Midas PRO X Quick Start Manual page 11

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Input channel navigation controls on the PRO X.
Mix bay channel strip
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Item Element(s) Description
Quick access button — Quickly selects the local processing area of the selected channel or channel pair, but doesn't aff ect channel selection.
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channel strip Illuminates (blue) when active.
Quick access button — input Quickly selects the local input channel and assigns the local processing area to the mix bay channel strip.
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fast strip Illuminates (blue) when active.
LCD select button — input Selects the local input channel. Has a backlit LCD display (with user-confi gurable backlight colour), which shows channel name etc.
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fast strip When selected, the display changes to a 'negative' image.
Selects the VCA/POP group, unfolding the group members to the control surface. Has a backlit LCD display (with user-confi gurable
LCD select button — VCA/
4 backlight colour), which shows group name. When selected, the display changes to a 'negative' image.
POP group
This button is also used for setting up the group (see To Assign Channels to a VCA/POP Group).
Channel select keys and The INPUT button in the channel type section is used with the number keys in the lower channel select section to select a specifi c
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button channel number, assigning it to the control surface (see Fault Finding A Problem Channel).
Navigates the currently selected input channel to the local input bay (see To Navigate The Selected Input Channel Back To
6 ALIGN button
The Control Surface").
These left and right scroll buttons scroll through the input channels 12 channels at a time on the left 12-channel bay, and 4 at a time
7 scroll by 4 / 12 buttons
on the right 4-channel bay
8 B button Assigns the 4-channel input bay as area B, which then operates with the master bay channel strip.
9 scroll by 1 buttons These left and right scroll buttons scroll through the channels one at a time. Channel selection follows the scrolling.
Input fast
strip
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>> To assign an input channel to the control surface
Do one of the following:
• • Scroll buttons - Scroll the desired input channel to the control
surface using the scroll by 1 / 12 buttons in the input select section.
• • VCA/POP group buttons - If the desired input channel is in a group,
press its VCA/POP group LCD select button.
You can use the GUI menu to select any VCA/POP group you want via the
home > Control Groups > VCA Groups option.
>> To select an input channel
With the desired input channel currently assigned to the input fast strips on the
control surface, do one of the following:
• • LCD select button - Press the LCD select button in the desired input
fast strip. This will assign the input channel to the local channel strip
and its input channel overview to the GUI channel strip
• • Quick access button - Press any quick access button in the desired
input fast strip. This will assign the input channel to the local channel
strip and its local processing area to the GUI channel strip.
You can use the scroll by 1 buttons in the upper channel select section to
scroll channel by channel to go to the input channel you want. You can scroll all
of the input channels using this method and the desired input channel doesn't
have to be assigned to the control surface initially. Channel selection follows
the scrolling.
You can use the GUI menu to select any input channel you want via the
home > Input Channels option.
>> To navigate the selected input channel back to the control surface
If you have navigated the currently selected input channel away from the control
surface, you can bring it back by pressing ALIGN.
>> To select a processing area
You may want a specifi c processing area of an input channel assigned to the local
channel strip, for example, to carry out processing or for copying its parameters
to another input channel.
Do one of the following:
• • Quick access button (channel strip) - If the input channel you
want is currently selected at the control surface, press the quick access
button local to the desired processing area in the channel strip
Quick access button (input fast strip) - If the input channel you
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want is currently at the control surface, but is unselected, press
the quick access button local to the desired processing area in its
input fast strip.
You can select a processing area via the input channel overview in the GUI
channel strip by clicking within a non-control area of the desired section.
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