Control Surface 31
DM2000 Version 2—Owner’s Manual
BGATE/COMP button
This button is used to set the rotary controls for either Gate or Compressor operation.
When an Output Channel is selected, Compressor is selected automatically and cannot be
changed. See “Gating Input Channels” on page 85 and “Compressing Channels” on
page 137 for more information.
CTHRESHOLD, RANGE, ATTACK, DECAY, HOLD (THRESHOLD, RATIO, ATTACK,
RELEASE, GAIN) controls
When the GATE/COMP button is set to GATE, these controls set the Threshold, Range,
Attack, Decay, and Hold parameters of the currently selected Input Channel’s Gate. When
it’s set to COMP, they set the Threshold, Ratio, Attack, Release, and Gain parameters of the
currently selected channel’s Compressor. See “Gating Input Channels” on page 85 and
“Compressing Channels” on page 137 for more information.
DGATE ON button
This button is used to turn the currently selected Input Channel’s Gate on and off. Its indi-
cator lights up when the Gate is on. See “Gating Input Channels” on page 85 for more infor-
mation.
ECOMP ON button
This button is used to turn the currently selected channel’s Compressor on and off. Its indi-
cator lights up when the Compressor is on. See “Compressing Channels” on page 137 for
more information.
FGATE/COMP indicators
These indicators show whether the rotary controls are set to control either a Gate or a Com-
pressor. The GATE indicator lights up when they’re set to control a Gate; the COMP indi-
cator, when they’re set to control a Compressor. See “Gating Input Channels” on page 85
and “Compressing Channels” on page 137 for more information.

PAN/SURROUND

APAN/SURROUND DISPLAY button
This button is used to select the Input Channel Pan pages, the Surround Mode page, and
the Surround Edit pages. See “Panning Input Channels” on page 95 and “Using Surround
Pan” on page 97.
BL & R buttons
These buttons can be used to select horizontally or vertically partnered Input or Output
Channels. They can be used to select the left and right channels when a Matrix Send or the
Stereo Out is selected. For Input Channels, in Individual Pan mode, the [L] button indica-
tor lights up when an odd/left channel is selected; the [R] button indicator, when an
even/right channel is selected. In Gang or Inverse Gang Pan mode, the button indicator of
the other channel in the pair flashes when its partner is selected.
CPAN display
This 10-segment display indicates the pan position of the currently selected Input Channel.
When pan is set to center, the center two segments light up. When a Matrix Send or the Ste-
reo Out is selected, it displays the balance.
LINK GRAB EFFECT
L
EVEN
R
LR
PAN/SURROUND
DISPLAY ODD
1
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