The Desk Setup Menu - Solid State Logic SL 9000 J Series Operator's Manual

The Mix System
If Group Solos linked to Desk (in the Groups menu) is selected, then the currently
selected solo mode will apply to the Group Fader solos. If selected to Group Solos
Independent then the groups remain in normal solo mode regardless of the solo mode
set for the rest of the console. Stab in the box to toggle the choice.
Note that changing this option will not take effect on currently selected group solos
until you change the state of one of the solo buttons.
Remove Motor Group Effect – If a hardware group has been set up with the fader
motors turned on, and you subsequently turn the motors off, this function should be
selected in order to reset grouped fader levels to their original positions. For example,
if you have a Group Fader sitting at -5dB and the potential slave sitting at -10dB, when
you group the slave it moves to -15dB and the signal is passing through the fader at
-15dB. When you turn the motors off and hit the REM MTR EFFECT button, the slave
fader will move back to its original -10dB position and the signal on the slave will still
be passing via the channel VCA at -15dB.
This feature enables you to keep slave faders at reasonable physical positions, without
having to worry about the actual VCA level that the signal is governed by. Note that
Remove Motor Group Effect has been provided as a dedicated function (ie. not
incorporated with the MOTORS OFF function) as we believe it would be disconcerting
to see the faders move when the motors are switched off – the last thing you might expect!
The Switch Groups and Soft Groups items in this menu are discussed on Pages 5-73
and 5-65 respectively.

The Desk Setup Menu

The FILE/SETUP/Desk Setup menu (see opposite) holds several items that may need
checking before you start to mix.
Timecode – The correct timecode standard must be selected here to match the
timecode on the tape. Details of both the video sync and timecode standard, that are in
use when an automated mix is created, are saved as part of the automation data. Note
that the setting here also governs the type of timecode that will be generated by the
system (see Section 7). For more details on Timecode and Sync Standards, see Section 3.
Channel Names – This provides access to the Track/Channel Lists and is covered
fully in Section 4.
Follow Faders/Follow Output – The levels of Large or Small Fader control voltages
may be displayed on the console's channel meters by selection of the LF MIX or SF
MIX meter selection buttons on the console's audio centre section. This toggling entry
in the Desk Setup menu affects the MIX-DESK/Faders display (see Page 5-57) which
provides an overall view of fader levels and cut states. Follow Faders displays input
levels to the computer; Follow Output displays the computer's output levels, ie. the
equivalent of G Series bargraphs.
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