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7.
Fader touch-sensitivity can now be used to select the desired channel
Much like our DM-24 mixing console, the touch circuit can now be used to select a channel on the
mixer. To this how this works, navigate to the LCD Preferences MIXER tab.
You will notice that in the middle of the page, an option was added to enable or disable fader touch
select. To see this in action, change the fader touch select option to On . Now, you should see the
SELECT LED for each channel change as you touch each fader.
8.
Selecting SOLO from the LCD or VGA screen will now put the surface into Solo mode
When a channel is soloed from either the VGA or LCD screen, the surface now goes into Solo mode,
as if you had soloed that channel with a surface key.
To check this out, navigate to the Track screen and Solo a channel —
the master Solo key will light and
the surface will be in Solo mode.
9.
Group Master solo behavior change
The Group Master works the way that it has since V1.0 in the sense that pressing Solo on the Group
Master solo s all of the slave channels. However, to make navigating a mix easier and more intuitive,
turning off the Master Solo Enable will now unsolo the eight Group Masters as well as the other audio
channels. Previously, unsolo ing the Group Masters had to be done manually.
NOTE: Turning off the Master Solo Enable does not unsolo any MIDI tracks. They remain unaffected.
10.
The Mute-state is now shown when the master Solo key is first pressed
The Mute and Solo behavior of the mixer has been changed slightly to better reflect what is really
going on, and in so doing been made to operate more like the DM-24 mixer.
Previously, pressing the master Solo button caused the surface to stop showing the state of the channel
mutes. Some users found this behavior confusing, as the channels appeared to no longer be muted,
even though the audio could not be heard. Now, the surface mutes will still be shown even when in
Solo mode.
To quickly check this out, mute a couple of channels on the current fader layer. Press the master Solo
enable button on the master channel strip —
notice that the mutes will still be shown, so that you can tell
at a glance which channels are soloed or muted (soloed channels flash as an indication).
11.
New Mute key functionality: momentary mode
This option was added for users who want to be able to use the Mute key as a part of the performance
of the mix. This momentary functionality works in a slightly different manner than the other controls
(control room Mono and Dim, the Cue button) with similar options, so take a minute or two to
familiarize yourself.
Too see how this works, while holding down the surface SHIFT key press a channel Mute key and
immediately release it. Notice that you didn t have to press the key twice to turn it on and off as you
would normally —
in this mode, the channel is only muted as long as you hold down the mute key.
