Chapter 8: Inputs and Input Routing
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Chapter 8: Inputs and Input Routing
This chapter shows how to do the following:
• Configure inputs (system settings for input channels),
name channels, Make Stereo and Split to Mono)
• Assign input sources to Input Channels in the Patchbay
• Route input channels to Mains, Groups, and Aux Sends,
to Matrix mixers and other output busses, and to plug-ins
• Adjust input channel parameters
Configuring Inputs
Two types of inputs are available: Input Channels and FX Re-
turns.
Input Channels
Input Channels
are used to control inputs from stage and FOH
(local) audio inputs, from Pro Tools, or from bus-fed plug-ins.
Input channels can be mono or stereo. Each mono channel
controls one input, and each stereo channel controls two in-
puts in tandem. Input channels can appear on any of the in-
put channel strips. Up to 48 mono input channels are avail-
able. Input channels are displayed in banks on the 16 control
surface input channel strips.
FX Returns
Effects Return channels (or
FX Returns
) are used to control sig-
nals from bus-fed plug-ins, from external hardware, or from
Pro Tools.
FX Returns are always stereo, and appear on input channel
strips 1–8. Up to 8 stereo FX Returns are available.
Configuring Input Channels
VENUE SC48 can be configured to have 16, 24, 32, or 48 avail-
able Input Channels.
To set the number of available Input Channels:
1
Put the system into Config mode.
2
Go to the Options page and click the
System
tab.
3
Click
Edit
.
4
Choose the number of channels from the
Input Channels
pop-up menu.
5
Click
Apply
. The system restarts with the new Input Channel
configuration.
Configuring FX Returns
VENUE SC48 provides 8 stereo FX returns, and this setting
cannot be changed. You can, however, use the Standalone
Software to simulate a different VENUE system and then con-
figure the number of FX Returns, as available on those sys-
tems. This can be useful if you are planning to transfer a Show
file to a larger VENUE system.
Combining Input Channels (Make Stereo)
Pairs of mono input channels can be combined to make stereo
channels, whose left and right sides are then controlled by
one input channel strip.
To combine two mono input channels into a single stereo
channel:
1
Put the system into Config mode.
2
Select two mono channels by doing either of the following:
• On the console, press and hold the Multi-Select switch,
then press Select on each of the two mono channel strips
you want to combine.
– or –
• On-screen, go to the Inputs page and click a fader strip to
select the first mono channel, then hold Shift and click
to select the second mono channel you want to combine.
3
Right-click either of the selected mono channels on-screen
and choose
Make Selected Mono Strips Stereo
.
Audio will be interrupted when this configuration change
is applied.
Two mono inputs about to be combined into one stereo channel
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