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to select a new Layer (if that feature is active) by tap/clicking the Lay-
er entry box; can select a new source for the two EXT buttons on the
Surface using the two EXT entry boxes; or select a new Event to load
into the Surface using the Event entry box.
❖ Events This view has the console's Event controls. Events are saved
"snapshots" of the GSX Surface settings for specific shows, dayparts, or
applications. The two Event buttons on the GSX Surface allow an op-
erator to take two most-commonly used Events, but to take additional
Events requires using the controls in this view. If the Events button is
grayed out, the current User doesn't have access to the Event controls
and can only take Event 1 or 2 using the Surface buttons.
❖ Aux/Mix-Minus Displays the master controls and output level meters
for the four Aux Send and four Mix‑Minus busses. Each bus has a
master fader level control. The Aux Send busses also have On/Off
buttons, while the Mix-minus busses have Pre-Fader and Pre-On
buttons.
❖ X/Y Allows the User to connect a Source (X) to a Destination (Y) by
first selecting a destination and a source, then tap/clicking Take to
connect that source to that destination.
❖ Input This view is typically automatically activated by pressing a
channel's Set button (the "1" button), showing that channel's source,
whether it's using a Preset, the source's gain, the channel's mode,
phase, pan, Aux Send bus settings, and Mix-Minus bus On/Off
selections.
❖ Dynamics Shows the Expander and Compressor controls for the
selected channel. Like the Input view, the active channel is identified by
its lit Set button. An XY grid graphically shows how the dynamics
settings will affect the channel's gain. The diagonal gray line indicates a
1:1 performance, meaning no change between input and output with
the orange line indicating what happens to the signal gain thru the
Dynamics processor using the Compression and Expansion settings.
❖ EQ Like the Input and Dynamics views, this view's active channel is
identified by the lit channel Set button. This view shows and allows
channel EQ settings to be adjusted using the four-band parametric EQ
controls and the shelving and bandpass filter In/Out buttons.
❖ Presets Channel Presets can be created, applied to channels, or
edited, as required in this view. A Preset is a saved set of control
settings which can be applied to any input channel. A Preset can save
any combination of EQ, Dynamics, Mode, Pan and/or Aux Send settings
from any channel. A saved Preset can then be applied to a selected
channel or to all channels, as required.
❖ Automix This view button is only active when the GSX has an optional
Automix License. Automix has two page views: Main and Assign. The
Main page view allows for up to twelve signals to assigned to up to four
Groups. Slider controls set the weighting given to each signal in a
group to yield a consistent overall output level. For example, assigning
the mics in a talk studio would have a higher weighting to the host mic
over the guest mics so the host can always talk over the guests , while
keeping a consistent level regardless of the number of guests speaking.
The Assign page view allows the four Automix groups to be assigned to
feed one or more busses.
❖ Custom This view button is only active when the GSX has an optional
Screens License, which allows engineering to create one or more cus-
tom views showing controls for all manner of equipment like codec con-
trols with input and output meters. Tap/clicking Custom opens a list of
the available custom views to select for display.
Using the GSX Console
When the GSX Surface is rebooted or power cycled, the last active
User's profile is set as the current User, as shown in the status section of
the Home view, just below the Wheatstone GSX logo. From the factory the
GSX has just one user: Default, so it could be set as the current User and
there may be no other users on that GSX console.
To change the User, tap/click on the Current User's name to open a
Select User window. Your engineering department may have setup
additional Users with, or without, passwords. The Default user never has a
password and, from the factory, is setup with full access and control over
all Surface functions and monitor views. In most cases your engineering
department will have edited the Default User's settings to limit access to
the GSX console's most advanced features so all views may not be
available. More information on User profiles can be found in The User
Options Page tab section beginning on page 38.
The Home View
The GSX Home View is the standard view (Figure 4-6 on the previous
page) since it shows all the console metering and status. When another
view is selected, the main bus meters and the Loudness Monitor section
remain displayed on the left third of the monitor, as are the ten view
buttons along the bottom. The selected view replaces the middle meters
and the GSX Status sections, but a minimized Status view (Figure 4-7)
appears between the bottom of the selected view and the ten view
buttons.
Figure 4-7 Minimized Console Status Information
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