User Manual

Master Fader and My Fader Reference Guide
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To create a VCA, tap a VCA’s routing button followed by tapping the button of every channel that should be
a member of that VCA. Assigned buttons will illuminate, while unassigned channels will remain gray. It is
permissible for any channel to be a member of multiple VCAs. In this example, we’re sending channels 1-6
[drum set] to VCA 1.
There is an entire chapter dedicated to output routing on pages 110-114.
It’s also possible to assign a channel to a VCA outside of using the VCA’s routing button.
Simply tap the channel’s routing button followed by tapping the button for each VCA desired.
Repeat this for each channel as necessary.
There is an entire chapter dedicated to input routing on pages 78-82.
An overview of the VCAs may be accessed via the overview screen as described on pages
17-18. Here it is possible to see the settings of all VCAs simultaneously and head straight
to the VCA needing updates simply by tapping that VCA channel.
VCA channels simply act as control faders with no regard to mono or stereo.
Therefore, they may not be linked (or unlinked, for that matter).
We know you’re here to mix, not do math, but this is easy. As stated earlier, any channel may belong
to more than one VCA group. The actual gain value for a channel assigned to one or more VCA Groups
is the algebraic sum of its own fader and all of the VCA master faders of the VCA groups to which it
belongs.
Example 1: Channel 5 belongs to VCA Groups 2, 4, and 5. All of the masters are set to 0 dB and the
channel is set to 0 dB. Channel 5’s VCA gain value is 0 dB.
Example 2: Channel 5 again. All of the VCA masters (2, 4, and 5) are set to –3 dB and the channel
is set to 0 dB. Channel 5’s VCA gain value is –9 dB.
Example 3: Channel 5 again. VCA masters 2 and 4 are set to –5 dB, VCA master 5 is set to –∞ (o).
Channel 5’s VCA gain value is –∞ (o ) because –∞ (o ) is larger than any of the other settings,
so it forces the channel’s VCA to –∞ (o).
A VCA’s ID button – naming, image, color and presets – works exactly like that of a channel’s ID button.
Refer to pages 34-38 for more information on these features.