Aux Vca Groups (Fader Controlled); Auxilliary Vca Procedure - SoundCraft Vi3000 User Manual

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9.3 MUTE & VCA GRPS > AUX VCA GROUPS
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Aux VCA Groups (fader controlled)

The VCA Groups on the console are normally used to control groups of the input channel faders, for use by FOH
engineers. In this case they are used to group mono and/or stereo channels together under control of a single master
fader, for easier control during a mix.
For the Monitor mix engineer, controlling channel faders is of secondary importance to controlling Aux sends from
channels, and so the functionality of VCA Groups has been extended to control of groups of Aux sends as well as
channel faders.
Because there can be up to 24 Auxiliary sends configured on the console, this means that there are up to 24 sets of
VCA groups (each with up to 16 Group Masters), in addition to the set of main channel fader VCA groups.
VCA control of Auxes is only available by activating the Follow Output Solo [FLW] key next to the master faders. The
pair of [FLW] keys for the VST Encoder Rows will not access this function.
It is possible to control only one Aux mix via its VCA masters at any one time.
When setting up Auxilliary VCAs, it is possible to turn the Aux VCA masters on or off, so 'normal' VCAs can still be
available.

Auxilliary VCA Procedure

1) Select the Aux required by selecting the required master fader page [A]-[C].
2) Activate the [FLW] key next to the master faders.
3) Press the [SOLO/SEL] key under the required Aux master fader (or use the solo switches in the Master VST area).
4) Press [VCA] (for VCA 1-8) or [E](for VCA 9-16).
5) The FaderGlow for any active VCA master faders will change to white and the faders will move to show the offsets
being applied to the Aux feeds from those channels assigned to the VCAs. At this point, the VCA Master [SOLO/SEL]
keys have no function. The VCA [ON] switch controls the Aux send On/Off on the member channels.
6) To select another Aux for adjustment, press the required bank key [A]-[C], solo the required aux (or solo directly on
the VST screen), and press [VCA] or [E]. To exit, press [SOLO CLEAR] and de-select [FLW].
Note: To set up Auxilliary VCAs, press the MUTE & VCA GROUP [SETUP] button after step 4 adn assign member
channels to that Aux VCA group as per the normal VCA group setup procedure (use the channel [SOLO/SEL] buttons
to choose members, then press [SETUP] to exit).
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