Console Surface Controls

Owner's

Channel Strip

The touchscreens are actually an extension of the channel strips, so we'll begin by describing the channel strip controls on the touchscreens.

20. Meters

The meters indicate the signal strength at a point in the signal path determined by the meters option setting (Options > Meters).

Touching the meter section toggles the display between a lower-resolution display of all the meters (Channels 1-72 + Aux 1-12 + Bus 1-8 + L/R mix), and a higher-resolution display of the meters for the selected fader bank.

Tip: An easy way to change fader banks is to toggle to all-meter display, then touch the section in the meter display corresponding to the fader bank you want to switch to.

21. Assign

This section of the channel strip indicates the buses to which the channel is assigned, as well as the input source for the channel, the direct output assignment, and the pre- and post-insert assign- ments.

Touch the assign section of the channel strip to open the ASSIGNS window. See "The Screens, The Windows Menu, Assigns" for more info.

22. Auxes

The Auxes section indicates the Aux Send level for Auxes 1-12 and the Aux Pan for Aux 9/10 (Cue 1) and Aux 11/12 (Cue 2).

Touch the Auxes section of the channel strip to open the AUXES window. See "The Screens, The Windows Menu, Auxes" for more info.

23. Dynamics

The analog-style VU meter indicates whether the channel's compressor or gate are turned on (the meter lights up when the gate or compressor are turned on). When one of the dynamics processors are on, the meter indicates the input signal strength to the processors.

Touch the VU meter to open the DYNAMICS window. See "The Screens, The Windows Menu, Dynamics" for more info.

24. Equalizer

The small EQ window indicates whether the channel's equalizer is turned on (the EQ window lights up when the EQ is turned on). It also indicates the EQ setting for the channel in a graphic display (amplitude vs. frequency).

Touch the EQ window to open the large EQUALIZER window. See "The Screens, The Windows Menu, Equalizer" for more info.

25. Surround

The small surround window indicates the surround panning for the channel, Left/Right and Front/Back. In stereo mode, it simply indicates the left/right panning of the channel. In surround mode, it indicates the surround pan position.

Touch the surround window to open the large SURROUND window. See "The Screens, The Windows Menu, Surround" for more info.

26. V-Pots

Just below the touchscreens are a row of rotary controls called V-Pots, which is short for virtual potentiometer. These correspond to the rotary control that appears at the bottom of the touchscreens.

Unlike an analog console where a rotary pot can control only one function, a digital console allows you to assign a V-Pot to many different functions.

Using the buttons to the right of the touchscreens, you can assign the V-Pots to control the following functions:

PAN L/R (Left/Right)

PAN F/B (Front/Back,

for surround sound)

AUX 1-8 Send

AUX 9/10 and 11/12 Send

AUX 9/10 and 11/12 PAN

Digital TRIM

LEVEL TO TAPE

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