Vca/Pop Groups - Midas XL8 Operator's Manual

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VCA/POP groups

For details of VCA/POP group operation, see "VCA/POP groups" on page 179.
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Eight POP group select buttons for POP group
recall and group member allocation. Unlike the VCA
groups, POP groups only have unfold and area
selection buttons; refer to "VCA Groups screen" on
page 134.
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12 VCA group select buttons for VCA group recall
and group member allocation. Each VCA group has
fader, MUTE and SOLO buttons, MUTE and FDR
safes, and unfold and area selection button; refer to
"VCA Groups screen" on page 134.
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Backlit LCD POP group select button for selecting
POP group and managing group membership.
Presents user-configurable name and backlight colour
for easy POP group member selection and
identification; see "VCA/POP groups" on page 179 for
principles of operation.
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AREA B button changes input channel selection
from default (area "A") to those input channels set to
area "B" mode, in bays configured to present input
channels to the user.
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Tip: You could use these two VCA
group buttons, which are under the
overview panel, for allocation of the
two most important items you wish to
control as they are the most easily
identifiable.
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Backlit LCD VCA group select button for selecting
VCA group and managing group membership.
Presents user-configurable name and backlight colour
for easy VCA group member selection and
identification.
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mute safe LED illuminates if the VCA control
group mute has been removed from scene recall and
auto mute action.
When mute safe becomes active (see "Muting" on
page 203), all channel mute activation methods other
than by local press are ignored. On removal of the
mute safe condition, the current status of the auto
mute and SIP mute is re-evaluated and applied.
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MUTE switch is, technically, not a mute but a
fader minus infinity (-∞) switch that overrides the VCA
group master (without moving its physical position).
The VCA group mutes can be stored and recalled as
part of the scene automation.
When on, it mutes all post-fader signals from
channels that have been assigned to the VCA group
master (regardless of local press, scene mute and SIP
mute, which affect only the mute status indicator
while channel is muted by VCA). However, it does not
update the mute status indicator on the channel (only
channel outputs). On removal of the VCA mute, the
channel outputs are updated to the current state of
the channel mute status indicator.
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