Chapter 10: Groups
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Chapter 10: Groups
This chapter shows how to do the following:
• Configure Group busses
• Route Groups
• Adjust Group bus parameters
Configuring Group Busses
The Output section has 8 available Group busses. Group out-
puts can be assigned to the Main Output busses, to available
bus-fed plug-ins, to Matrix mixers, and to any hardware out-
puts on the systems.
Group busses can be globally configured to be mono or stereo
as part of the Aux/Group bus configuration. See “Configuring
Aux and Group Busses” on page 74.
For information on routing input channels and FX Returns to
Groups, see “Routing Channels to the Mains and
Groups Busses” on page 65.
Routing Inputs to Group Busses
To route multiple channels to a single Group at a time:
1
Press the Groups switch to bank the Output faders to the
Groups busses.
2
Press the Select switch in the Output strip for the Group
(1–8) to which you want to assign channels.
3
Press the Multi-Assign switch near the Output encoders. The
Multi Assign and output Select switches flash.
4
Press the Select switch on the channels you want routed to
the selected Group.
5
Press the Multi Assign switch again to confirm the action.
– or –
Select another Group to confirm the current assignment but
remain in Multi Assign mode to assign channels to the newly
targeted Group bus.
To route channels to any number of Group busses:
1
Target one or more channels.
2
In the Bus Assigns section, press any of the Group switches
so that they are lit.
Routing Group Outputs to the Main
Busses
You can route Group outputs to the Main busses from the ACS
or on-screen.
To route a Group output to the Main busses from the ACS:
1
Press the Groups switch in the Output Fader assignment sec-
tion to assign control of Group levels to the faders.
2
Select each Group that you want to assign to the Main bus-
ses by pressing their Select switches.
3
In the ACS Bus Assigns section, press the L–R (left and right)
or C/Mono (center/mono) switch so that it is lit.
Bus Assign switches to assign Groups to Mains
Assigning Groups to the Output faders
Bus Assign switches to assign Groups to Mains
Groups 1
–
8
Groups switch
Mains
L-R
C/M
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