Group Status Indication; Exercise 2 Adding More Slaves To A Group - Euphonix CS3000 Operation Manual

Lower fader
Fader control line
Lower fader DCA

Group Status Indication

Exercise 2
Adding More
Slaves to a Group
Euphonix CS3000/2000 Operation Manual
The diagram below represents faders in Independent mode. In Independent
mode, lower fader 24's DCA control comes to the surface and the group master
goes "underneath".
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Input
M1 M2
L1 L2
L3 L4
PAN BAL
ovld
EQ•Dyn
1 L
2 R
BUS
DIR
ST1
ST2
PFL
AFL
Trims group
Grp
ON
slave DCAs
DCA
The group is still active even though the master fader is effectively below the
surface. The slaves are under control of the group master and any automation
moves written to the group will play back. Switching from Master to Indepen-
dent mode simply changes the function of the surface or physical fader.
When the group system is on and in Master mode, the AFL and Mute (ON)
LEDs reflect the status of the group and not the block's own audio. If you wish
to see the mute state and the AFL state of the block's audio you must select
INDependent mode. Turning groups off will also allow you to see the block's
own audio status.
In the previous two diagrams, lower fader 24's DCA is not part of the group.
Control of this DCA is accessible in Independent mode only. As mentioned
earlier, this DCA can be included in this or any other group. This can be done
during the initial setup of the group or at any time later.
During the "slave select" phase of the initial group setup, we would have
simply pressed channel 24's lower fader block key again. Adding this or any
other DCA into the group as a slave after initial group setup is a simple
process. We will add lower fader 24's DCA into the group. Press [F4] (Grps)
from the SmartDisplay Main menu to view the Groups menu.
When you reenter the first level of the Group Select menu, the channel meters
display only the group masters (if any) with 2 amber LED segments above the 7
mark. You will see lower fader 24 from the previous exercise displayed this
way. At this point, pressing any group master fader attention key will display
that group master and its slaves in the channel meters. Press lower fader 24's
Section 8: Grouping System & Fader Linking
23 24
Input
M1 M2
Input Input
L1 L2
L3 L4
M1 M2 M1 M2
L1 L2 L1 L2
L3 L4 PAN BAL L3 L4
ovld
EQ•Dyn
PAN BAL PAN BAL
1 L
ovld ovld
EQ•Dyn EQ•Dyn
1 L 1 L
2 R
2 R 2 R
BUS
DIR
ST1
BUS BUS
ST2
DIR DIR
ST1 ST1
ST2 ST2
Group
PFL
PFL PFL
AFL
control
AFL AFL
Grp
line
ON
Grp Grp
ON ON
DCA DCA
Master fader now the
underlying fader
DCA control fader
now on surface
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