Control Group Assignment - Studer Vista 1 Operating Instructions Manual

Absolute/Relative
Member Behavior
Over-Range
4.6.1.4.4

Control Group Assignment

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• If the cursor is placed over the Copy column, the menu allows to check
and clear all copy parameters;
• and if it is placed over a white space, it does both.
Note: The Control Group Filter dialog box can also be started by clicking on the
Control Group Filter item on the Options menu of the graphical controller.
Clicking on the Close button does not terminate the Desk editing mode.
Faders are implicitly controlled in a relative way. This means that all the
members will remain in relative positions to each other when the Master Fader
(or other control) is moved. The member Faders can be forced to match the
Master Fader using the Copy function in the Control Group Filter dialog, see
above.
Muting can be controlled in absolute and relative mode. The relative (Toggle)
mo de for the Mutes can be selected by the user in the Group Filter dialog.
If selected, the Mutes can be set to On or Off on the members and will be
toggled when the Master Mute is used. If Toggle is not selected, all Mutes
on the members will be forced to the same status as the Master Mute the next
time the Master Mute is used, regardless of their original status.
When a new member is added to a Control Group, it keeps its values until
a change is made in the Control Group Master. At that moment, the change
is transferred to all members. When a member is separated from a Control
Group it keeps its current setting which includes the Master offset(s) that
have been applied along the way. Member values can be changed locally at
any time, without affecting the status of the other members or of the Control
Group Master.
All controls can have an over-range. The over-range condition can occur if
the Member Fader has reached its top or bottom position while the Master
Fader is still moving. During over-range, the relative levels of the members
are kept intact, even if the Fader (and the audio level) can not move anymore.
Over-range can be positive or negative. The maximum value of over-range
can be twice the normal working range of the Fader (100 dB) in both up and
down directions.
The over-range of a Member can be zeroed easily. Simply move the Fader of
a Member in over-range by a bit, and the over-range will be zeroed.
Note: This will, however, clear the initial relative level of that particular Member
with respect to the other Members.
Snapshots
Control Groups are part of the snapshot. Their data comprise three parts:
• Members of a Control Group (which channels are Members in a Control
Group);
• Control Group settings (filter and Copy settings);
• Parameter values of the Control Group Masters.
A Control Group Assignment dialog window can be started from the SysAd-
min (system administration) menu in the graphical controller. This window
allows to view the members for a selected Control Group and to edit the
members by clicking or dragging them graphically on the screen. Selection
of the control group to be edited is not synchronized with the Desk selection
– so two different control groups can be viewed at a time.
SW V5.3
Vista 1 Digital Mixing System
GC Operation 4-123