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X32 COMPACT DIGITAL MIXER User Manual
Channel Strip and Monitoring
The X32 COMPACT's channel strip o ers dedicated controls for the most important
processing parameters of the currently selected channel. To adjust controls for a given
channel strip, simply press the Select button on the desired input or output channel.
Certain sections of the channel strip (such as the low cut lter, noise gate, EQ and
compressor) contain a respectively labeled button that can be pressed to switch
the speci c e ect on and o . The button illuminates to show the e ect is active,
and goes dark when bypassed.
Within the channel strip, the rotary control knobs are surrounded by an amber
LED collar that indicates the parameter's value. Whenever this backlit knob is
turned o , it indicates that this speci c control/parameter is not available for
the selected channel type. For example, if an output bus is currently selected,
the LED collar and the gain knob are turned o , because there is no input gain to
be controlled on an output bus.
Input Channel Banks
You will nd a select button on top of every channel that is used to direct the
control focus of the user interface, including all channel related parameters
(channel strip and main display), to that channel. Please note that at any time,
there is exactly one channel selected (either Input Ch 1-32, Aux 1-8, FX Returns
1L-4R, Mix Bus 1-16, Main LR/C, or Matrix 1-6). DCA Groups (digitally controlled
ampli er) cannot be selected because they control a number of assigned
channels rather than one speci c channel.
The Input Channels section of the console is located on the left hand side,
and o ers 16 separate input channel strips. These 16 channel strips represent
three separate layers of inputs for the console, including:
Input Channels 1-8
Input Channels 9-16
The channel strip consists of the following sub-sections:
Con g/Preamp
Gate, Dynamics
Equalizer
Main Bus
Each of these subsections correspond to the processing steps of the currently
selected channel, and they each have their own View button that, when pressed,
switches the Main Display to a page displaying all related parameters for
that subsection.
Monitoring and Talkback
There are two separate Level controls in this section, one for the headphone
outputs located on either side of the console, and a second one for the monitor
outputs located on the rear panel.
Press the section's View button to edit various monitoring preferences, such as
the input source for the phones bus and the monitor outputs.
This section also contains independent Talkback buttons (A and B). Press the View
button next to the Phones Level knob, then press Page Select right to access the
Talkback A and B edit pages. These screens also contain settings for the optional
goose-neck lamp and the console's internal test-tone generator.
Input Channels 17-24
Input Channels 25-32
Aux Inputs 1-6/USB playback
FX Returns
Press any of the correspondingly labeled layer buttons on the left side of the
console to switch the input channel bank to any of the six layers listed above.
The button will illuminate, reminding you which layer is active.
Two more layers (Bus Master 1-8 and 9-16) are also o ered, allowing you to
adjust the levels of the 16 Mix Bus Masters, which is useful when you wish to
include Bus Masters into DCA Group assignments.
On each fader strip you will nd a motorized 100 mm level fader, Mute and
Solo buttons, a Gate indicator, an input level meter, Compressor indicator,
and the channel select button.
Each of the 8 input channels has an individual (and customizable) color LCD
screen that can display a channel number, nickname, and even a graphical
channel icon. In the event that a channel's input source has been changed to an
input signal that di ers from the default setup, the LCD display will also indicate
the name of the actual input source.
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Example: Channel 01 has the nickname Soundcard and is fed from Aux input 5.