Banking The Output Section; Selecting And Targeting Channels - DigiDesign D-Show Profile Manual

Banking the Output Section

Outputs can be targeted and banked to the Output faders and
Encoders. These can target Auxes, Groups (or Variable
Groups), Matrix mixer outputs, PQ mixer outputs, or VCAs.
The Mains fader provides constant access to the house output
(Mains) bus, and does not follow Output fader banking.
To assign Aux, Group (or Variable Group), Matrix, PQ, or VCA
controls to the Output faders:
Press the corresponding switch in the Output Faders sec-
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tion. Choices are Aux 1–8, Aux 9–16, Personal Q, Matrixes,
Groups, and VCAs.
Select
Press to
assign faders
Bank switches for Output channels

Selecting and Targeting Channels

Each D-Show channel strip has a channel Select switch. The
Select switch targets that channel for routing or processing as-
signment. When a single channel is selected it becomes the
targeted channel, which can be adjusted from the ACS or
on-screen. Channels can also be selected by clicking their
fader strips on-screen.
To select a channel, do one of the following:
Press the Select switch on the control surface channel strip.
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– or –
Click anywhere in the on-screen channel fader strip, except
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on the fader, mute, solo or safe buttons.
Click to select channel
Clicking on-screen to select a channel
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Multi-Select (Shift)
Multi-Select lets you select multiple channels in order to apply
an action to them in one step.
Multi-Select is equivalent to the Shift key on the keyboard,
letting you select multiple adjacent items in the Snapshots,
Events, and similar lists.
To select multiple channels from the control surface:
Press and hold the Multi-Select switch (located next to the
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input Bank switches). The switch flashes to indicate Multi–Se-
lect mode.
Press Select on each channel you want to include in the se-
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lection.
Release the Multi-Select switch.
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Perform a routing assignment or other function (for exam-
4
ple, press a Bus Assign switch on one of the included chan-
nels). The operation is applied to all selected channels.
You can use the Shift key on the keyboard or the Multi-Se-
lect (Shift) switch to select multiple channels.
To exit Multi-Select mode, do one of the following:
Press Cancel.
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– or –
Press the Select switch on a channel that is currently not se-
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lected.
To select multiple channels on-screen:
Press and hold the Multi-Select switch (or hold Shift on the
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keyboard) and click the fader strips on-screen.
To select an 8-channel bank on-screen:
Click the bank name below the on-screen fader strips.
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Shift-click to select additional banks or channels.
Clicking a bank display to select multiple channels on-screen
To select all input channels or all output channels on-screen:
Double-click any bank name below the on-screen fader
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strips in the Input or Outputs screen.
To remove a channel from a selection:
Control-click (or Fine-click) a highlighted channel.
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See "Screen Controls and Shortcuts" on page 44 for addi-
tional on-screen features.
Click to select
banks of 8