Controlling Studiolive Rm-Series Mixers; Layers, Filter Dcas, And Mixes; Navigating Layers; Filter Dca Groups - PRESONUS StudioLive CS18AI Owner's Manual

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Controlling StudioLive RM-series Mixers

3.1

Layers, Filter DCAs, and Mixes

3 Controlling StudioLive RM-series Mixers
3.1 Layers, Filter DCAs, and Mixes
3.1.1

Navigating Layers

3.1.2

Filter DCA Groups

The StudioLive CS18AI is capable of controlling up to 64 StudioLive RM-
series mixer channels and provides active access to 16 channels at a time:
Power User Tip: The scribble strips indicate the active channel numbers and names.
Refer to these to know which channels are shown on the CS18AI channel strips.
The CS18AI has eight layers for accessing all available channels for
control. Using the buttons in the Faders area you can switch between
the channel layers. Once a layer has been selected, it remains active
on the channel strips until you navigate to another layer.
Layer A (1-16). Displays Channels 1-16 on the channel strips.
Layer B (17-32). Displays Channels 17-32 on the channel strips.
Layer C (33-48). Displays Channels 33-48 on the channel strips.
Layer D (49-64). Displays Channels 49-64 on the channel strips.
Returns. Displays the returns from the four stereo effects processors, talkback
source, stereo digital return, and stereo Tape In on the channel strips.
Mix Masters. Displays the master send channels for
the 16 mix buses on the channel strips.
Group Masters. Displays the Filter DCA group masters on your
channel strips. For information on Filter DCA Groups .
DAW. Switches your CS18AI between controlling your RM mixer and controlling
Studio One DAW software.
Professional mixing consoles have addressed the problem of managing
complex mixes with population groups that reduce the channels you're viewing
at one time and DCAs to control the overall level of a group of channels.
We've combined the best aspects of these solutions with Filter DCAs. A Filter DCA
can contain any combination of the available input channels and effects returns,
and you can create as many Filter DCA Groups as you need. You can even include
the same channel in multiple Filter DCAs so you can manage your mixes in multiple
ways. Each group is given a master level control, so you can control the overall
level of the group while maintaining each channel's relative balance in the mix.
In this way, for example, you can create a single fader to control every drum in a
monitor mix and maintain the relative level of the drum mix that you created.
Once selected, a Filter DCA group stays active until exited regardless of which mix is
selected. This allows you to adjust the group independently across different mixes.
You can also flip between groups on the fly to change the view of a selected mix.
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