User Manual

DC16 Owner’s Manual
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Channel Screens Overview
Lying horizontally above the fader strips are 17 channel displays and two Channel Editing Page buttons.
The channel display on the far left is the selected channel display and does not have an encoder below it;
the remaining 16 channel displays have encoders for parameter control. See below for image and
descriptions.
• Channel Displays and Encoders
The channel display on the far left (and to the right of the channel editing buttons) is the selected
channel display. As the name dictates, It will always display the selected channel input or output
regardless of what bank of channels or outputs the other 16 channel screens are displaying. This way
you’re able to swiftly and easily make updates via the Fat Channel (described later) whether or not the
channel is even displayed in the current bank of 16. The remaining 16 channel screen displays show
the current channels under control by the fader, mute and solo controls and the editing controls for
the encoders below them.
As mentioned (and seen) above, there are two primary functions of the channel displays and encoders:
(1) To display each channel’s ID information. Notice how each display contains the CHANNEL icon
(or image), system name and user name (in your selected colors no less!) and PARAMETER name,
and graphic. The parameter value is also displayed when being updated [Ch. 3 gain level (27 dB)
in this example].
(2) To edit the parameters via the encoders. The encoders may be rotated to raise and lower values
depending on what parameter has been chosen. These encoders may also be pushed to turn certain
functions on and o or to make a selection from a list of choices.
In the example above, the Tom drum channel has been selected. From this view alone you’re able
to utilize the Fat Channel to update the tom’s EQ, dynamics and more. If used in conjunction
with the channel editing buttons (also described later), all of these channels parameters may
be accessed and changed on the y. In this case, the gain has been selected meaning that rotating
the encoder raises and lowers the channel’s gains (or digital trim if the input is USB or Dante).
Editing Page
Buttons
GAIN
GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN GAIN
1 2 3 4 51 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Ch 2Ch 1 Ch 3 Ch 4 Ch 5 Ch 6 Ch 7 Ch 8 Ch 9 Ch 10 Ch 11 Ch 12 Ch 13 Ch 14 Ch 15 Ch 16
Ch 1
Selected
Channel
Display
Channel
Displays and
Encoders
Tom
GAIN
GAIN
27
GAIN GAINGAINGAIN
GAIN
Kick S Top S Btm
dB
HiHat Tom
Rack
1 2 3 4 55
6
Channel
System Name
Edit Mode
Name
Parameter Graphic
Parameter Value
Parameter Name
Channel Encoder
Channel User Name
Channel Icon / Image