User Manual

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4 Basic Mixing and Routing
4.2 Fader Layers and Banks
StudioLive™ Series III
Owner’s Manual
Level Meter
Each channel has a three-segment LED level meter, which gives a quick indication of
signal levels flowing through that input, mix, or bus. The bottom segment begins to
light when the signal reaches -40 dBFS. The middle segment begins to light when the
signal reaches -18 dBFS. The top LED, which is red to remind you that clipping is near
or already occurring, begins to light when the signal reaches -1.5 dBFS. It lights most
strongly once the signal reaches -0.2 dBFS (trouble ahead!)
Channel Fader
This touch-sensitive motorized fader lets you control output volume for the input,
mix, or bus that the channel is currently addressing. When the fader is pulled all the
way down (to the ∞ mark), the signal is muted entirely. At the “U” mark (for unity
gain), the mixer is neither boosting nor attenuating the signal. Settings above “U” add
up to 10 dB of gain.
Power User Tip: Because the channel faders are motorized, you can quickly flip between
mixes and recall mix scenes with needing to manually recall them.
4.2 Fader Layers and Banks
With so many available analog and digital inputs, mixes, buses, and DCAs, your
StudioLive has more internal mix elements than it does channel strips to control
them. This is where fader layers come in.
You can switch between these layers using the following buttons:
Inputs. This displays the input channels across all faders so that the channel strips
control corresponding Mic and Mic/Line input channels.
User. The User layer allows you create a custom selection of channels for quicker
access. For more information on the User layer, see Section 4.3.
Aux Inputs (StudioLive 32 and 24 only). While active, the eight channel strips to
the right of the Master fader control FX Returns A-D, Aux Input 1 & 2, Tape Input,
and Talkback. Channel strips 1-24/16 continue to address input channels 1-24/16
as normal.
DCA Groups. Channel strips control the master faders of the Filter DCA Groups. Press
Prev and Next buttons to reach all 24 DCA Groups.
Mix/FX Masters. Channel strips control the master faders and mute/solo states for
available Subgroups, FlexMixes, and FX buses.
Press the Prev and Next buttons to scroll through the other available input channels
and output buses.