Step 4 – Name and colour channels
Having chosen a Template show as your starting point, and set your operating preferences, you may wish to prepare for your show by naming your inputs, mixes and DCAs, and applying colour to help identify them by type or to highlight important channels. You can name channels with up to 5 characters entered from an
There are two ways to name and colour channels:
Channel Processing view
In normal mixing mode, press SEL to access the channel processing. Make sure all screen keys are turned off so that the channel parameters are displayed on the screen. Navigate to the name and colour screen:
Input Channels - PREAMP screen Mix Masters - EXT INPUT screen DCA Masters – Top toolbar
Name & Colour screen
Press the TouchScreen NAME & COLOUR key.
Strip Select / Single Strip Select - Press a strip SEL key. Touch Name to open the
Strip Select / Block Strip Select - Press the first SEL key then the last in the range you want to colour. All green SEL indicators in the range light. Touch Colour to select the colour. Touch Apply.
Note – Naming is disabled in Block mode, apart from resetting a block of names to their channel numbers.
Channel Select - Select Channel Type and the range. Select Colour and press Apply.
Note - To restore the SEL keys to normal mixing mode turn off the NAME & COLOUR key.
Touch Reset to delete the name and restore the channel number.
Quick Menu
A quick naming facility opens a second keypad to let you create and store up to 48x of your most often used names. To apply, press a strip SEL key and simply touch a name. Touch Edit to edit or create new names.
Note – The user defined quick names are stored in the Show memories. These get overwritten with the contents of the Show when it is recalled.
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