Studer Vista 9, Operating Instructions Manual

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Vista 9 Digital Mixing System
GC Operation 4-45
Date printed: 28.0.0 SW V4.5
4.7.6 SysAdmin: Control Group Assign
4.7.6.1 Control Group Basics
A Control Group is a group of console channels controlled by a Control Group
Master (CGM), similarly to the VCA groups in analog consoles.
Control Group Master The Control Group Master is a dedicated channel of a special type. The sole
purpose of the Control Group Master is to control the audio functions of its
Members.
Up to 32 Control Group Master channels can be defined in the Session
Configuration. The number of each Control Group Master is shown on the
7-segment display in the channel strip of each CGM, following the rule:
Control Group No. Display
1 0
2 1
... ...
10 9
11 A
12 b
13 C
14 d
15 E
16 F
17 0.
18
1 .
... ...
26
9 .
27
A .
28
b .
29
C .
30
d .
31
E .
32
F .
The Control Group Master channel controls the audio functions of the Mem-
bers. Master channels can be assigned to desk strips in the same way as any
other console channel. The desk strip to which a Control Group Master is
assigned will display the following:
• Control Group Master numbers in the seven-segment display next to
the fader: 0 through 9, characters A through F (and, for numbers above
16, the same but followed by a decimal point, as shown in the table
above);
• The Fixed Label is set to CGM (Control Group Master), but can be set
to display user labels such as DRUM, LVOX, BVOX, RTHM, etc. in the
Control Group Filter dialog box in the GC.
Control Group Members Control Group Members can be selected to and deselected from a Control
Group during the console operation. This is done in a special Control Group
Edit mode. Any console channel can be selected as a member in a Control
Group. The members can be ‘stolen’ from one Control Group to another.
When a channel is selected as a member in a Control Group, its channel strip
displays the Control Group in the seven-segment display next to the fader in
the same manner as described above.