Allen & Heath CQ-20B Ultracompact 20-Channel Digital Mixer (Rackmount/Stagebox) - Manual (Page 19)

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6. Operation and Workflow
Physical Controls (CQ-12T, CQ-18T)
Screen keys
5x Keys for navigation between the main CONFIG , PROCESSING , FADER , FX and
HOME screens.
• Screens have persistence, other than for channel selection, which is
followed across
CONFIG , PROCESSING and FADER screens.
• Screen keys can be pressed multiple times in some screens:
o
In HOME to return to the home tab and control headphone level.
o
In PROCESSING to exit a processing view and return to bank view.
Soft Keys
3x Custom keys that can be set to control tap tempos, mutes, scene controls and
recording amongst many other functions.
Touchscreen and touchscreen rotary control
7” capacitive multi -touch screen. Touch and drag on-screen to control faders.
Touch a parameter on screen and use the touchscreen rotary control to adjust. The
touchscreen rotary and parameter will illuminate yellow to indicate control.
Soft Rotaries / Smart Rotaries (CQ-18T)
3x Rotary controls with RGB illumination that can be set to control levels and
processing parameters for a specific channel or the currently selected channel.
Smart Rotaries mode assigns parameters to the rotaries depending on the current
screen. For example, in input bank view, the rotaries will control Gain, Pan and send
level. With a compressor on screen, they instead control Ratio, Threshold and Gain.
Coloured dots in the controls on screen match the Smart Rotary illumination to
indicate which parameters are linked.