Operation Manual

VCA and POP groups 179
PRO Series Live Audio Systems
Owner’s Manual
POP groups
The POP groups have limited functionality (see “Using VCA/POP groups” on page 104).
Each group has an LCD select button on the control surface and an unfold and area B
button on the GUI. These controls function in a similar way to those in the VCA groups.
Working with VCA/POP groups
When you recall a group, its input channel members are unfolded to the control surface
of the 12-channel input bay. They are displayed from right to left across the control
surface in ascending order (according to channel number). When this bay is full,
population starts at the right of the 4-channel input bay. Any input channel members
remaining will not be visible, but they can be navigated to the control surface using the
navigation controls (see “To assign an input channel to the control surface” on
page 62).
When you deselect a VCA/POP group, its settings revert to those that were current
when the group select button was last pressed. Recalling another VCA/POP group
deselects the one currently selected.
For information on group selection and navigation, see Chapter 6 "Working With The
Control Centre" on page 51 and Chapter 7 "Navigation" on page 59.
5 SOLO button Activates signal routing from all assigned channels to
the monitor A section of the control centre. It is used
to monitor the VCA master faders by creating a mix
on the solo buses, which consists of all input channels
and audio mix groups that are assigned to control
from corresponding VCA masters.
6 MUTE switch This is, technically, not a mute but a fader minus
infinity (-∞) switch that overrides the VCA group
master (without moving its physical position). The
VCA group mutes can be stored and recalled as part
of the scene automation. When on, it mutes all
post-fader signals from channels that have been
assigned to the VCA group master (regardless of local
press, scene mute and SIP mute, which affect only
the mute status indicator while channel is muted by
VCA). However, it does not update the mute status
indicator on the channel (only channel outputs). On
removal of the VCA mute, the channel outputs are
updated to the current state of the channel mute
status indicator.
The VCA control group mute has been removed from
scene recall and auto-mute action. When mute safe
is active, all channel mute activation methods, other
than by local press, are ignored. De-activating the
mute safe condition re-evaluates and applies the
current status of auto-mute and SIP mute.
7 Area B button (GUI
only)
Changes input channel selection from default (area A)
to those input channels set to area B mode — in the
input bays.
8 unfold button
(GUI only)
Assigns the VCA group to the control surface,
unfolding the group members to the input bays.
9 VCA/POP group ID Fixed and user-configured name of group.
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