AutoPlay

Dynamics Submenu

•When AutoPlay is selected, playback starts automatically when you jump to a locate point.

•This is handy when you are jumping from one locate point to another, listening for something in particular.

Meters Submenu

Show All Meters

•Select this option to display all 94 meters (in- cluding the L/R mix).

•Touch the meter bridge in the display to toggle between showing the 24 meters in the currently selected bank and all meters.

Input

•The meters display the signal at the input, prior to any controls on the Digital X Bus.

Pre-Fader

•The meters display the signal just prior to the fader, post- Digital Trim, EQ, Compressor, Gate, and pre-fader insert.

Post-Fader

•The meters display the signal just after the fader.

VU Meters Submenu

•When VU Meters is selected, the meter bridge in the display changes to an analog VU-style meter.

•When VU Meters is off, the meter bridge changes to a vertical bar display.

Meter Reference Point

The next three options allow you to adjust resolution of the meter display. The higher the resolution, the more detail you can see in the signal as it approaches 0 dBFS.

–∞to 0 dB

•The meters display the entire signal range from no signal to 0 dBFS.

–24 dB to 0 dB

•The meters display the signal from –24 dBFS to 0 dBFS.

–12 dB to 0 dB

•The meters display the signal from –12 dBFS to 0 dBFS.

These three options allow you to change what is being displayed in the VU meter in the dynamics section of the channel strip. These options have no effect on the meter bridge at the top of the screen.

In

•Displays the signal level at the input to the compressor.

Reduction

•Displays the amount of gain reduction being applied to the signal by the compressor. With no compression, the meter indicates fully right. As gain reduction is applied to the signal, the meter moves to the left to indicate the amount of gain reduction in real time.

Out

•Displays the signal level at the output of the compressor, after compression and makeup gain has been applied.

Peak Hold

•When Peak Hold is selected, a thin bar appears in the meter bridge display to indicate the level of recent transient peaks in the signal. The Peak Hold bar has a slower decay rate than the normal response of the signal meter.

•Peak Hold does not affect the meters when in VU mode.

Clear Overloads

•If the metered signal reaches 0 dBFS, the clip indicator at the top of the meter bridge blinks to indicate that digital clipping has occurred.

•The clip indicator continues to blink until you manually clear it, either by selecting Clear Overloads in the Options < Meters Submenu, or selecting Clear Overloads in the Windows < Setup < Mix Options window.

DAW Emulation Mode Submenu

Use the DAW Emulation Mode submenu to select a third-party DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) software for controlling with the MIDI bank of the Digital X Bus. Since the Digital X Bus has 24 faders, when using the Mackie Control emulation mode, it works like a Mackie Control Universal with two eight-channel expanders.

One of the following DAW software applications can be selected in the DAW Emulation Mode drop- down box in the MIDI bank (see next page):

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