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Vista 1 Digital Mixing System
1.1.5

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Desk Navigation Example
1-10 Introduction
Vista 1 has more channels available in the DSP core than there are physical
faders on the console surface. Most manufacturers deal with that fact by
introducing 'layers'. The console surface can be switched in order to show
the different layers, all of which making all DSP channels available to the
user. The Vista operating philosophy has modified this concept: Rather than
thinking of layers sitting on top of each other, we think of the layers being
arranged on a horizontal line. The 'Layer' is now called 'Section'. The six
sections are next to each other on an imaginary horizontal line.
As long as the user wants to switch to a specific section, there is no difference
in operation to the 'layer' concept. Changing to another section is accom-
plished by pressing one of the corresponding keys in the SEcTIoN area of the
fader bay or with the adjacent < / > arrow-shaped keys (see below, left).
Information on which section is currently displayed is given by the lit key(s) in
the fader bay's SEcTIoN area. The graphical controller's 'strip setup' window
shows clear overviews of fader bay and control bay; it will also indicate the
section currently displayed on the desk by putting a dark background to the
corresponding channels.
If FoLLoW is active in the control bay, the bay can be used as an additional
fader bay. However, it scrolls independently from the fader bay, using the
FADER PAGE keys at the left of the control bay (see above, right).
Let's assume a 32-fader desk. 20 of them are normally used for inputs. Since
the desk can jump to six sections, up to 6 × 20 = 120 DSP channels can be
operated. It is, by the way, possible to have the same DSP channel visible in
multiple places within these six sections.
Step 1
The user defines the order of these 120 DSP channels in the strip setup dialog
box in the GC. There he will find six empty sections with 30 placeholders,
each for a channel assignment.
The definition will most likely be made in such a way that the user starts with
a new section when he starts with new channel type (as shown in the example
below).
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