Operation Manual

Navigating the output channels 67
PRO Series Live Audio Systems
Owner’s Manual
>> To assign output channels to the control surface
Do one of the following:
• Channel type buttons Press the desired channel type button to assign its bank of
eight outputs to the local row of output fast strips on the control surface. For
example, press the upper RET button to assign returns 1 to 8 to the upper row of
output fast strips.
• Scroll buttons Scroll the desired output channel to the control surface using the
scroll by 1 buttons in the channel select (upper) section.
You can assign a bank of channels to the output fast strip via the GUI. Similarly to the
layout of the control surface, the overview GUI screen has channel select buttons to the
right of the two rows of outputs (see Figure 6, “Typical Overview screen (default of the
mix bay GUI screen),” on page 30). Click the desired channel type button to assign its
bank of outputs to the row on the left. For example, click the lower AUX button to
assign auxes 1 to 8 to the lower row of outputs.
>> To select an output channel
Do one of the following:
• Quick access button (output fast strip) To select an output channel that is
currently assigned to the output fast strips, press its local quick access button in the
desired output fast strip. This will assign the output channel to the local channel
strip.
• Quick access button (master channel) To select a master channel, press its
local quick access button. This will assign the master channel to the local channel
strip.
• Touch sensitive control knobs Touch/operate the control knob in the desired
output fast strip. This will select the local channel and assign it to the local channel
strip.
3 Channel select
buttons
Each button assigns its bank of channels to the eight
output fast strips to the left.
PRO3 only: The MTX buttons (3a) for output
channels 9 to 16 are not used.
4 Right arrow button See “Operating the top output fast strips from the
master bay” on page 48.
5 Quick access
button — channel
strip
Quickly selects the local processing area of the
selected channel or channel pair, but doesn’t affect
channel selection. Illuminates (blue) when active.
6 Channel selection
keys and buttons
The buttons in the channel type section (except the
INPUT button) are used with the number keys in the
channel select (lower) section to select a specific
output channel number, assigning it to the control
surface (see “Fault finding a problem channel” on
page 69).
7 scroll by 1
buttons
These left and right scroll buttons scroll through the
channels one at a time. Channel selection follows the
scrolling.
8 Display Shows the number of the currently selected channel
and its type.
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