Mute Group Master Switches; Vca Control Group Behaviour; Audio Behaviour - SoundCraft VI6 User Manual

MUTE GROUP MASTER SWITCHES

The four switches labelled 1-4 activate Mute Groups when pressed.

VCA CONTROL GROUP BEHAVIOUR

Up to 16 VCA Groups can be created. In the normal configuration of the console with a single Output
section block, there are only 8 faders available for VCA Masters, therefore Output Fader pages must be
used to access all 16. Similarly there are only 8 assignment LEDs on the Channel and Output faders, and
these must be bank-switched with the display switches [VCA 1-8][VCA 9-16] in the Control Block, in order
to check all the assignments if more than 8 VCAs are being used.

AUDIO BEHAVIOUR

When a VCA Group has been created, by assigning Input or Output channels to a VCA Master, the following
behaviour is followed:
* The Master fader setting applies its dB value as an offset to all member channels. The member
channels' fader positions remain unchanged.
* If a channel is assigned to more than one VCA Group, the resultant offset applied to the
channel is calculated as the arithmetic sum of the dB values of each VCA Master fader. Any
Master fader reaching –inf dB will set all member channels to –inf dB, regardless of other Master
fader settings. The maximum gain applied to a member channel as the result of the channel
fader setting plus offsets from VCA Master faders is limited to +10dB.
* The [ON]/Off switch on the VCA Master fader acts as a remote control for all member channels'
On/Off switches. If a channel which was previously ON is turned OFF by the action of a VCA
Master On/Off switch, the channel's ON switch will illuminate in RED to distinguish this condition
from a manually OFF channel.
The VCA Master On/Off switch itself has only 2 states, and always illuminates RED when OFF,
Green when ON. (There is no non-illuminated condition). This is because VCA Master On/Offs
cannot themselves be remotely muted, so the Red helps to identify 'Muted' VCA masters.
* The [SOLO/SEL] switch on the VCA Master fader acts as a remote control for all member
channels' Solo switches. The channel 'Sel' function is not activated however.
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