Chapter 7. Inputs And Input Routing; Configuring Inputs - DigiDesign VENUE Profile Manual

Chapter 7: Inputs and Input Routing
This chapter shows how to do the following:
• Configure inputs (system settings for input channels),
name channels, Make Stereo and Split to Mono)
• Assign input sources to Input Channels in the Patchbay
• Route input channels to Mains, Groups, and Aux Sends,
to Matrix mixers and other output busses, and to plug-ins
• Adjust input channel parameters

Configuring Inputs

Two types of inputs are available: Input Channels and FX Re-
turns.
Input Channels
Input Channels are used to control inputs from stage and mix
position (local) audio inputs, from Pro Tools, or from bus-fed
plug-ins.
Input channels can be mono or stereo. Each mono channel
controls one input, and each stereo channel controls two in-
puts in tandem. Input channels can appear on any of the in-
put channel strips. Up to 96 mono input channels, maximum,
are available, depending on your system and rack configura-
tion. Input channels are displayed in banks on the 16 control
surface input channel strips.
FX Returns
Effects Return channels (or FX Returns) are used to control sig-
nals from bus-fed plug-ins, from external hardware, or from
Pro Tools.
FX Returns are always stereo, and appear on input channel
strips 1–8 and 9–16. Up to 16 stereo FX Returns are available.
Configuring Input Channels
To set the number of available Input Channels:
Put the system into Config mode.
1
Go to the Options page and click the System tab.
2
Click Edit.
3
Choose the number of channels from the Input Channels
4
pop-up menu.
Click Apply. The system restarts with the new Input Channel
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configuration.
Audio will be interrupted when this configuration change
is applied.
Configuring FX Returns
VENUE Mix Rack and Profile systems provide up to 16 stereo
FX returns. You can choose to use either 8 or 16; choosing
fewer FX Returns leaves more DSP available for plug-ins. For
details, see "Configuring FX Returns" on page 67.
Combining Input Channels (Make Stereo)
Pairs of mono input channels can be combined to make stereo
channels, whose left and right sides are then controlled by
one input channel strip.
To combine two mono input channels into a single stereo
channel:
Put the system into Config mode.
1
Select two mono channels by doing either of the following:
2
• On the console, press and hold the Multi-Select switch,
then press Select on each of the two mono channel strips
you want to combine.
– or –
• On-screen, go to the Inputs page and click a fader strip to
select the first mono channel, then hold Shift and click
to select the second mono channel you want to combine.
Right-click either of the selected mono channels on-screen
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and choose Make Selected Mono Strips Stereo.
Two mono inputs about to be combined into one stereo channel
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