SoundCraft DC 2020, User Manual

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overwritten with new ones.
The Monitor faders will only follow the Control Group faders when the Monitor
faders are in Read, Write or Armed mode. If the Monitor faders are switched into
Manual mode, and the Control Group fader is moved, and then the Monitor faders
are switched into one of the three active modes they will immediately move to their
new positions: i.e. switching them into Manual Mode does not change the offset
between them and the Control Group’s fader position.
The use of the Control Group faders is best explained by use of the examples given
below.
•
Example 1
Suppose that a Mono Input fader is at 0dB at the time that it is assigned to a
Control Group. The Control Group’s fader is also at 0dB. If the Control Group’s
fader is moved then the Monitor fader will follow it (provided it is not in Manual
mode).
•
Example 2
Suppose now that you put the Control Group’s fader back to the 0dB position.
Suppose also that the Mono Input Monitor fader is in Write or Armed mode and
that you move it individually to, say, -10dB. If you then move the Control
Group’s fader the Monitor fader will follow it but with a -10dB offset.
Note what happens when the Control Group’s fader is moved to -
∞
: the Monitor
fader also goes to -
∞
, but when the Control Group’s fader is moved back up
again the -10dB offset is still in operation.
•
Example 3
Suppose again that you put the Control Group’s fader back to the 0dB position.
Also suppose that the Mono Input Monitor fader is in Write or Armed mode and
that you move it individually to, say, +10dB. If you then move the Control
Group’s fader the Monitor fader will follow it but with a +10dB offset.
Again note what happens when the Control Group’s fader is moved to -
∞
: the
Monitor fader also goes to -
∞
, but when the Control Group’s fader is moved
back up again the +10dB offset is still in operation.
Also notice what happens as the Control Group’s fader moves towards the
+10dB mark (top of its travel): the Monitor will already have reached the top,
but when the Control Group’s fader is moved back down again the +10dB offset
is still in operation.
•
Example 4
In this final example suppose that the Control Group’s fader is at, or near, -
∞
. A
Monitor fader is at, say -10dB. A small movement of the Control Group’s fader will
cause large movements on the Monitor fader in question. You will notice from this
that you will not have very fine control when a large offset exists. To regain this fine
control you may use the Fader Disengage facility described in the next paragraph.
Fader Disengage
If you have run out of fader travel, or you no longer have fine control as described
in example 4 above, you may temporarily disengage the Control Group faders as
follows: press and hold the SEL button on the appropriate Control Group panel, and
move the fader to a new position, then release the SEL button.
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