iv Table of Contents

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................... 1

DPS24 STRUCTURE ................................................................................... 2

REAR PANEL ............................................................................................... 4

FRONT PANEL ............................................................................................ 7

TOP PANEL .................................................................................................. 8

GETTING AROUND THE DPS24 ............................................................. 8
ILLUMINATED KEYS................................................................................ 8
INPUTS ..................................................................................................... 9
RECORD/EDIT SELECT KEYS ............................................................. 10
L/R AND GROUP ASSIGN KEYS .......................................................... 11
SUB-GROUPING CHANNELS TO THE L/R MIX .................................................. 12
Q-STRIP FUNCTION KEYS/CHANNEL ENCODERS ........................... 13
CHANNEL ENCODERS ......................................................................... 13
FADER FLIP ....................................................................................................................14
Q-CHANNEL SELECT/Q-CHANNEL ENCODERS ................................ 15
Q-STRIP/Q-CHANNEL ENCODERS ..................................................... 17
FADERS/FADER BANKS ....................................................................... 18
MASTER SECTION ................................................................................ 20
MONITOR SECTION .............................................................................. 21
LCD 'POD' .............................................................................................. 23
LCD LAYOUT ................................................................................................................. 24
SOFT KEYS ...................................................................................................................... 24
PROJECT INFO BAR ..................................................................................................... 24
SAVE INDICATOR ........................................................................................................ 25
PROJECT OVERVIEW ................................................................................................... 26
WAVEFORM GENERATION INDICATOR ............................................................... 26
METER BRIDGE ............................................................................................................. 26
Q-LINK CONTROLS ..................................................................................................... 27
MOVING AROUND THE LCD ...................................................................................28
NAMING ......................................................................................................................... 30
PROMPTS ........................................................................................................................ 31
MAIN CONTROL SECTION ................................................................... 32
MIX SCENE KEYS ................................................................................. 35
STORING A MIX SCENE .............................................................................................. 36
RECALLING A MIX SCENE ........................................................................................ 37
RESET MIXER ................................................................................................................. 38
INITIAL SCENE ............................................................................................................. 39
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