User manual SOUNDCRAFT 800

[. . . ] Here is a summary of the new features, and what you can do with them: Feature User-Defined Fader pages can now be created for both Input and Output faders Benefits Arrange channels in any order on the surface. Assign an important channel to the same fader on all 3 User Pages, so that it never disappears from the surface. Assign only one half of a paired channel to User pages, saving faders. Access more than 8 VCA Masters at a time by assigning up to 8 additional VCAs to one or more User Page. [. . . ] The 16 VCA Master faders are displayed in the channel select page by touching the VCA tab on the top right of the screen: Hint: It is also possible to leave the channel select screen open, without selecting an channel or VCA, and use the Solo/Sel buttons on the fader panels below the desk to scroll to a different fader strip to the one you started with, before selecting the required channel: . Input Fader Page USER 1, Strip 4 Vi V4. 0 Quickstart Guide. doc Page 9 Paired Input channels within User-defined Fader Pages The pairing system on the console allows channels to be paired either horizontally within any of the fixed Fader Pages, or vertically between any two adjacent fixed Fader Pages. The pairing indication is summarised using white rectangles on the console's input meter overview screen, the layout of which corresponds to the fixed Fader Pages A, B and C. It is not possible to create pairings between channels that are adjacent either horizontally or vertically, on the User-defined fader pages. This is because channels can be placed in any order within the User-defined fader pages, and if pairing was allowed, it would be possible to create links between channels which might not be adjacent on the Fixed fader page (eg ch's 1 and 64), and therefore could not be shown on the meter screen ­and could not be handled by the console's DSP structure. You can however still view or edit the pairing of channels from within a User-defined Fader page ­ the standard pairing screen is still available within the Input function block of an Input channel strip. What you will see when you open the pairing page from an Input channel is the same screen as you would see if you opened the pairing page of that channel from within a fixed Fader page ­ ie the pairing choices you will be offered by the page will be the channels that are adjacent on the fixed fader pages to the one you have selected. So let's say you have Fader Page USER 1 active, and on this User page you have channel 37, with channel 1 on its left and channel 64 on its right. If you open the pairing page for Ch37, you will see the screen below, which is the same screen you would see if you opened the pairing page for Ch37 from a fixed fader page ­ ie: it has Ch36 on the left and Ch38 on the right. Be aware therefore that you will see channels laid out as they are in the fixed fader pages, if you open the pairing page from a User-defined fader page. Vi V4. 0 Quickstart Guide. doc Page 10 Stereo Input Channels in User-defined Input Fader Pages Stereo paired channels are treated as if the two halves were separate mono channels, as far as assigning the channels to Userdefined Fader pages goes. In other words it is not necessary to assign both sides of a stereo pair to a User page, if you want to maximize the use of faders. On Fixed Fader pages, two types of indicators are used at the bottom of the touch screen to show that channels are paired, and how they are paired: Vertical Horizontal When you assign only one side of a Stereo pair of channels to a fader in a User-defined Fader page, you will see a slightly different indication, as seen in the channel strip on the right. The two `gear wheels' without any white line in the blue strip below the Pan display indicates that this is one half of a paired channel (note the difference with the vertical and horizontal indicators shown above). The other half of the pair may be adjacent to this channel on the User page, or it may not be assigned at all on this User page. The interval can be set anywhere from 0. 1 to 30 seconds, in 0. 1s increments, using the Crossfade time control. This parameter applies to all parameters on all channels globally on the desk (it is not possible to set different Crossfade time on different channels). Most `variable' audio parameters of the desk that are included in snapshots will be included in the Crossfade, the exceptions are listed below. · · EQ and Hi/lo cut frequencies All Lexicon FX parameters All switched parameters, plus the exceptions listed above will have their values changed at one of three points in the Crossfade: at the start, in the middle, or at the end. This is set globally for all the parameters via the `Switches' control. To set the Crossfade time for a specific Cue, press the Setup button in the Snapshot Control area of the control surface to open the Cue List page, then select the required Cue using the scroll bars or up/dwn arrow keys, and touch the name area of the currently selected Cue in the centre of the Cue List (the area becomes highlighted white, as shown in the picture below): The time selected on the XFADE control below the Cue List will be the time taken for the desk to change from its current state, to the state of the snapshot in the selected Cue. In other words, the XFADE time can be thought of as an `In' time for the Cue. The Crossfade time can be disabled without affecting the time by using the On/Off switch. An icon is shown in the Cue List next to the desk snapshot icon if a Crossfade time has been enabled for that Cue. Vi V4. 0 Quickstart Guide. doc Page 17 Using Crossfade and Cue Chaining to create `pseudo-dynamic Cues' Using the Cue Chain facility that was part of the Version 3. 0 software, in conjunction with the Crossfade function allows an approximation to `dynamic' cue fader automation to be achieved. Using the Snapshot Scope facility to control what is recalled on each Cue can also be used to achieve different Crossfade times on different channels, if that is required. To do this, try to break up the overall fader move required into several sections, and make Cues corresponding to the start and end points each section. [. . . ] The frequency bands are displayed above each fader on the Short Label LCD display. Vi V4. 0 Quickstart Guide. doc Page 20 In Small Mode: The GEQ is assigned only to the 8 faders in the Control Bay of the surface, leaving all input faders free to control Input Channels: The Red Faderglow illumination indicates the faders being used for GEQ control. The frequency bands are displayed above each fader on the Short Label LCD display. In order to access the 30 bands of the GEQ in Small Mode, it is necessary to scroll through the frequency bands in pages of 8 bands at a time. This paging is controlled by the Output Fader Page buttons, located in the Control Bay of the console, which operate in a different mode during activation of Small GEQ: (Note it is not possible to switch Output Fader Pages whilst Small GEQ is active) The Output Fader page buttons have the following functions in Small GEQ mode: A: B: C: D: VCA: E: selects 25 - 125Hz range selects 160 - 800Hz range selects 1kHz - 5kHz range selects 6. 3kHz - 20kHz range Scrolls the page by 4 bands to the left, repeats with further presses Scrolls the page by 4 bands to the right, repeats with further presses The VCA and E buttons are useful for adjusting or viewing a part of the GEQ curve that falls between two frequency pages ­ they effectively move the view by half a page (4 bands) with each press. [. . . ]