Studer Vista, Operating Instructions Manual

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STUDER
21. Sep. 2004 Release Notes Vista 3.4
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c) the level that is used to feed the multitrack bus
Note: When working with channels equipped with Virtual Surround Panning (VSP™), only normal
amplitude panning functions (without early reflections) will be active on the multitrack busses. If
the user wants to have full VSP on the multitrack busses, he should use the standard bus type
"Multitrack".
5. "Matrix" Busses
Some customers have asked for matrix busses. This bus type is very often used for live applications,
especially in PA. A matrix bus is a kind of an auxiliary bus, which is typically only fed by master
channels (subgroups, masters, aux masters), but not from input channels. The new Configuration
Editor 3.4 offers the possibility to talk from master channels onto auxiliary busses. It is therefore
possible to have a "super auxiliary" bus, which can be fed from any channel within the console.
However, very often this may be confusing. With the Configuration Editor software 3.4 it is easily
possible to let the software know whether you intend to use a certain auxiliary bus as a typical aux
bus (no actions necessary) or whether you want to use it as a matrix bus with typical feed
possibilities (right click on aux bus in CHANNEL/BUS view). The latter will remove the possibility to
talk to this bus from input channels, but add feeds from all master channels. This is identical to a
matrix bus and the corresponding master channels can be used as matrix outputs. They may even be
equipped with signal processing such as EQ, dynamics or delay in order to satisfy the specific needs
of each customer.
This is a standard AUX bus
This is a standard AUX bus
This is matrix style AUX bus
This is matrix style AUX bus
In order to avoid confusion about which master is a "true" auxiliary master and which one is a matrix
output, we recommend you rename the user label of the "matrix style" master channels to.
MATRIX 1, for example. This name will then be propagated and properly displayed on the input
channels – as described in the beginning of this notes.
6. VCA style CGMs ("Motors Off" option)
The "Control Group Masters" up to now were implemented in the way, that all channel faders
belonging to a certain control group would automatically move up and down whenever the master