county 2/state 1
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Hi Jenna_Fire,
According to your description, you have a matrix contains total for each group on each level. Now your requirement is, when you click on any number (data field or total), it will go to the detail report which returns all the detail information of the people
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In this scenario, we should set the parameter (@Country, @State, @City) allow multiple values in both main and detail report. And in Default Value (@Country, @State, @City), query out all distinct values. In the textbox which contains
those total values, when set use these parameters to run the report, we only need to pass the parameters of parent groups. For example, if we click on the total of Active users in New York, we only need to pass Country, State, Status to detail report, and
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1. Create parameter Country, State, City and Status in both main report and detail report. Set both Available Value and Default Value get values from query (Create a dataset for each parameter, use "select distinct [column] from [table]" as query). Set allow
multiple values for parameter Country, State and City in both reports.
2. In corresponding textbox, pass appropriate parameters in go to report Action.
4. Filter data in detail report (in where clause or using filters).
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Reference:
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Dear Sony -I absolutely love your DSLRs. However, to use the camera as an acceptable tool for amateur/indie/professional film, manual audio level controls in video mode are a must-have. Equal Canon competitors all feature this simple leveling option for managing audio.Currently, the automatic gain control is the only option for audio recording capabilities on Sony Alpha DSLRS in video recording. While in theory OK, AGC leads to terrible problems such as unnecessarily high and distracting background noise/hiss. Filmmakers desire crisp, clear audio!For quality results using an external microhpone, manual audio levels are the only way for filmmakers to achieve decent in-camera audio to compete with Canon users. Many amateur and professional videographers are in desperate need of this function! Audio is often MORE important than the image quality of your film, although Sony seems to increasingly neglect its video DSLR users by not implementing this ability and falling short on video options (Auto-focus in Manual Mode, audio levels on HUD etc.).To keep my Sony A65 a viable option for video work - please see if anything can be done! (Should be able to be added with a firmware update to all current and existing Alpha DSLRS) Thanks!!! - Love, a filmmaker who would desperately like to keep their A65 for professional video work! (Also from "Join The Inspiration")

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