B.5.4 External Keying of Noise Gates
Noise gates may be keyed (externally triggered) by a variety of sources. A gate may be
keyed by the settings of another gate, one of four console-wide Gate buses, or one of
two Switch buses.
To Key a gate from another source:
1.
Select the Input module desired. Press the
Gate
select button.
2.
Press the
Preset/Key/Link
selection button and turn the center
Key
rotary
encoder knob to cycle through the following choices:
OFF
No External Keying
M#
One of the three other modules in the processor group
G1
Console-wide Audio Gate bus 1
G2
Console-wide Audio Gate bus 2
G3
Console-wide Audio Gate bus 3
G4
Console-wide Audio Gate bus 4
S1
Console-wide Switch Closure bus 1
I1
Inverse of Switch Closure bus 1
S2
Console-wide Switch Closure bus 2
I2
Inverse of Switch Closure bus 2
Each dynamics processor in the console controls 4 modules (ie. 1-4, 13-16, 33-36).
When keying a module from another module, the module can only be keyed by modules
on the same dynamics processor (ie. Module 2 can only be keyed from module 1, 3 or
4).
If a Noise Gate is being keyed from another source, the Threshold and Mask settings are
derived from the external source. Therefore, the control’s title changes to show the new
source. For example, if Mix 1’s gate is keyed from Mix 2, the
THR
label becomes
TM02
,
and the
MASK
label becomes
MM02
.
If a gate is keyed from S1, S2, I1, or I2, then the Threshold setting no longer applies, and
dashes (
---
) are displayed on the LCD.
Due to the architecture of the STATUS Dynamics option, the following restrictions apply
when keying noise gates from external buses.
•
Noise Gates may key off console-wide external buses G1 through G4, or switch buses
S1, I1, S2, or I2. External bus selection is exclusive—if an external bus is selected by
any noise gate on the local processor, then it is the only external bus available to other
noise gates in that local processor group.
B.5.5 External Keying of Compressor/Limiters
Compressor/Limiters may be keyed (externally triggered) by a variety of sources. A
compressor/limiter may be keyed by the settings of another compressor/limiter or one of
four console-wide analog buses.
To Key a compressor/limiter from another source:
1.
Select the Input module desired. Press the
C/L
select button.
2.
Press the
Preset/Key/Link
selection button and turn the center
Key
rotary
encoder knob to cycle through the following choices:
OFF
No External Keying
M#
One of the three other modules in the processor group
A1
Console-wide compressor/limiter analog bus 1
A2
Console-wide compressor/limiter analog bus 2
A3
Console-wide compressor/limiter analog bus 3
A4
Console-wide compressor/limiter analog bus 4
Each dynamics processor in the console controls four modules (ie. 1-4, 13-16, 33-36).
When keying a module from another module, that module can only be keyed by modules
on the same dynamics processor (ie. Module 2 can only be keyed from module 1, 3 or
4).
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Appendix B Dynamics Option