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114 Express User Manual
Submaster types
Submasters can be pile-on, inhibitive or effect.
Pile-on submaster
A pile-on submaster consists of channels recorded at proportional levels.
If a pile-on submaster’s channel levels are higher than established channel
levels, the submaster’s levels take precedence (except as noted below).
If they are lower, the established levels take precedence. If a submaster
slider contains a recorded pile-on submaster, the LED lights.
Note: Channel levels set on the keypad and inhibitive submasters both
override pile-on submaster levels.
Inhibitive submaster
An inhibitive submaster holds the output of channels below a specified
level. An inhibitive submaster doesn’t actually set channel levels, it just
prevents them from exceeding a specified level. If a submaster slider con-
tains a recorded inhibitive submaster, the LED lights.
Effect submaster
An effect submaster has an effect recorded in it. Press an effect submas-
ter’s bump button or move its slider to start the effect running. See Chap-
ter 12, Working with effects , for more information on effect submasters.
Any submaster may be programmed with an effect. If a submaster slider
contains a recorded effect submaster, the LED lights.
Changing type
You can change a submaster’s type by using the [Type] key. When you
change a submaster type, levels recorded in the submaster are retained.
This means that you can change a submaster from pile-on to inhibitive and
back without losing any level or timing information. If you change the type
to effect, channel and level information is erased.
To change a submaster’s type, follow these steps:
Type changes do not take effect while the submaster is active. An active
submaster’s bump button LED blinks after you change its type. To deac-
tivate it, move its slider to zero or to 10. See Submaster LEDs on page 115
for more information about the LED.
Keystrokes: Action:
1. Press [Blind]. Selects Blind display
2. Press [Sub] [#]. Prompt reads:
Select submaster number
3. Press [Type]. Prompt reads:
Select submaster type
(1 = Pile-on, 2 = Inhibitive, 3 = Effect)
4. Press [1], [2] or [3] to
select type.
New type is entered in submaster
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