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authorTim Mayberry <mojofunk@gmail.com>2008-07-10 10:15:18 +0000
committerTim Mayberry <mojofunk@gmail.com>2008-07-10 10:15:18 +0000
commitaa0049ebfd0df5b93894d3fd5844a083064c16e5 (patch)
treefaaebcb52765a66dcd2f5dadd3e8a2caf2f42583 /manual
parent6cbf4edfb83f5ed9d093bd83ac60103ef7474c15 (diff)
Update section on inverting the polarity of a track.
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-rw-r--r--manual/xml/invert_polarity.xml36
-rw-r--r--manual/xml/mixer_strips.xml13
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diff --git a/manual/xml/invert_polarity.xml b/manual/xml/invert_polarity.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?>
+
+<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
+
+<!ENTITY % BOOK_ENTITIES SYSTEM "./entities.ent">
+%BOOK_ENTITIES;
+
+]>
+
+<section id="sn-invert-polarity">
+ <title>Inverting the Polarity of a Track</title>
+ <para>
+ The polarity of a track can be inverted in the Mixer Window by clicking
+ on the track name button of a Mixer Strip and choosing
+ <menuchoice><guimenu>Invert Polarity</guimenu></menuchoice>.
+ </para>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="images/invert_polarity.png"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ <para>
+ When the polarity of a track is inverted a <literal>Ø</literal> will
+ appear before the track name in the Mixer Strip.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This could be used to correct the polarity of an input signal due to
+ incorrect wiring or to prevent two signals that are out of phase with
+ respect to each other resulting in cancellation when mixing.
+ </para>
+<!--
+ <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+ href="Some_Subsection.xml" />
+ -->
+</section>
diff --git a/manual/xml/mixer_strips.xml b/manual/xml/mixer_strips.xml
index b381ced49a..a9028bad48 100644
--- a/manual/xml/mixer_strips.xml
+++ b/manual/xml/mixer_strips.xml
@@ -109,17 +109,8 @@
leaving the number of ports untouched.
</para>
</section>
-
- <section id="mixer-strip-polarity-button">
- <title>Polarity Button</title>
- <para>
- The polarity button, when pressed, inverts the phase of the signal as
- it leaves the track and enters the mixer strip. it has no effect on
- the signal being recorded to disk. It has no effect on the timing of
- the signal, either.
- </para>
- </section>
-
+ <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+ href="invert_polarity.xml" />
<section id="mixer-strip-solo-button">
<title>Solo Button</title>
<para>