Operation Manual

Soundcraft Vi Series™ User Guide 1112Page 8 - 6
User-dened Fader Pages
What is the difference between ‘Fixed’ and ‘User-dened’ Input Fader Pages?
‘Fader Pages’ are dened as arrangements of channel strips on your console. Up until Version 4.0 software,
only ‘Fixed’ Fader Pages (A,B & C) were available on Vi consoles. These xed pages are simply the input
channels 1-32 (for example on Page A of a Vi6) arranged in sequential order in the same way as channels
would be on an analogue desk.
With User Dened Fader Pages, nothing changes as far as the Fixed Fader Pages go, but what we add is
the ability to take the channels that exist on those xed pages, and have them available again on three
special pages but in an order that can be chosen by the user. Changing the order here does not affect the
signals patched into them or any of the processing or labels that might already have been applied – every-
thing moves with the channels. Re-arranging the channels on User-dened pages also does not affect the
positions of those channels in the Fixed Fader Pages – you can always go back to the Fixed Pages at any
time and nd the channels in their original sequential positions.
There are three User Dened pages User 1, 2 & 3 that can be created, and each of these can contain any
combination of the channels that appear on the three Fixed layers. It is also possible to arrange VCA
Master faders within the User-dened Fader pages, along side input channels. There are no restrictions on
how many times you can use a particular channel, so for example it is possible to assign a vocal channel
to the same fader in all three User Pages, meaning that it will appear to remain in the same place on the
surface regardless of which User Page is selected.