Euphonix MixView CS2000, Operation Manual

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Section 8: Grouping System & Fader Linking
Euphonix CS3000/2000 Operation Manual 8 - 5
will give you gain or attenuation respectively. Fader mutes are also part of the
groups function; when you mute the master fader, audio levels for the slaves
mute too. The levels of the slave faders and their individual mute status can
be changed independently at any time relative to the master. Set channel 16’s
I/O Meter mode as shown here:
F3 F1 F2 F4
You should see the meters track the slave fader levels. This mode shows the
lower fader level on the right-hand meter and the upper fader level on the left-
hand meter. Only individual fader levels are shown, not master fader levels.
Note that if the master fader is also selected as a slave, its level will be
metered. This concept is covered below.
IMPORTANT: Grouping assignments are saved with console mixes although
saving a mix is not necessary to use/recall your grouping setup. While this
may seem contradictory, MixView maintains a hidden untitled mix, in the
absence of any saved mixes, which does not appear in the Mix List. Console
grouping info is retained there and is saved with mixes later written to disk.
This concludes Exercise 1.
To fully understand the uniqueness of the Euphonix grouping system we must
first address the relationship between the physical fader (the fader that you
actually touch and move) and the DCA (Digitally Controlled Attenuator) during
normal (non-group) operation. The following diagrams are theoretical and for
demonstration purposes only. The actual system achitecture is far more
sophisticated, but these diagrams illustrate important grouping concepts. The
fader is simply a control device which, in normal operating mode, controls a
DCA. The diagram below shows faders in normal operating mode. The physical
faders control their own DCAs via “fader control lines” as shown. Fader/DCA Control
DCA DCA DCA
Input
EQ•Dyn
BUS
Grp
1
2
L
R
ON
AFL
PFL
DIR
ST1
M1 M2
L1 L2
L3 L4
ovld
PAN BAL
ST2
Input
EQ•Dyn
BUS
Grp
1
2
L
R
ON
AFL
PFL
DIR
ST1
M1 M2
L1 L2
L3 L4
ovld
PAN BAL
ST2
Input
EQ•Dyn
BUS
Grp
1
2
L
R
ON
AFL
PFL
DIR
ST1
M1 M2
L1 L2
L3 L4
ovld
PAN BAL
ST2
22 24 23
Lower fader
Lower fader DCA
Fader control line
16CH-> Lvl->UF Lvl:LF