Euphonix MixView CS2000, Operation Manual

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Section 8: Grouping System & Fader Linking
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Lower fader 24 was configured as the group master to lower faders 22 & 23.
The group master fader is shown with a white surface. We did not include
lower fader 24’s DCA into the group and therefore the surface fader or physical
fader is no longer controlling it. One might ask “does this mean that lower
fader 24’s DCA is inaccessible?” The answer of course is no. The fader shown
in gray underneath the physical group master fader depicts a kind of “virtual
fader”, controlling lower fader 24’s DCA. It is there to show that the control of
lower fader 24’s DCA can be accessed by essentially “bringing it to the
surface”, if you will. This DCA can even be a slave in this or any other group.
The mode represented by the diagram above is called Master mode because
the surface or “physical” fader is the group master.
To gain control of the underlying virtual fader and the DCA it controls, all you
need to do is switch the grouping system to
IND ependent mode. From the
Group Select menu, press [ F4 ] to toggle to Independent mode:
F3 F1 F2 F4
F3 F1 F2 F4
Building a group means simply connecting any fader to any other fader’s DCA
and calling it a Group Master. When doing this you have the option of includ-
ing the master fader’s own DCA into the group or not. The diagram below
depicts the group we constructed in Exercise 1.
Physical Fader vs.
Virtual Fader in
Master Mode
INDependent Mode
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
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
Lower fader
Lower fader DCA
Fader control line
Trims group
slave DCAs
22 23
Underlying
audio path
& control
Group
control
line
Master fader
on surface
Underlying
“virtual fader”
24
Group Master Fader
and Underlying
Audio Control
Toggles grouping
system ON & OFF
Group Select: ON MSTR
Group Select: ON IND