User manual SOUNDCRAFT 8000 V2 17-07-1989

[. . . ] The desk software automatically reconfigures itself when it detects the card has been plugged in. The C layer button in the Fader page control section of the surface now allows access to the extra channels and additional input meters will appear in the main screen. To make full use of the extra channels on the 96ch Vi6, you may wish to add an additional stagebox; this feature was already introduced in the last update (V2. 1). A second stagebox can easily be connected to the spare MADI card in the Local Rack, the only thing to be aware of is that if your desk has a Cat5 Stagebox link, the second MADI card will be optical and therefore you may want to change this card to a Cat5 version, and also purchase an additional breakout panel. [. . . ] Remember: The Global filter stays on the desk when set and applies to ALL Cues that are recalled. Snapshot Scope is a specific filter that is stored with each Cue, and controls what data that Cue's desk snapshot will recall. Snapshot data Recalled to Control Surface & Audio engine Parameters only recall if NOT set to Isolate. . . Global Filter Mask . . . and are switched ON in Snapshot Scope Snapshot Scope Mask Snapshot Memory Data Vi V3. 0 Quickstart Guide. doc Page 6 Controlling the Global Filter To Isolate a whole channel or bus from the snapshot recall, press the ISO button. This works in the same way as the previous software versions, but the channel strip border on the Vistonics screen now changes to purple to indicate the All Isolated state. To quickly isolate groups of channels or busses, the Gang function can be used. The new functionality with V3. 0 allows parts of a channel or bus to be isolated. This is done by pressing and holding the ISO button, and simultaneously dabbing the part of the channel strip that you want to isolate. A purple LED appears in the top corner of the block to indicate that the block is isolated. To isolate an individual parameter, you first zoom into the function block so you can see the parameters within, and then press & hold ISO and touch the Vistonics knobs of the parameters you want to isolate. If the sub-page isn't already open, you can press and hold on the screen block as well as the ISO button will zoom in if a screen isn't already open and allow parameters within the block to be accessed. This feature is designed to be used in conjunction with Gang mode to set ISO's across the desk quickly and easily. An alternative method is to go into the Cue List page and switch on the purple Edit Global Filter button, which puts the whole desk into edit mode, so holding the ISO button is not necessary. It is possible to set the list up so that incoming MIDI IN or GPI events can automatically trigger the recall of Cues, including by MIDI Timecode, and it is possible to set up to 20 MIDI OUT events per Cue which will be transmitted when the Cue is recalled. In the above example, two MIDI events have been set up to control an HD24 multitrack machine by locating it to a song position Timecode value (event 1), and then to start the playback (event 2), when this Cue is recalled. In this example, the Desk Snapshot element of the Cue has been disabled so that this Cue can be recalled at any time without disturbing settings on the console, in order to provide Machine Control during a `virtual soundcheck' scenario. Using Snapshot Scope, it would also be possible to make another Cue that did have its snapshot enabled, and could be used solely to switch over the Input selector of all console inputs from the Stagebox microphone sources, to the Playback via MADI or ADAT cards (if fitted). By changing a setting in the MIDI tab of the main Menu, it is also possible to monitor incoming MIDI Timecode and display its value in place of the Show name on the Main Control Bay Screen. Also in the new MIDI Menu it is possible to globally disable the entire MIDI In and Out on the console, and to set up meaningful device names for each MIDI channel which will then be seen in the Cue List when setting up events. Vi V3. 0 Quickstart Guide. doc Page 11 Applying Changes on the Desk to Multiple Cues The V3. 0 software includes the capability to copy control settings that exist on the surface, into one or any number of other Cues in the Cue list. It is possible to define which controls from the current surface state will be stored, and which Cues you want to update with these control settings. The changes made to the Cues will be `absolute', ie the original setting of that parameter will be replaced by the new setting. Start the process by ensuring the parameters you want to Apply are active on the surface. Press the START button in the Appy Changes field that is located on the bottom row of Vistonics controls below the Cue List. This brings up the Scope selection panel on the left of the Cue list - this is now used to choose which parameters on the surface you want to copy to other Cues. You will notice the Scope panel appears with all parameters deselected, but all channels selected, this should speed up the selection process. [. . . ] With V3. 0 this changes ­ you can now use the Global Filter on the console to protect sections of the desk from changing when you load a new Show. This means you can set the whole output and master section to ISO mode, including for example the walk-in music CD player channels, and these will remain unchanged when you load in any other Show files. The key to this new functionality is the LOAD ISO with Show button, which is located in the new Cue List page. Normally this parameter is set to YES, which means that when you load a Show, the ISO settings on the desk will be cleared and overwritten with whatever ISO settings were stored in the new Show. If you do want to bring back the ISOs that were stored in a Show, and lose your current ISO settings, leave the switch set to YES. [. . . ]