Appendix A - Origin Advanced Routing; Routing Terms; From Channel' Routing - The Typical Approach For Analogue Consoles; Simple Channel To Bus Routing - Solid State Logic ORIGIN User Manual

Appendix A

Appendix A - ORIGIN Advanced Routing

ORIGIN is equipped with 16 buses, these buses are 'normally' connected in odd/even pairs to the 8 Stereo Group Buses. This
connection may be directly connected via DB25 connectors on the rear panel, or more typically, connected via half-normalled
connections on a patchbay for the console.
Typically on older analogue consoles, the track routing switches were located at the top of the channel strip, in ORIGIN we have
used some clever routing switching to minimise the amount of channel depth (and back stretching!) used for the routing feature
while at the same time adding a powerful and elegent way to route paths to buses.
The key to routing to track buses with ORIGIN is using
the ROUTE switch in the BUSES section of the channel
strip (or a Stereo Return).
This works with the switches in the BUS TRIM MASTERS AND ROUTING
section in the centre section of the console.

Routing Terms

Channel(s): a path or group of paths from which the signal can be routed from. Note: Includes Stereo Returns.
Crosspoint: (or Routing Crosspoint), the audio connection between Channel and Track Bus.
Idle Mode: mode in which no selection is active, this is the 'normal' state for the routing system.
Range Routing: the act of modifying Crosspoints for a range of Channels or Track Buses.
Range Selection: the act of selecting a range of paths or Track Buses.
Select Mode: Indicated by Blue Flashing LED(s). The routing system state to create or remove routes (Crosspoints)
Track Bus or Buses: The 16 summing buses that Channels can be routed to.
From Channel(s): Routing starting with the Channel or Channels and routing TO a Track Buses or Track Buses
To Bus(es): Routing starting with the Track Buses or Track Buses and routing FROM a Channel or Channels

'From Channel' Routing - The typical approach for Analogue Consoles

In a typical older analogue console the routing from channels to buses is done with 'routing switches' in the channel strip. The
routing in ORIGIN can be used in exactly the same way.

Simple Channel to Bus Routing

Starting with the simplest case of routing a Channel to a single Track Bus...
Press the ROUTE switch in the BUSES section on the Channel you wish to route from, this will put the Channel into Select Mode
and flash the ROUTED TO BUS LED in the Channel, you now use the switches in the BUS TRIM MASTERS AND ROUTING centre
section panel to select which Track Bus this channel strip will route to e.g. Track Bus 1. When the switch next to the Track Bus
is pressed the corresponding Track Bus blue LED will brightly illuminate to indicate that the channel strip is routed to Track Bus
1. When the flashing channel strip ROUTE switch is pressed again, the LED in the BUS TRIM MASTERS AND ROUTING section
stays dimly illuminated to show the Channel is routed to a Track Bus and the Channel ROUTED TO BUS LED will also stay dimly
illuminated to indicate that a Channel is routed to Track Bus 1.

Routing to Multiple Buses

As with the simple case above, the same process can be used to route a Channel to multiple Track Buses...
Press the ROUTE switch in the BUSES section on the Channel you which to route from, this will put the Channel into Select Mode
and flash the ROUTED TO BUS LED in the Channel, you now use the switches in the BUS TRIM MASTERS AND ROUTING centre
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