Chapter 13: Patchbay
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Text Display of Patch Source and Destination
Above the grid tabs are “from” and “to” text display fields that
display the full text names of hardware I/O and channels.
To view full names of a patch source and destination:
Place the cursor over a
Channel Name
. If the channel is al-
ready routed, its source and destination assignment appear di-
rectly above the Patching Grid, as shown below.
An asterisk at the end of a destination name indicates a mul-
tiple output assignment. See “Multiple Input and Output As-
signments in the Patchbay” on page 103.
Naming Channels from the Patchbay
Channel names can be changed from the Patchbay. Channel
names can be up to 32 characters in length. When displayed
on the console, names are abbreviated to fit the display.
To name or rename a channel from the Patchbay:
1
Double-click the channel name.
2
Type a new name and press Enter on the computer key-
board.
Type Text Search
Type Text search lets you use the keyboard for fast navigation
to a channel. You can enter the first characters of a channel
name or the absolute channel number to target that channel
on the ACS.
To search for and select a channel:
1
Type the first few letters, full name, or channel number of
the channel. For example, type “s” to go to the first channel
beginning with the letter
s
(such as
Snare
).
2
Press the Tab key to cycle through and select any other
channels beginning with that letter (such as
Snare Top
,
Snare
Bottom
, or
Strings
).
Navigating the Patchbay
Navigating to Channel Types
The Patchbay uses multiple tabs to access different hardware
I/O and channel types. For example, the Inputs screen pro-
vides Channels and FX Returns tabs for you to patch these dif-
ferent channel types independently.
Examples
To show Inputs:
Go to the Patchbay page and click the
Inputs
tab.
To show a specific type of Input in the Patching grid:
In the Patchbay page, click the
Channels
tab, or the
FX Re-
turns
tab. Shift-Click to select and show multiple types at
once.
To navigate to a different hardware source:
Click the appropriate Hardware tab across the top of the
Patching Grid.
Channel source and destination display
When naming channels in the Patchbay, press Tab on the
keyboard to go to the next channel and Shift+Tab to go to
the previous channel.
Source Destination
Channel Name
Avoid giving channels names that begin with numbers dif-
ferent from the absolute channel number. When you type a
number, VENUE navigates to absolute channel numbers re-
gardless of the channel name.
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