User Manual

Master Fader and My Fader Reference Guide
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Selector Strip
Top to bottom, the selector strip breaks down to four separate selectors:
• Mute Groups
• Output Selector
• View Groups
• Masters
Together, these four selectors are the main interface controlling what inputs
and outputs you see and hear.
Let’s take a look at them in order. First up...mute groups!
Mute Groups – Mute groups allow you to quickly mute
(and unmute) multiple channels and/or outputs. There
are a multitude of possibilities in which to assign and
enable mute groups: productions featuring a rotating
cast of musicians, theater productions, a house of
worship and more. It is also great for muting all inputs
during song breaks or in-between sets.
The DL32R has six mute groups, while the DL1608 and
DL806 have four mute groups each.
Let’s take a closer look at a couple of examples.
Example One: A cover band plays four sets in one night.
Eight of the tunes feature slide guitar, a horn section
and background singers. One option is for the band
to play all eight songs in a row, then mute the channels
once completed...but that isn’t very diverse, is it? Rather,
the band would prefer to pepper the songs in throughout
the night for variety. Simply assign those channels to a
mute group and keep that mute group master engaged until the songs featuring slide
guitar, a horn section and background singers are played. Here’s how:
Step 1 — Open the mute group selector: Assigning channels to mute groups starts in the selector
strip, so you’ll need to head here rst. Tap anywhere in the mute groups selector, as outlined in
the image above left. Doing so displays a popover similar to what’s seen above right. Mute groups
(including the default, “None”) illuminate when selected.
As one might expect, if Multi-Select is enabled [as indicated with
a P], multiple mute groups may be selected. As such, if Multi-Select
is disabled [as indicated with no P], only a single mute group may
be selected.
I’m an odd bird, so we’ll go with the odd numbers for the mute groups.
Tap mute group numbers 1, 3 and 5 to see them illuminate.
[Simply tapping a mute group again unassigns the mute group].
Tapping anywhere in the mixer view or channel view will close the mute
group popover. Now take a look at the mute groups on the selector strip;
mute groups 1, 3 and 5 are illuminated in oxblood red.
This is great, save for one thing...nothing’s been assigned to these mute
groups! Lucky for us, near the bottom of the mute group selector is an
option to assign mute groups...that’s what we want! Open the mute
group selector again by tapping anywhere in the mute group selector.
Mute Groups
View Groups
Output Selector
Masters
Mute Groups Selected Mute Groups Enabled