Channel View
In
Channel
view, the physical I/O assignments are hidden so that you see only the source and destination channels, but not their
physical connections. This can be used to simplify the matrix:
Minimized View
In
Minimized
view, two things happen:
•
Any destinations controlled by automated switching are hidden – i.e., all speaker sets and the headphones.
•
For the remaining sources and destinations, the individual channels (Left, Right, etc.) are consolidated. This means that you
will see a single row and column for each source and destination, regardless of their mono, stereo or surround format.
The result is a very simple view, where it is easy to see exactly which sources and destinations are connected:
Click on a crosspoint to connect (or disconnect) a source and destination.
If the source or destination is multi-channel, then the system connects the “hidden” channels consecutively, so source channel 1
to destination channel 1, source channel 2 to destination channel 2, and so on. This is ideal if the formats of the source and
destination match as Left is assigned to Left, Right to Right, and so on.
However, if you wish to make a non-standard assignment (e.g.,
Conductor Mix Left
to both
Conductor Cue Output
Left
and
Right
),
then this cannot be done in
Minimized
view. Instead, switch back to either
Channel
or
Full
view to assign the individual channels.
Note that if there is a mismatch between the number of sources and destination channels, then the connections wrap around. So,
if you assign say a stereo source to a 4-channel destination, then source channel 1 is assigned to destination channels 1 & 3, and
source channel 2 to destination channels 2 & 4.
