Euphonix System Digital Audio Mixing System 5B - Manual (Page 123)

System 5-B Digital Audio Mixing System Operation Manual
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Chapter 9: Control Groups and
Multi Format Masters
9.1 Control Groups
System 5-B supports Control Groups which allow a Group Master channel to control
multiple slave channels. Control Groups are similar to traditional VCA Groups. The
Group Master channel can be assigned to a strip just like any other channel. The most
common use of a Control Group is to control similar channels from one strip. For ex-
ample, a single master fader can be used to change the fader level of all announcer mics.
System 5-B allows up to 48 Control Groups, each of which can control the following
channel settings: Fader, On/Off, Pan, Aux, Filters, EQ, Dynamics and Input.
The relative fader level of each slave channel can be individually set and the master
channel preserves these relative fader levels as the master fader is altered. This allows
all slave channels to be smoothly faded out by bringing down the master fader. The
Groups Panel (Figure 9-1) provides the interface to configure the settings. Empty Con-
trol Groups are displayed with dim illumination (G5–G24). Press the Page keys to dis-
play the two sets of 24 Control Groups.