Solid State Logic AWS DELTA 916 Owner's Manual page 51

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In order to allow console controls to be used for controlling either analogue signals or an external DAW,
SSL created 'Focus modes' as a way of allowing the AWS to 'focus' on one or other domain. To switch
between modes, press the Focus switch, towards the bottom of the console centre section (shown right).
The button is lit for Analogue Focus, and unlit for DAW Focus. Focus mode can also be quickly checked
by looking at the channel meters: The bottom LEDs stay lit when the console is in Analogue Focus.
While a number of controls always retain the same role (such as analogue signal processing, routing and monitoring, or
DAW transport control), the roles of the following controls are different in each Focus mode:
Console Element
Channel faders,
plus its cuts and solos
Channel V-pots,
plus its cuts and solos
Channel
SEL switch
Channel
meters
When the console is in DAW Focus mode, analogue level control of stereo channels can be assigned to the V-pots
by pressing the CHANNEL button, to the left of the Focus button. This allows 'In-Line'-style signal control but with
the monitor mix being created using the DAW digital mixer. Pressing the V-pot will then reverse the functions of the
V-pot and fader.
Channel meters can be locked to either Focus mode by entering the Function Keys' Meters menu and selecting
either DAW or Anl.
In In-line Channel Modes, the V-pot adjusts the secondary channel path's level, as explained on Page 2b-5.
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Analogue Focus (Button lit)
Analogue signal in channel
In-line: Secondary path level; Stereo: Balance
Or DAW params (see notes below)
Assigns analogue channel to Master Section
Displays channel's analogue signal level
(see notes below)
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DAW Focus (Button unlit)
DAW channel level
Available for DAW parameters or
analogue signal control (see notes below)
Selects DAW Record, Select or
channel plugin depending on mode
Displays DAW channel level
(see notes below)
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