Operation Manual

Soundcraft Vi Series™ User Guide 1112Page 8 - 8
Step 2 – Open the Channel Select screen
To start assigning channels to the fader Strips, touch any of the buttons labeled ‘NONE’ in the previous
screenshot, corresponding to the position and layer of the fader you want to assign something to. Normally
you would start at the top left and work across each layer, assigning the faders in order.
Touching any of the ‘NONE’ buttons opens up the ‘Channel Select’ screen that then allows you to choose
any of the input channels on the desk to be assigned to your chosen fader:
The tabs on the right side of the screen allow all available input channels to be accessed (the last tab
65-96 will only be shown if you have a Vi4 or 6 that has the 72ch/96ch DSP upgrade tted).
Each channel select button shows the channel’s ‘short label’ name in the centre of the button, and the
channel’s number, corresponding to its position on the xed layers A/B/C, in the bottom left corner.
In the case shown above, the channel ‘ROB AC’ is being chosen to be the assignment for Strip 1 on User
Layer 1. As soon as you select your channel, the select screen will automatically close and return to the
Setup page, and you will be able to see your assigned channel on the rst strip of User layer 1, like this: