Control Groups Or Multi Format Masters - Euphonix Max Air Manual

Euphonix Max Air Mixing Console Operation Manual
There are 48 Multi Format Masters accessed by six tabs below the channels. Touch the
Page buttons to the left of the Format Selector to display additional banks of 16 chan-
nels.
Select one or more channels in the same row (they can occur across pages) and use the
Format Selector to apply a format (see Format Selector on page 113). Touch a MF but-
ton to name it in the keyboard popup that appears.
All Multi Format channels have a pan width control activated by the upper key to the left
of the PanF knob (see Pan on page 104).
8.3

Control Groups or Multi Format Masters

This section presents general information to help decide whether to use a Control Group
or Multi Format Master for a given task.
If you need to adjust individual parameters on the slave channels, use a Control Group.
Multi Format Master channels are set up with all functions on the slave channels switched
in. Therefore, adjusting the EQ on the Multi Format Master channel affects all the slave
channels. Adjusting parameters on the Control Group Master affects the slave channels
only if that function is switched in at the slave when the Control Group was created or
subsequently. For example, adjusting EQ on a Control Group master has no effect on the
slave channel unless the slave channel's EQ is switched in.
If a VT is playing a stereo format, use a Multi Format Master because they include
dedicated stereo functions: LTM, RTM, Balance and Swap (see Stereo Controls on page
99).
If the VT is playing dual mono signals (i.e., dialog and music), use a Control Group or
just two mono channels because you may want to apply different EQ and compression
settings to each signal. Use a Control Group to control multiple mics on a similar source
(i.e., crowd or drums).
To summarize:
• True stereo source: Multi Format Master (do not adjust the slave channels)
• Dual mono: Control Group (adjust functions on the slave channels)
• Multiple similar signals: Control Group (adjust functions on the slave channels)
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