Control Groups - Sony DMX-R100 Quick Reference

Control Groups

Another important mixing feature offered by the DMX-R100 is the ability to organize its 48 input channels
(as well as all 8 Aux returns and sends, the 8 multitrack [MTR] buses, and the stereo Program [PGM] bus) into
cut and fader control groups. There are eight control control groups available — all accessed from the Audio
Fader/Cut Grouping window (under the AUDIO tab) — and each channel or Aux return can belong to one
cut control group and one fader control group (since they cannot be cut, MTR buses and Aux sends can belong
to one fader control group only).
Cut control groups allow you to cut (mute) or switch on (unmute) multiple channels simultaneously; by
pressing the Cut button of any channel in that control group, all other channels in that control group cut or
switch on at the same time. Fader control groups allow you to adjust the level of several channels
simultaneously by moving the fader of a channel within that control group. The DMX-R100 provides two
different kinds of fader control groups: Gang and VCA. In Gang control groups, any fader can act as master
and all faders move simultaneously; in VCA control groups, one fader is designated as master and moving it
does not cause the other faders to physically move, although their levels change accordingly.*
The exercise below demonstrates how to create all three kinds of control groups.
1
Make sure that the TC LINK button in the Snapshot section of your DMX-R100 is unlit (this will
deactivate the Cue list created in the exercise above).
2
From the Snapshot window, recall the "Tutorial 2" snapshot.
3
Press the AUDIO tab at the bottom of the touchscreen. From the pop-up menu select FADER GROUP;
the Audio Fader/Cut Grouping window appears. (See Figure 7)
* This occurs even if various channels in a Gang or VCA control group are on different Pages; for example, if
Channels 1, 45, 46, 47, and 48 are all placed in the same fader control group. This kind of arrangement allows you
to control a "submix" signal of multiple channels from a single fader, with all "sub" channels tucked away, out of
sight. If multiple channels on different Pages are in a Gang group, you can even view the movement of all faders in
the Audio Fader window.
Figure 7
Tutorial 2 Mixing Session (Non-Automated Mixing)
T2-9